Howmet (HWM) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For

Howmet (HWM) Q4 Earnings Report Preview: What To Look For

Anthony Lee

Wed, February 11, 2026 at 12:06 PM GMT+9 2 min read

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Aerospace and defense company Howmet (NYSE:HWM) will be announcing earnings results this Thursday before market hours. Here’s what investors should know.

Howmet beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 2.3% last quarter, reporting revenues of $2.09 billion, up 13.8% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ Fastening systems revenue estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates.

Is Howmet a buy or sell going into earnings? Read our full analysis here, it’s free for active Edge members.

This quarter, analysts are expecting Howmet’s revenue to grow 12.1% year on year to $2.12 billion, improving from the 9.2% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.97 per share.

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Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Howmet has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 2.2% on average.

Looking at Howmet’s peers in the aerospace segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Boeing delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 57.1%, beating analysts’ expectations by 6.9%, and Woodward reported revenues up 29%, topping estimates by 11.9%. Boeing traded down 2.8% following the results while Woodward was up 13.4%.

Read our full analysis of Boeing’s results here and Woodward’s results here.

There has been positive sentiment among investors in the aerospace segment, with share prices up 8.6% on average over the last month. Howmet is up 2.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $246.75 (compared to the current share price of $224.97).

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