HON vs. RTX, GE, DHR, TT, ITW, PH, EMR, MMM, TEL, and JCI
Should you be buying Honeywell International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Honeywell International include RTX (RTX), General Electric (GE), Danaher (DHR), Trane Technologies (TT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Emerson Electric (EMR), 3M (MMM), TE Connectivity (TEL), and Johnson Controls International (JCI).
RTX (NYSE:RTX) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and institutional ownership.
86.5% of RTX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of RTX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, RTX had 10 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for RTX and 32 mentions for Honeywell International. RTX's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.48 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to Honeywell International's net margin of 4.90%. RTX's return on equity of 35.88% beat Honeywell International's return on equity.
RTX pays an annual dividend of $2.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. RTX pays out 98.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Honeywell International pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RTX has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Honeywell International has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
RTX currently has a consensus target price of $98.33, suggesting a potential downside of 5.66%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $215.71, suggesting a potential upside of 4.73%. Given RTX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than RTX.
RTX has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Honeywell International received 1075 more outperform votes than RTX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.61% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 55.79% of users gave RTX an outperform vote.
Honeywell International has lower revenue, but higher earnings than RTX. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RTX, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Honeywell International beats RTX on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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