HON vs. RTX, GE, ITW, TT, DHR, PH, EMR, MMM, JCI, and TEL
Should you be buying Honeywell International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Honeywell International include RTX (RTX), General Electric (GE), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Trane Technologies (TT), Danaher (DHR), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Emerson Electric (EMR), 3M (MMM), Johnson Controls International (JCI), and TE Connectivity (TEL).
RTX (NYSE:RTX) and Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.
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.
In the previous week, RTX had 18 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for RTX and 13 mentions for Honeywell International. RTX's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.48 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 2.2%. 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 increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and Honeywell International has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
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.
RTX currently has a consensus target price of $98.33, indicating a potential downside of 7.31%. Honeywell International has a consensus target price of $215.71, indicating a potential upside of 7.90%. Given RTX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than RTX.
RTX has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.02, suggesting that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
86.5% of RTX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of RTX 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Honeywell International beats RTX on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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