Howmet Aerospace PE ratio HWM

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 40.1×
8-year median: 40.9×
Against its 8-year history: 46th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
8-year range: 9.5× to 114×
Peer median: 31.0×

Howmet Aerospace's PE ratio is 40.1× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $185.91 against $4.64 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its 8-year median of 40.9×, close to the middle of its last 8 years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.5× in May 2020 to 114× in May 2021.

The median for 10 aerospace and defense stocks of a similar size is 31.0×.

PE ratio over time

median 40.9×

The dashed line is the 8-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	40.1×	40.1×	70.8×
2025	59.3×	39.8×	62.0×
2024	42.5×	34.3×	46.7×
2023	35.4×	31.4×	43.5×
2022	38.3×	34.4×	62.7×
2021	49.0×	22.8×	114×
2020	26.4×	9.5×	43.5×
2019	40.4×	14.2×	41.1×
2018	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2017	n/m a value too high to mean anything
2016	15.3×	13.3×	15.8×
2015	19.1×	13.3×	59.1×
2014	31.6×	28.4×	32.4×
2013	30.1×	25.4×	60.5×
2012	104×	6.6×	113×
2011	6.2×	6.2×	48.7×

Against its peers

Companies in Aerospace & Defense nearest Howmet Aerospace's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
HWMHowmet Aerospace	40.1×
NOCNorthrop Grumman	17.5×
TDGTransDigm	33.5×
GDGeneral Dynamics	21.3×
HONAHoneywell Aerospace	n/m
LHXL3Harris Technologies	25.6×
HEIHEICO	49.5×
LMTLockheed Martin	21.5×
BABoeing	81.5×
AXONAxon Enterprise	174×
RTXRTX	31.0×
Peer median	31.0×

Where Howmet Aerospace ranks

#25of 33Aerospace and defense stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.