Honeywell International (HON) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer HON or GE?

Honeywell International currently has a consensus price target of $248.14, indicating a potential upside of 9.67%. GE Aerospace has a consensus price target of $221.15, indicating a potential downside of 8.54%. Given Honeywell International's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than GE Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Honeywell International	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.59
GE Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HON or GE?

GE Aerospace received 933 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.44% of users gave GE Aerospace an outperform vote while only 74.34% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Honeywell International	Outperform Votes 1208 74.34%	Underperform Votes 417 25.66%
GE Aerospace	Outperform Votes 2141 75.44%	Underperform Votes 697 24.56%

Does the media prefer HON or GE?

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 26 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 78 mentions for GE Aerospace and 52 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat GE Aerospace's score of 1.14 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Honeywell International	41 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
GE Aerospace	55 Very Positive mention(s)	9 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility & risk, HON or GE?

Honeywell International has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation and earnings, HON or GE?

GE Aerospace has higher revenue and earnings than Honeywell International. Honeywell International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than GE Aerospace, 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	$39.22B	3.71	$5.71B	$8.70	26.01
GE Aerospace	$39.68B	6.50	$6.56B	$6.43	37.60

Is HON or GE a better dividend stock?

Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Honeywell International pays out 52.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GE Aerospace pays out 22.4% 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 raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years and GE Aerospace has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Honeywell International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is HON or GE more profitable?

Honeywell International has a net margin of 14.82% compared to GE Aerospace's net margin of 14.31%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.78% beat GE Aerospace's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Honeywell International	14.82%	35.78%	9.04%
GE Aerospace	14.31%	22.19%	3.66%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of HON or GE?

75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of GE Aerospace shares are held by company 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

GE Aerospace beats Honeywell International on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.