Honeywell International Inc HON
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Honeywell International Inc is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Conglomerates), with a market value of $67.8B, 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 8.2 versus 29.0 for the median of the Industrials sector in our universe (21 companies) — relatively cheap.
Revenue is growing 4% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple rises to 22.2 — they expect lower earnings.
The average analyst price target is 258.22, 21% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 32% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- No risk flags were detected from the data we have.
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 58 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 (4.4% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock rose 0.7% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLI -0.3%).
This week's news
- Honeywell International (HON) Broke Itself Into Three. Is the Sum Worth More Than the Whole Was? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- ‘Sometimes it’s more expensive than having humans’: Ecolab gets real about AI’s limits in the physical world finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- MONO Names Jane Delworth President to Fuel Agency's Next Phase of Growth finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Smart HVAC Controls Market Outlook 2026-2035 - Featuring Profiles of 3 Leading Companies: Honeywell International, Johnson Controls International, and Carrier Global Corporation finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Honeywell International Inc. (HON) Outpaces Stock Market Gains: What You Should Know finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- KromAmericas Announces Acquisition Of American Flame Monitoring finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.