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Pittsburgh aerospace components (NYSE: HWM) at $7.4B 2024 revenue (+12%), adjusted EBITDA $1.9B+ (+27%), stock +102% in 2024; #1 global aerospace fastener, 90%+ of aero engine castings competing with Precision Castparts for Boeing/Airbus.
Howmet Aerospace Inc. is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based aerospace components manufacturer — publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: HWM) as an S&P 500 Industrials component — producing precision investment castings, aerospace fastening systems, titanium structural components, and forged aluminum wheels for commercial aerospace, defense, and commercial transportation through approximately 23,930 employees across 27 manufacturing facilities in the US, Canada, Mexico, France, UK, China, Brazil, Hungary, and Japan. In fiscal year 2024, Howmet reported revenue of $7.4 billion (up 12% year-over-year), adjusted EBITDA of $1.9+ billion (up 27%), adjusted EPS of $2.69 (up 46%), free cash flow of $977 million, and a 102% stock price increase — one of the best-performing industrial stocks of 2024. The company holds the number one global position in aerospace fastening systems, manufactures over 90% of structural and rotating aero engine components, and has invented over 90% of the aluminum alloys that have flown in commercial aircraft. Howmet became an independent publicly traded company on April 1, 2020, following the strategic separation of Arconic Inc. (itself spun out of Alcoa in 2016), tracing its metallurgical heritage to the Pittsburgh Reduction Company founded in 1888 and Austenal founded in 1926. CEO John Plant has led Howmet's performance transformation since the Arconic separation.
Richmond VA tobacco and nicotine (NYSE: MO) ~$9.7B net revenue FY2024; Marlboro 40%+ US cigarette share, on! oral pouch competing with Zyn, 50%+ operating margins, ABI stake, competing with Reynolds/BAT.
Altria Group, Inc. is a Richmond, Virginia-based tobacco and nicotine company — publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MO) as an S&P 500 Consumer Staples component — manufacturing and selling cigarettes (Marlboro — the best-selling cigarette brand in the United States), smokeless tobacco (Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, Husky chewing tobacco/moist snuff brands), oral nicotine pouches (on! brand), and maintaining a 10.7% ownership stake in Anheuser-Busch InBev (SABMiller acquisition consideration shares) and a 35% stake in JUUL Labs (vaping — original $12.8B investment written down to minimal value following JUUL's regulatory and litigation difficulties) through approximately 5,500 employees. In fiscal year 2024, Altria reported revenues of approximately $20.6 billion (net revenues after excise taxes approximately $9.7 billion), with the cigarette segment (Marlboro generating 40%+ US cigarette market share) contributing the majority of operating income at 50%+ adjusted operating margins — the highest margins in the consumer staples sector reflecting cigarettes' inelastic demand and regulated market structure. CEO Billy Gifford has pivoted Altria's strategy from cigarettes toward smoke-free nicotine products: the on! oral nicotine pouch (acquired full ownership of Helix Innovations in 2023, rebranding as on! to compete with Swedish Match Zyn, the dominant US oral nicotine pouch brand) represents Altria's primary nicotine product diversification vehicle as cigarette volume declines 7-8% annually through consumer quit rates and secular health awareness trends.
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