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Buybacks for Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

TTM repurchases $930.00M · 5Y diluted share change -7.5% · SBC coverage 11.63×.

Analysis

Buyback yield (TTM)

1.01%

Shareholder yield (TTM)

1.21%

5Y share count change

-7.5%

Buyback spend (TTM)

$930.00M

Key takeaways

  • Howmet Aerospace (HWM) repurchased about $930.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
  • Diluted share count is down 7.5% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
  • TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 11.63× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
  • Cash buyback spend has compounded at +59.6% per year over the latest 5-year window.
  • TTM repurchases used about 75% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.

Dividend & buyback yield over time for Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.

Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.

Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.

Cash buyback spend over time for Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

Latest: $755.00M

Overview

The 2025 reading of Howmet Aerospace (HWM) buyback spend is $755.00M – surged 51.0% year-over-year.

Over 2020–2025 (5 years), Howmet Aerospace buyback spend expanded at a +59.6% compound annual rate, sustaining 2 straight years of year-over-year growth.

Between 2019 and 2025, Howmet Aerospace buyback spend plunged 34.3%, falling from $1.15B to $755.00M.

2019 marks the peak buyback spend at $1.15B, with the historical low of $0.00 recorded in 2014.

Howmet Aerospace Buyback Spend 2025: $755.00M

Howmet Aerospace posted buyback spend of $755.00M in 2025, surged 51.0% from 2024.

Howmet Aerospace Buyback Spend 2024: $500.00M

In 2024, Howmet Aerospace reported buyback spend of $500.00M, surged 100.0% from 2023.

Howmet Aerospace Buyback Spend 2023: $250.00M

Howmet Aerospace buyback spend in 2023 was $250.00M, plunged 37.5% below 2022.

Howmet Aerospace Buyback Spend 2022: $400.00M

2022's buyback spend for Howmet Aerospace came in at $400.00M, declined 7.0% below 2021.

Howmet Aerospace Buyback Spend 2021: $430.00M

Howmet Aerospace buyback spend in 2021 was $430.00M.

See more financial history for Howmet Aerospace (HWM).

Buyback, SBC & dilution history

Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.

  • 2025$755.00M
  • 2024$500.00M
  • 2023$250.00M
  • 2022$400.00M
  • 2021$430.00M
  • 2020$73.00M
  • 2019$1.15B
  • 2018$0.00
  • 2017$0.00
  • 2016$0.00
  • 2015$0.00
  • 2014$0.00

Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 11.63×.

Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Howmet Aerospace (HWM)

How Howmet Aerospace splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.

Sector peers by buyback spend

Companies in the same sector as Howmet Aerospace, ranked by their latest buyback spend.

Buyback capacity (TTM)

Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.

TTM buybacks vs headroom (FCF − dividends, TTM)75% of headroom

Headroom $1.25B (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).

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