---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-043005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWM"
cik: "0000004281"
company_name: "Howmet Aerospace Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:21:47.528306+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Howmet Aerospace Q1 record revenue $1.94B, up 6%; raises FY guidance for adj. EBITDA, EPS, FCF

## Summary
- Q1 revenue of $1.94B (record), up 6% YoY; GAAP EPS $0.84 vs $0.59; adj. EPS $0.86, up 51%.
- Adjusted EBITDA $560M, margin 28.8% (+480bps); raised FY 2025 adj. EBITDA guidance to $2.225-2.275B.
- Commercial aerospace up 9%; Forged Wheels down 13% on lower commercial transport volumes.
- Repurchased $125M in Q1 and $100M in April; dividend doubled to $0.10/sh; Fitch upgraded to BBB+.
- Free cash flow $134M, up from $95M; FY 2025 FCF guidance raised to $1.1-1.2B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-043005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWM
- cik: 0000004281
- company_name: Howmet Aerospace Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4281/000110465925043005/0001104659-25-043005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4281/000110465925043005/tm2513739d1_8k.htm

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