COMPARE · Data as of August 28, 2026
HWM vs TXT
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HWM scored 66.8, TXT scored 70.5 — TXT leads.
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HWM
Howmet Aerospace Inc.
66.8
$267.65 · $106.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.7
TXT leads
TXT
Textron Inc.
70.5
$81.80 · $14.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestTXT15.4x
- Fastest growthHWM+18.1%
- Strongest balance sheetTXT0.52
- Highest qualityHWM85 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueTXT-5%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HWM
stronger →← stronger
TXT
85
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
64
86
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
75
41
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
72
HWM is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HWM
TXT
$1.8bC+
FCF
$759mC+
+18.1%B+
Rev
+8.8%B
0.81B
D/E
0.52B+
57.8xD
P/E
15.4xA-
0.80A-
PEG
1.11B+
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HWM
TXT
226% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
5% below
~45%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~7%/yr
-75%
1-yr DCF upside
-7%
-69%
5-yr DCF upside
+6%
-58%
10-yr DCF upside
+26%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HWM
Why this score
- Durable high returns
TXT
Why this score
- Buying back stock
The companies
HWMHowmet Aerospace Inc.
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $106.7b. 14% off the 52-week high of $310.00. Revenue growing +18%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.80 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $337.13 (implying +26% upside).
Moat
Net margin 21% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 33% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. FCF converts 96% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash, a sign that working capital and capex are well-disciplined.
Risk
Trailing P/E 57.8x prices in sustained high growth — any quarter that disappoints triggers sharp re-rating. P/S 11.7x embeds aggressive forward growth — disappointing top-line guidance would compress the multiple hard.
TXTTextron Inc.
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $14.1b. 19% off the 52-week high of $101.57. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $102.07 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
HWM leads TXT by 2.9 points (73.3 to 70.4), its sharpest advantage coming in Rev (grade B+). A contrarian could still prefer TXT for its stronger P/E (grade A-).
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where HWM and TXT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.7 points in favor of TXT. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
- ValueHWM 40.7 · TXT 72.3TXT +31.6
- QualityHWM 84.6 · TXT 64.5HWM +20.1
- GrowthHWM 86.4 · TXT 75.1HWM +11.3
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.