Howmet Aerospace vs Hey Telo

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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.