HEICO (HEI) Competitors

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

Is HEI or HON a better dividend stock?

HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. HEICO pays out 6.5% 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. HEICO has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Honeywell International has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years.

Is HEI or HON more profitable?

Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.02% compared to HEICO's net margin of 12.64%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 37.77% beat HEICO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	12.64%	14.51%	6.70%
Honeywell International	15.02%	37.77%	9.65%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in HEI or HON?

27.1% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HEI or HON?

Honeywell International received 686 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.65% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 67.02% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 504 67.02%	Underperform Votes 248 32.98%
Honeywell International	Outperform Votes 1190 74.65%	Underperform Votes 404 25.35%

Do analysts recommend HEI or HON?

HEICO presently has a consensus price target of $270.70, indicating a potential upside of 0.11%. Honeywell International has a consensus price target of $241.45, indicating a potential upside of 5.44%. Given Honeywell International's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73
Honeywell International	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31

Which has more risk and volatility, HEI or HON?

HEICO has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.03, suggesting that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HEI or HON?

Honeywell International has higher revenue and earnings than HEICO. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEICO, 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
HEICO	$2.97B	12.63	$403.60M	$3.41	79.30
Honeywell International	$37.85B	3.93	$5.66B	$8.66	26.44

Does the media prefer HEI or HON?

In the previous week, Honeywell International had 58 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Honeywell International and 4 mentions for HEICO. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat HEICO's score of 0.49 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Honeywell International	38 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Honeywell International beats HEICO on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.