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HWM Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Insider Trading, Ownership & Congress Trades

Mining & Metals · Rolling drawing & extruding of nonferrous metals · CIK 0000004281
Congress · 1
Insider buyers, 180 days
0
Funds added, last quarter
911
13F, latest reported quarter

What the filings say about HWM

Insiders, 180 days
-$11.3M net sold
1 seller · 0% of sales under a 10b5-1 plan
Congress, 1 year
1 bought · 2 sold
Latest: sale, 2026-08-11

Howmet Aerospace insider trades (Form 4)

Form 4 buys and sells (codes P and S). Grants, option exercises and conversions excluded.

Over the last 180 days, Howmet Aerospace Inc. insiders sold a net $11.3M of stock across 20 Form 4 purchases and sales, with no insider buying. Source: SEC Form 4 filings, as of 2026-10-27.

Insider
Filed
Shares
Value
Since filing
SELL
2026-05-12 SECtraded 2026-05-11
41,932
$11.3M
-31.9%
Context
  • 7 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (7 sales), the last on Feb 18, 2026.
  • The trade is 64.4% of the 65,105 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 911 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP, CAO Marchuk Neil Edward sold about $11.3M of HWM on May 11, 2026; 911 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
Vice President and Controller
SELL
2026-02-27 SECtraded 2026-02-26
1,000
$260.0K
-29.8%
Context
  • 3 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (3 sales), the last on May 5, 2025.
  • The trade is 4.2% of the 23,874 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 911 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: Vice President and Controller Shultz Barbara Lou sold about $260.0K of HWM on Feb 26, 2026; 1 other insider sold within 30 days and 911 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
SELL
2026-02-18 SEC
45,150
$11.4M
-26.0%
Context
  • 6 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (6 sales), the last on May 12, 2025.
  • The trade is 42.2% of the 107,008 shares held after it.
  • 1 other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 911 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP, CAO Marchuk Neil Edward sold about $11.4M of HWM on Feb 18, 2026; 1 other insider sold within 30 days and 911 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
EVP, CL&CO and Secretary
SELL
2025-08-06 SECtraded 2025-08-05
13,102
$2.4M
+2.7%
Context
  • 1 earlier Form 4 trade (code P or S) here by this insider (1 sale), the last on Feb 18, 2025.
  • The trade is 20.7% of the 63,150 shares held after it.
  • No other insider sold within 30 days.
  • 911 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP, CL&CO and Secretary LIN LOLA FELICE sold about $2.4M of HWM on Aug 5, 2025; 911 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
SELL
2025-05-13 SECtraded 2025-05-12
30,000
$4.8M
+16.9%
Context
  • 5 earlier Form 4 trades (code P or S) here by this insider (5 sales), the last on Aug 23, 2024.
  • The trade is 22.8% of the 131,859 shares held after it.
  • 2 other insiders sold within 30 days.
  • 911 funds added in the 13F quarter to Jun 30, 2026.
Insider activity: EVP, HR Marchuk Neil Edward sold about $4.8M of HWM on May 12, 2025; 2 other insiders sold within 30 days and 911 funds added in the latest 13F quarter.
20 transactions on record
Since filing: total return from the first close after the filing to the latest close, dividend-adjusted. Not a forecast.
Context lines are counts over the filings above and returns from our own price history, never a price level. Not investment advice.
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Seven facts, ranked against the sector · Rank is not a forecast
Insiders
net -$11.3M over 180 days
below 88% of Mining & Metals
Congress
1 member bought in the last year
the lowest in Mining & Metals
Funds
911 funds bought in last quarter
more than 99% of Mining & Metals
Revenue
+11.1% year over year
more than 60% of Mining & Metals
Margin
18.3% net margin
more than 85% of Mining & Metals
Buybacks
$600.0M repurchased, FY to 2026-06-30
more than 96% of Mining & Metals
Short interest
2.6% of the float short (float per yahoo 2026-10-26) · 3.8 days to cover · settled 2026-09-30
more than 54% of Mining & Metals
What changed in the last 30 days
Nothing new filed in the last 30 days

