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

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026)

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) posted Free Cash Flow of $448.0 million for Q1 2026, down 15.47% sequentially from $530.0 million in Q4 2025, and up 234.33% YoY from $134.0 million in Q1 2025.

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Free Cash Flow (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Howmet Aerospace has reported Free Cash Flow for 18 years, with the latest figure at $448.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Free Cash Flow rose 234.33% year-over-year to $448.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.7 billion (up 39.15% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.4 billion, up 10.5% from the prior year.
  • Free Cash Flow declined to $448.0 million in Q1 2026 per HWM's latest filing, from $530.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Free Cash Flow peaked at $563.0 million in Q2 2025 and troughed at -$7.0 million in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $255.9 million and a median of $204.0 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Free Cash Flow.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Free Cash Flow slumped 47.72% in 2023, then jumped 600.0% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Free Cash Flow stood at $461.0 million in 2022, then plunged by 47.72% to $241.0 million in 2023, then jumped by 100.41% to $483.0 million in 2024, then rose by 9.73% to $530.0 million in 2025, then declined by 15.47% to $448.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Free Cash Flow over the past three periods registered $448.0 million, $530.0 million, and $204.0 million for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Free Cash Flow (Qtr)
1 General Electric 362.92 Bn 353.58 Bn 6.95 Bn 2.92 Bn
2 Rtx 284.24 Bn 275.94 Bn 9.91 Bn 2.88 Bn
3 Boeing 169.32 Bn 149.30 Bn 2.41 Bn 631.00 Mn
4 Lockheed Martin 129.93 Bn 126.14 Bn 2.45 Bn 2.92 Bn
5 Howmet Aerospace 108.64 Bn 108.07 Bn 951.00 Mn 479.00 Mn
6 General Dynamics 103.62 Bn 99.29 Bn 6.76 Bn 1.65 Bn
7 Northrop Grumman 78.44 Bn 76.14 Bn 3.72 Bn 978.00 Mn
8 TransDigm 69.14 Bn 66.37 Bn 1.63 Bn 650.00 Mn
9 Axon Enterprise 50.64 Bn 49.97 Bn 546.45 Mn -972,000.00
10 L3Harris Technologies 49.64 Bn 48.12 Bn 1.50 Bn 771.00 Mn

Historic Data

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Jun 30, 2026 479.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2026 479.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 448.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 448.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 530.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 530.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 204.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 204.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 563.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 563.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 134.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 134.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 483.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 483.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 245.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 245.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 392.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 392.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 175.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 175.00 Mn