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

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026)

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) posted Return on Invested Capital of 0.07% for Q1 2026, down 56.67% sequentially from 0.15% in Q4 2025, and up 5.0% YoY from 0.06% in Q1 2025.

Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Return on Invested Capital (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Howmet Aerospace has reported Return on Invested Capital for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.07% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Invested Capital rose 5.0% year-over-year to 0.07% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.07% (up 5.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.17%, up 4.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital declined to 0.07% in Q1 2026 per HWM's latest filing, from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Return on Invested Capital peaked at 5.05% in Q2 2023 and troughed at 0.01% in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.66% and a median of 0.07% in 2026 frame the typical range for Return on Invested Capital.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Return on Invested Capital surged 481 bps in 2023, then plunged 504 bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.95% in 2022, then jumped by 432 bps to 5.05% in 2023, then tumbled by 100 bps to 0.01% in 2024, then soared by 1107 bps to 0.15% in 2025, then plunged by 57 bps to 0.07% in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Invested Capital over the past three periods registered 0.07%, 0.15%, and 0.85% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROIC (Qtr)
1 General Electric 362.92 Bn 353.58 Bn 6.95 Bn -0.02%
2 Rtx 284.24 Bn 275.94 Bn 9.91 Bn 0.01%
3 Boeing 169.32 Bn 149.30 Bn 2.41 Bn 0.00%
4 Lockheed Martin 129.93 Bn 126.14 Bn 2.45 Bn 0.02%
5 Howmet Aerospace 108.64 Bn 108.07 Bn 951.00 Mn 0.02%
6 General Dynamics 103.62 Bn 99.29 Bn 6.76 Bn 0.01%
7 Northrop Grumman 78.44 Bn 76.14 Bn 3.72 Bn -
8 TransDigm 69.14 Bn 66.37 Bn 1.63 Bn 0.07%
9 Axon Enterprise 50.64 Bn 49.97 Bn 546.45 Mn -
10 L3Harris Technologies 49.64 Bn 48.12 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.01%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.02%
Mar 31, 2026 0.07%
Dec 31, 2025 0.15%
Sep 30, 2025 0.85%
Jun 30, 2025 0.04%
Mar 31, 2025 0.02%
Dec 31, 2024 0.01%
Sep 30, 2024 0.01%
Jun 30, 2024 0.01%
Mar 31, 2024 0.03%
Jun 30, 2023 5.05%
Mar 31, 2023 2.06%
Dec 31, 2022 0.95%
Sep 30, 2022 0.42%
Jun 30, 2022 0.24%
Mar 31, 2022 0.02%
Dec 31, 2021 0.01%
Sep 30, 2021 0.01%
Jun 30, 2021 0.01%
Mar 31, 2021 0.01%