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The year, with the filings on it
Total return over 12 months. Each marker is a filing; hover or tap one for the detail.
-2.6%12M
-3%+16%+35%+53%2025-102025-122026-022026-042026-062026-082026-10 2026-02-18 · Marchuk Neil Edward sold $11.4M2026-05-11 · Marchuk Neil Edward sold $11.3M2026-02-26 · Shultz Barbara Lou sold $260.0K
Insider sell
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Who owns HWM: institutional holders (13F)

13F holdings, latest reported quarter
45,819,158 sh
$12.3B
18,933,928 sh
$5.1B
18,561,518 sh
$5.0B

Congress trades in HWM

STOCK Act disclosures, US House only, filed up to 45 days after the trade
Sold 2026-08-11 · disclosed 35 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Sold 2026-01-08 · disclosed 35 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Sold 2025-10-31 · disclosed 21 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Bought 2025-10-30 · disclosed 22 days later
$1,001 - $15,000
Sold 2025-10-30 · disclosed 22 days later
$1,001 - $15,000

Activist and 5% holders (13D/13G)

No 5%+ ownership filings
Nobody has filed for crossing 5%. That is a fact, not missing data.

HWM planned insider sales (Form 144)

No planned-sale notices
No insider has filed to sell. Watch this after a run-up.

HWM mutual fund holders (N-PORT)

Funds ranked by the share of their own portfolio in this stock (N-PORT).
BlackRock Unconstrained Equity Fund
$84.9M position · as of 2026-07-31
8.9%
SMART Trend 25 ETF
$1.4M position · as of 2026-06-30
6.6%
Janus Henderson Transformational Growth ETF
$1.5M position · as of 2026-07-31
5.8%
Kurv High Income ETF
$2.3M position · as of 2026-05-31
5.5%
Fidelity Growth Strategies K6 Fund
$57.8M position · as of 2026-05-31
5.2%
Fidelity Growth Strategies Fund
$222.1M position · as of 2026-05-31
5.1%
SEC N-PORT, monthly, about 60 days late · funds ≥ $10M · % is the share of the fund's own portfolio
Corporate PAC
The company's PAC: committee totals only, never individual donors (FEC).
Howmet Aerospace Inc. Employees Voluntary Political Action Committee
Cycle 2026 · $13K spent
$8.1K
Federal Election Commission, matched by the PAC's connected organisation
Executive pay vs shareholder return · John C. Plant
CEO pay, headline and as actually paid, against the company's return and its chosen peers' (DEF 14A).
FY
CEO total
Actually paid
Other execs, avg
TSR
Peer TSR
2023
$7.3M
$25.7M
$3.2M
+131%
+19%
Tagged by the company under SEC Item 402(v). Returns are cumulative from the start of the disclosure period. Green where the company beat its own peer group.
Live price
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Why this name is on the desk
The complete filing record, in one place.
The record shows a net $11.3M sold by insiders over 180 days, 911 funds added last quarter, 1 House member(s) bought in 12 months, disclosed weeks after the trade. Each figure is a federal filing, dated the day it went public.
Same sector, ranked by filing activity
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HWM financials

