Honeywell International (HON) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in BA or HON?

64.8% of Boeing shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Boeing shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BA or HON?

Boeing received 843 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.40% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 70.00% of users gave Boeing an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Boeing	Outperform Votes 2046 70.00%	Underperform Votes 877 30.00%
Honeywell International	Outperform Votes 1203 74.40%	Underperform Votes 414 25.60%

Do analysts rate BA or HON?

Boeing currently has a consensus target price of $196.00, indicating a potential upside of 24.55%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $242.15, indicating a potential upside of 21.16%. Given Boeing's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Boeing is more favorable than Honeywell International.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Boeing	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.74
Honeywell International	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, BA or HON?

Boeing has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BA or HON?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Boeing	$66.52B	1.77	-$11.82B	-$18.32	-8.59
Honeywell International	$38.50B	3.37	$5.71B	$8.71	22.95

Is BA or HON more profitable?

Honeywell International has a net margin of 14.82% compared to Boeing's net margin of -17.76%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.78% beat Boeing's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Boeing	-17.76%	N/A	-9.19%
Honeywell International	14.82%	35.78%	9.04%

Is BA or HON a better dividend stock?

Boeing pays an annual dividend of $8.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Boeing pays out -44.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 51.9% 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. Honeywell International has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Boeing is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer BA or HON?

In the previous week, Boeing had 52 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 101 mentions for Boeing and 49 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Boeing's score of 0.70 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Boeing	45 Very Positive mention(s)	13 Positive mention(s)	22 Neutral mention(s)	9 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Honeywell International	37 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Honeywell International beats Boeing on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.