HEICO (HEI) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HON or HEI?

Honeywell International received 695 more outperform votes than HEICO when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.38% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Honeywell International	Outperform Votes 1202 74.38%	Underperform Votes 414 25.62%
HEICO	Outperform Votes 507 67.06%	Underperform Votes 249 32.94%

Does the media refer more to HON or HEI?

In the previous week, Honeywell International had 42 more articles in the media than HEICO. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Honeywell International and 3 mentions for HEICO. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Honeywell International's score of 1.28 indicating that HEICO is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Honeywell International	35 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
HEICO	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders believe in HON or HEI?

75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.1% of HEICO shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 9.6% of HEICO shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend HON or HEI?

Honeywell International presently has a consensus price target of $245.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.39%. HEICO has a consensus price target of $271.40, indicating a potential upside of 8.56%. Given Honeywell International's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than HEICO.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Honeywell International	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has higher valuation and earnings, HON or HEI?

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
Honeywell International	$38.50B	3.35	$5.71B	$8.71	22.80
HEICO	$3.99B	8.70	$514.11M	$4.04	61.88

Is HON or HEI a better dividend stock?

Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Honeywell International pays out 51.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. HEICO pays out 5.4% 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 and HEICO has increased its dividend for 17 consecutive years.

Which has more volatility & risk, HON or HEI?

Honeywell International has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HEICO has a beta of 1.07, indicating that its share price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is HON or HEI more profitable?

Honeywell International has a net margin of 14.82% compared to HEICO's net margin of 13.33%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.78% beat HEICO's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Honeywell International	14.82%	35.78%	9.04%
HEICO	13.33%	14.63%	6.92%

Summary

Honeywell International beats HEICO on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.