Revenue growth
+11.1%
XBRL, annual
Net margin
18.3%
Ratios from the company's XBRL filings, latest filings
Revenue, TTM
$9.1B
four quarters, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Net margin, TTM
+20.5%
net income over revenue, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Free cash flow, TTM
$1.8B
operating cash flow minus capex, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Debt to equity
0.79x
long-term 2026-06-30 plus current 2026-06-30; equity 2026-06-30
Cash flow to debt
0.49x
TTM operating cash flow over long-term 2026-06-30 plus current 2026-06-30
Return on equity
+34.7%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on assets
+15.4%
TTM net income over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30
Return on invested capital
+21.9%
operating income after a 18.0% effective tax rate, over long-term 2026-06-30 plus current 2026-06-30 plus average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30 minus cash
Return on capital employed
+24.5%
operating income (EBIT proxy) over average of 2025-06-30 and 2026-06-30 minus current liabilities
P/E, trailing
40.07x
close 2026-10-23 over four quarters of diluted EPS, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Enterprise value
$78.1B
market value at close 2026-10-23 on 2026-08-03 shares, plus long-term 2026-06-30 plus current 2026-06-30, minus cash 2026-06-30
FCF yield
+2.4%
TTM free cash flow over market value at close 2026-10-23
PEG, trailing
1.12x
P/E over trailing EPS growth of 36%: four quarters to 2026-06-30 against the four to 2025-06-30
Price as of 2026-10-23. Hover or tap a tile for its yearly and quarterly history.
Method
TTM is four consecutive fiscal quarters; Q4 is the year minus nine months when not filed. Returns use the average of opening and closing balances. EBIT is approximated by operating income. PEG uses trailing EPS growth.
Fundamentals
Annual figures from XBRL filings. Pick a past date to see them as known then.
2025-122024-122023-122022-12
Revenue$8.3B$7.4B$6.6B$5.7B
Operating income$2.0B$1.6B$1.2B$919.0M
Net income$1.5B$1.2B$765.0M$469.0M
EPS (diluted)3.712.811.831.11
Operating cash flow$1.9B$1.3B$901.0M$733.0M
Cash$742.0M$564.0M$610.0M$791.0M
Long-term debt$2.9B$3.3B$3.5B$4.2B
Buybacks$700.0M$500.0M$250.0M$400.0M
SEC XBRL, fiscal years, as known on 2026-10-27

HWM Stock Sonar score 6/7 axes

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HWM ranks highest on profitability (90th percentile) and growth (60th), and lowest on insider conviction (6th), among Mining & Metals peers.

ProfitHealthGrowthInsidersInstitutionsRisk
Profitability
90
Inputs
  • Return on equity+34.7% · 95 pct, sector of 89
  • Return on assets+15.4% · 92 pct, sector of 114
  • Return on invested capital+21.9% · 77 pct, universe of 1,069
  • Return on capital employed+24.5% · 94 pct, sector of 69
Financial health
50
Inputs
  • Debt to equity0.79x · 23 pct, sector of 80
  • Cash flow to debt0.49x · 77 pct, sector of 75
Growth
60
Inputs
  • Revenue growth, YoY+11.1% · 60 pct, sector of 81
  • Backlog growth, YoYno backlog line filed, or no year-earlier backlog
Insider conviction
6
Inputs
  • Net Form 4 buying (codes P and S), 180d-$11.3M · 12 pct, sector of 69
  • Insider buyers, 180d0 · 0 pct, sector of 70
Institutional and government
55
Inputs
  • Funds adding, latest quarter911 · 99 pct, sector of 152
  • Congress net buyers, 365d-1 · 11 pct, universe of 719
  • Federal contracts, 180dno federal contracts in 180 days
  • Lobbying spend, 4 quartersno lobbying filings in the last four quarters
Risk and compliance
33
Inputs
  • Short interest, % of float+2.6% · 48 pct, sector of 252
  • Recalls per $1B revenue, 3ynot measured for this sector, almost no peer has an event
  • EPA cases per $1B revenue, 5y0.12 per $1B · 9 pct, sector of 47
  • New text in Risk Factors, latest 10-K+15.5% · 41 pct, sector of 76
1 not measured: US patents
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HWM filings, in plain words

Are Howmet Aerospace insiders buying or selling HWM?

In the 180 days to 2026-10-27, Howmet Aerospace insiders were net sellers, a net $11.3M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4, by 1 seller.

Have members of Congress traded HWM?

Yes. In the year to 2026-10-27, 1 House member disclosed buying HWM and 2 House members disclosed selling it; the latest on record is a sale by Byron Donalds dated 2026-08-11.

Read the full summary

In the 180 days to 2026-10-27, Howmet Aerospace insiders were net sellers of HWM, a net $11.3M across purchases and sales reported on Form 4 by 1 seller. In the year to 2026-10-27, 1 member of Congress disclosed buying HWM and 2 members disclosed selling it; the latest on record is a sale by Byron Donalds dated 2026-08-11. Each figure is counted from SEC and House filings as of 2026-10-27, dated the day the filing was made public.

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