Honeywell International Inc HON

What the company does

Honeywell International Inc is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Conglomerates), with a market value of $70.1B, based in the USA.

It employs about 101,000 people and has been listed since Jan 02, 1970.

Honeywell International Inc. engages in the industrial automation, building automation, and energy and sustainability solutions businesses in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The Industrial Automation segment provides automation control and instrumentation products and services; smart energy products; sensing technologies, including custom-engineered sensors and related services; gas detection technologies and personal protective equipment; and system design automation equipment, as well as software and analytics for manufacturing, distribution, and fulfillment operations.

Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 11.0 versus 29.6 for the median of the Industrials sector in our universe (24 companies) — relatively cheap.

Revenue is shrinking 52% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple rises to 21.2 — they expect lower earnings.

The average analyst price target is 253.48, 15% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 43% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • Revenue is shrinking (-52% year over year).

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 13 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Buys back its shares (50% fewer shares in a year).
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (14 vs 1).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (3.6% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock rose 4.6% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLI -1.9%).

The company published its quarterly report this week — see the plain-language summary above.

This week's news

• Honeywell Technologies CEO Says Business Is Growing Faster Than Expected finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-24
  What the article says

  Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Honeywell International Inc. stock traded lower in premarket trading Thursday after the company reported mixed third-quarter results, with adjusted earnings beating Wall Street expectations while revenue fell short of… source ↗

• Honeywell (HON) Q3 Earnings Put Margin Expansion Center Stage finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-24
  What the article says

  Honeywell International just posted Q3 2026 earnings as a pure-play automation specialist, and the stock edged up about 1.3% on the day. That is a mild move for a report built around one powerful idea: margin expansion is doing the heavy lifting. Adjusted earnings per share of about US$2.27 and segment margin near 21%… source ↗

• Honeywell's 2027 Outlook Strengthens on Segment Growth, Cost Cuts, RBC Says finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Honeywell International's (HON) improving performance across its three segments and faster-than-expe PREMIUM Upgrade to read this MT Newswires article and get so much more. A Silver or Gold subscription plan is required to access premium news articles. Upgrade Already have a subscription? Sign in source ↗

• HON Q3 Earnings Call Highlights Higher Outlook and Energy Demand finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Honeywell International Inc. HON raised its 2026 outlook after its first quarter as a stand-alone automation company, emphasizing stronger orders, productivity gains and improving cash generation. On the third-quarter earnings call, management highlighted an expanding energy-project backlog and an Industrial… source ↗

• Honeywell (HON) Unveils Forge Cognition To Bring AI Into Facility Operations finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Honeywell International (NasdaqGS: HON) launched its Forge Cognition AI and simulation platform for facility operations in partnership with NVIDIA and Dell Technologies. The Forge Cognition platform is designed to apply AI models and physics based simulation to asset reliability, energy use, and day to day plant… source ↗

• Honeywell Aerospace (HONA) Stock Looks Below Fair Value on Cash Flow finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Honeywell Aerospace has seen its share price fall year to date, even as investors weigh a mix of growth plans, legal overhangs and insider buying. The key issue now is whether the current valuation is supported by the cash that Honeywell can realistically generate from its aerospace operations. The stock is down 18.5%… source ↗

What changed since last week

• New risk flag: shrinking revenue.

• Risk flag cleared: earnings report coming up.

• Risk flag cleared: high leverage.

• The price rose 4.6% since the last summary.

• A new quarterly report was published (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026).