Howmet Aerospace HWM
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$271.68 -1.96 (-0.72%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.11 for Q1 2026, up 13.57% sequentially from 0.09 in Q4 2025, and down 65.82% YoY from 0.31 in Q1 2025.

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Howmet Aerospace has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.11 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio fell 65.82% year-over-year to 0.11 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.11 (up 3.37% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.13, up 50.27% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio grew to 0.11 in Q1 2026 per HWM's latest filing, from 0.09 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 0.68 in Q1 2023 and troughed at 1.29 in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 0.08 and a median of 0.1 in 2023 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: FCF Payout Ratio slumped 928.57% in 2022, then surged 161.19% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.04 in 2022, then jumped by 136.29% to 0.09 in 2023, then retreated by 21.59% to 0.07 in 2024, then surged by 38.08% to 0.09 in 2025, then grew by 13.57% to 0.11 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.11, 0.09, and 0.24 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 General Electric 362.92 Bn 353.58 Bn 6.95 Bn 0.17
2 Rtx 284.24 Bn 275.94 Bn 9.91 Bn 0.65
3 Boeing 169.32 Bn 149.30 Bn 2.41 Bn 0.14
4 Lockheed Martin 129.93 Bn 126.14 Bn 2.45 Bn 0.27
5 Howmet Aerospace 108.64 Bn 108.07 Bn 951.00 Mn 0.10
6 General Dynamics 103.62 Bn 99.29 Bn 6.76 Bn 0.26
7 Northrop Grumman 78.44 Bn 76.14 Bn 3.72 Bn 0.36
8 TransDigm 69.14 Bn 66.37 Bn 1.63 Bn -
9 Axon Enterprise 50.64 Bn 49.97 Bn 546.45 Mn -
10 L3Harris Technologies 49.64 Bn 48.12 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.30

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.10
Mar 31, 2026 0.11
Dec 31, 2025 0.09
Sep 30, 2025 0.24
Jun 30, 2025 0.07
Mar 31, 2025 0.31
Dec 31, 2024 0.07
Sep 30, 2024 0.14
Jun 30, 2024 0.05
Mar 31, 2024 0.12
Dec 31, 2023 0.09
Sep 30, 2023 0.13
Jun 30, 2023 0.10
Mar 31, 2023 0.68
Dec 31, 2022 0.04
Sep 30, 2022 0.39
Jun 30, 2022 0.08
Mar 31, 2022 -1.29
Dec 31, 2021 0.08
Sep 30, 2021 0.50