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Howmet Aerospace (WBO:HWM) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Howmet Aerospace Financial Strength?

Howmet Aerospace has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Howmet Aerospace's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 7.53. Howmet Aerospace's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.51. As of today, Howmet Aerospace's Altman Z-Score is 4.64.


Competitive Comparison of Howmet Aerospace's Financial Strength

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Howmet Aerospace's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Howmet Aerospace's Financial Strength Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Howmet Aerospace's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Howmet Aerospace's Financial Strength falls into.



Howmet Aerospace Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Howmet Aerospace's Interest Expense for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €-45 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Mar. 2024 was €339 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3,207 Mil.

Howmet Aerospace's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Interest Coverage=-1*Operating Income (Q: Mar. 2024 )/Interest Expense (Q: Mar. 2024 )
=-1*339.48/-45.08
=7.53

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Howmet Aerospace's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Mar. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(189.52 + 3207.12) / 6712.32
=0.51

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Howmet Aerospace has a Z-score of 4.64, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 4.64 is strong.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Howmet Aerospace  (WBO:HWM) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Howmet Aerospace has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Howmet Aerospace (WBO:HWM) Business Description

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Address
201 Isabella Street, Suite 200, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15212-5872
Howmet Aerospace Inc produces products that are majorly used in aerospace, commercial transportation, and industrial and other markets. The company seeks to provide its customers with innovative solutions through offering differentiated products such as airfoils with advanced cooling and coatings for extreme temperature applications, specially designed fasteners for lightweight composite airframe construction, reduced assembly costs, and lightning strike protection and lightweight aluminum commercial wheels. It has four reportable segments namely, Engine Products, Fastening Systems, Engineered Structures and Forged Wheels.

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