What the executives and directors of Howmet Aerospace actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLANT JOHN C Executive Chairman & CEO | CEO | 3M | — | — |
| Giacobbe Ken EVP and CFO | CFO | 182.3K | — | — |
| CHANATRY MICHAEL NIEM Vice President | Officer | 168.5K | — | — |
| Marchuk Neil Edward EVP, CAO | Officer | 65.1K | — | $22.7M |
| LIN LOLA FELICE EVP, CL&CO and Secretary | Officer | 63.2K | — | — |
| ALBAUGH JAMES F | Director | 59.4K | — | — |
| Alving Amy E | Director | 57.8K | — | — |
| SCHMIDT ULRICH | Director | 53.2K | — | — |
| Miller David J | Director | 51.6K | — | — |
| CANTIE JOSEPH S | Director | 44.1K | — | — |
| LEDUC ROBERT F | Director | 35.8K | — | — |
| Miller Jody | Director | 30.6K | — | — |
| Shultz Barbara Lou Vice President and Controller | Officer | 23.9K | — | $260K |
| Barner Sharon R | Director | 16.6K | — | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | Marchuk Neil Edward (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 41.9K | $269.50 | $11.3M |
| 2026-02-26 | Shultz Barbara Lou (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $260.01 | $260K |
| 2026-02-18 | Marchuk Neil Edward (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 45.2K | $251.70 | $11.4M |
| 2025-08-05 | LIN LOLA FELICE (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 13.1K | $180.51 | $2.4M |
| 2025-05-12 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 150K | $156.96 | $23.5M |
| 2025-05-12 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 650K | $156.96 | $102M |
| 2025-05-12 | Marchuk Neil Edward (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 30K | $158.53 | $4.8M |
| 2025-05-05 | Shultz Barbara Lou (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,250 | $155.17 | $194K |
| 2025-02-18 | LIN LOLA FELICE (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,620 | $136.39 | $903K |
| 2024-08-23 | Marchuk Neil Edward (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 70.6K | $96.94 | $6.8M |
| 2024-08-22 | Giacobbe Ken (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 154.9K | $96.58 | $15M |
| 2024-06-03 | Marchuk Neil Edward (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 32.6K | $84.26 | $2.7M |
| 2024-03-04 | Marchuk Neil Edward (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 45K | $67.44 | $3M |
| 2023-08-09 | Marchuk Neil Edward (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 80K | $50.06 | $4M |
| 2023-03-06 | Marchuk Neil Edward (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 57K | $43.61 | $2.5M |
| 2023-02-23 | Shultz Barbara Lou (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,627 | $42.16 | $195K |
| 2023-02-16 | Giacobbe Ken (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 111.2K | $43.07 | $4.8M |
| 2023-02-16 | Giacobbe Ken (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 111.2K | $43.07 | $4.8M |
| 2022-06-03 | Giacobbe Ken (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 63.3K | $36.31 | $2.3M |
| 2021-11-11 | Shultz Barbara Lou (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,038 | $32.30 | $66K |
| 2021-09-08 | Giacobbe Ken (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 4,386 | $31.08 | $136K |
| 2020-02-27 | Ramundo Katherine H (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 32.7K | $30.57 | $1M |
| 2019-11-25 | MYERS TIMOTHY DONALD (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,897 | $30.82 | $120K |
| 2019-11-25 | MYERS TIMOTHY DONALD (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,513 | $30.82 | $139K |
| 2019-11-25 | MYERS TIMOTHY DONALD (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,053 | $30.82 | $156K |
| 2019-11-25 | MYERS TIMOTHY DONALD (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,148 | $30.82 | $159K |
| 2019-11-25 | MYERS TIMOTHY DONALD (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 5,166 | $30.82 | $159K |
| 2019-11-25 | MYERS TIMOTHY DONALD (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,072 | $30.82 | $187K |
| 2019-11-20 | Myron W Paul (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 10.2K | $30.67 | $312K |
| 2019-11-12 | ALBAUGH JAMES F (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,000 | $29.50 | $148K |
| 2019-08-28 | ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. (10% owner) | Discretionary sale | 228.4K | $25.05 | $5.7M |
| 2019-08-28 | ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. (10% owner) | Discretionary sale | 508.4K | $25.05 | $12.7M |
| 2019-08-27 | ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. (10% owner) | Discretionary sale | 851K | $25.17 | $21.4M |
| 2019-08-27 | ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. (10% owner) | Discretionary sale | 1.9M | $25.17 | $47.7M |
| 2019-08-26 | ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. (10% owner) | Discretionary sale | 811.3K | $24.94 | $20.2M |
| 2019-08-26 | ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. (10% owner) | Discretionary sale | 1.8M | $24.94 | $45M |
| 2019-08-23 | ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. (10% owner) | Discretionary sale | 1.3M | $24.51 | $31.4M |
| 2019-08-23 | ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. (10% owner) | Discretionary sale | 1.2M | $24.51 | $28.9M |
| 2019-08-21 | MYERS TIMOTHY DONALD (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 10K | $25.33 | $253K |
| 2019-08-07 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 12.6K | $24.18 | $306K |
| 2019-08-06 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 17.8K | $24.10 | $429K |
| 2019-05-02 | GUPTA RAJIV (Director) | Open-market buy | 22.6K | $22.10 | $500K |
| 2019-05-02 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 50K | $22.14 | $1.1M |
| 2019-03-12 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 35K | $18.83 | $659K |
| 2019-03-11 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 35K | $18.68 | $654K |
| 2019-03-08 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 35K | $18.50 | $648K |
| 2019-03-07 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 35K | $18.16 | $636K |
| 2019-03-06 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 35K | $18.70 | $655K |
| 2019-03-05 | PLANT JOHN C (CEO) | Open-market buy | 35K | $18.65 | $653K |
| 2018-05-15 | ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES, L.P. (10% owner) | Open-market buy | 256K | $17.96 | $4.6M |
| 2018-05-15 | ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL, L.P. (10% owner) | Open-market buy | 544K | $17.96 | $9.8M |
| 2018-05-03 | SCHMIDT ULRICH (Director) | Open-market buy | 2,000 | $16.75 | $34K |
| 2018-02-08 | Hess David P (Director) | Open-market buy | 40.3K | $24.80 | $999K |
| 2017-08-15 | RUSSO PATRICIA F (Director) | Open-market buy | 15K | $24.57 | $369K |
| 2017-08-10 | DOTY ELMER L (Director) | Open-market buy | 2,000 | $24.04 | $48K |
| 2017-08-10 | DOTY ELMER L (Director) | Open-market buy | 2,000 | $24.50 | $49K |
| 2017-08-09 | ALBAUGH JAMES F (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,000 | $24.94 | $125K |
| 2017-08-08 | DOTY ELMER L (Director) | Open-market buy | 2,000 | $25.00 | $50K |
| 2017-05-30 | Merrin Patrice E (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,000 | $27.15 | $136K |
| 2017-05-30 | Merrin Patrice E (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,000 | $27.18 | $136K |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.