---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-104005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWM"
cik: "0000004281"
company_name: "Howmet Aerospace Inc."
filed_at: "2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T01:27:21.527075+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Howmet Aerospace Q3 revenue $2.09B (+14% YoY); raises FY2025 guidance on all metrics

## Summary
- Revenue $2.09B (+14% YoY); net income $385M ($0.95 EPS); adj. EBITDA $614M (29.4% margin), up 26% YoY.
- Free cash flow $423M; $200M share repurchases in Q3, $100M in Oct; dividend raised 20% to $0.12.
- FY2025 guidance raised: revenue ~$8.185B, adj. EPS $3.67, FCF $1.3B.
- FY2026 revenue guidance ~$9B (+10% YoY); commercial aerospace +15%, defense +24% in Q3.
- Paid down remaining $63M USD term loan; S&P upgraded rating to BBB+ (BBB to BBB+).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-104005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWM
- cik: 0000004281
- company_name: Howmet Aerospace Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4281/000110465925104005/0001104659-25-104005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/4281/000110465925104005/tm2529740d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-104005
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-104005.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-104005.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.