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Honeywell International (HON) Competitors

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$228.32 +1.44 (+0.63%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

HON vs. LMT, BA, GD, TDG, NOC, HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, and HII

Should you be buying Honeywell International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Honeywell International include Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Northrop Grumman (NOC), HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), and Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Honeywell International vs.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and earnings.

Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.02% compared to Lockheed Martin's net margin of 9.36%. Lockheed Martin's return on equity of 101.44% beat Honeywell International's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Lockheed Martin9.36% 101.44% 12.50%
Honeywell International 15.02%37.77%9.65%

Honeywell International received 413 more outperform votes than Lockheed Martin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 59.14% of users gave Lockheed Martin an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Lockheed MartinOutperform Votes
783
59.14%
Underperform Votes
541
40.86%
Honeywell InternationalOutperform Votes
1196
74.61%
Underperform Votes
407
25.39%

74.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Lockheed Martin shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Lockheed Martin pays an annual dividend of $13.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Lockheed Martin pays out 47.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 52.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Lockheed Martin has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Honeywell International has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Lockheed Martin is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Lockheed Martin has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Lockheed Martin presently has a consensus target price of $612.29, indicating a potential upside of 25.21%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $249.57, indicating a potential upside of 9.31%. Given Lockheed Martin's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Lockheed Martin is more favorable than Honeywell International.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Lockheed Martin
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64
Honeywell International
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47

Lockheed Martin has higher revenue and earnings than Honeywell International. Lockheed Martin is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Lockheed Martin$71.30B1.63$6.92B$27.6217.71
Honeywell International$37.85B3.92$5.66B$8.6626.36

In the previous week, Lockheed Martin and Lockheed Martin both had 28 articles in the media. Lockheed Martin's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.68 indicating that Lockheed Martin is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Lockheed Martin
10 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Honeywell International
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
14 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Lockheed Martin beats Honeywell International on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HON vs. The Competition

MetricHoneywell InternationalAircraft engines & engine parts IndustryMulti-Sector SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$148.46B$57.38B$16.09B$9.07B
Dividend Yield1.92%1.40%3.13%4.22%
P/E Ratio26.3632.9712.0517.19
Price / Sales3.923.085.10116.80
Price / Cash20.4831.9713.0737.86
Price / Book9.065.152.204.78
Net Income$5.66B$1.85B$882.38M$225.60M
7 Day Performance0.31%-1.06%-3.15%-1.24%
1 Month Performance1.12%-0.52%-3.89%3.06%
1 Year Performance11.35%45.84%-11.26%16.50%

Honeywell International Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HON
Honeywell International
4.5258 of 5 stars
$228.32
+0.6%
$249.57
+9.3%
+12.5%$148.46B$37.85B26.3695,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
LMT
Lockheed Martin
4.9147 of 5 stars
$492.10
-0.5%
$612.29
+24.4%
+10.5%$116.65B$67.57B17.84122,000Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
BA
Boeing
2.7447 of 5 stars
$174.66
+3.0%
$190.11
+8.8%
-31.8%$107.97B$73.29B-13.42171,000Analyst Revision
GD
General Dynamics
4.6379 of 5 stars
$266.79
+1.4%
$317.38
+19.0%
+5.6%$73.36B$46.05B20.04111,600Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
TDG
TransDigm Group
4.4114 of 5 stars
$1,270.41
+0.9%
$1,465.47
+15.4%
+29.9%$71.44B$7.94B50.0416,600Insider Trade
NOC
Northrop Grumman
4.8359 of 5 stars
$482.88
+0.6%
$553.27
+14.6%
+2.7%$70.35B$40.99B29.74101,000Buyback Announcement
HEI
HEICO
3.2199 of 5 stars
$263.84
+2.7%
$270.70
+2.6%
+37.3%$36.57B$3.78B75.339,600Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TDY
Teledyne Technologies
4.0781 of 5 stars
$480.05
+1.1%
$531.00
+10.6%
+10.7%$22.37B$5.64B24.0214,900Insider Trade
Positive News
TXT
Textron
4.5283 of 5 stars
$81.56
+0.8%
$101.56
+24.5%
-3.1%$15.13B$13.68B17.7835,000Analyst Upgrade
CW
Curtiss-Wright
4.0898 of 5 stars
$381.19
+3.9%
$379.00
-0.6%
+62.9%$14.47B$3.08B34.718,600Analyst Revision
Positive News
HII
Huntington Ingalls Industries
4.4201 of 5 stars
$197.63
+2.9%
$228.89
+15.8%
-24.6%$7.73B$11.71B10.8544,000

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This page (NASDAQ:HON) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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