Howmet Aerospace vs Textron
Textron reported revenue of $14.8 billion in fiscal 2025, 1.8 times Howmet Aerospace's $8.3 billion in fiscal 2025. Howmet Aerospace's revenue grew 11.1% in its latest year, and Textron's grew 8.0%. Free cash flow was $1.4 billion at Howmet Aerospace and $929 million at Textron. Their fiscal years end in different months (December 31 and January 3), so the periods don't line up exactly.
Side by side
| Howmet Aerospace | Textron | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest fiscal year | FY2025, Dec 31, 2025 | FY2025, Jan 3, 2026 |
| Revenue | $8.3B | $14.8B |
| Revenue growth | 11.1% | 8.0% |
| Revenue growth a year, last 5 years | 9.4% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 24.8% | — |
| Net margin | 18.3% | 6.2% |
| Free cash flow | $1.4B | $929M |
| Free cash flow margin | 17.3% | 6.3% |
| Return on capital | 22.4% | — |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.0x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $881M | $840M |
| Change in diluted share count | −1.0% | −5.3% |
| Last close | $194.36 | $78.11 |
| P/E at the last close | 41.9× | 14.7× |
| Insider trades, last 12 months | sold $22.9 million | bought $988,594, sold $30.2 million |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 of 8 | — |
Amounts in each company's own currency, US$ unless marked (a foreign company may report in another), each company's latest fiscal year from its 10-K, or 20-F or 40-F for a foreign company. Growth rates compare with the year before; the five-year rate is the average a year. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending; return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business; P/E is the last close over the latest earnings per share. Banks are measured differently (return on equity, efficiency ratio), so some rows apply to one company only.
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Source: the companies' Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR, and the last close. For information only, not investment advice: the figures describe results, not which company is the better investment. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with either company. Full figures on the Howmet Aerospace and Textron pages.