Honeywell International (HON) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, GE or HON?

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
GE Aerospace	$39.68B	5.42	$6.56B	$6.43	31.34
Honeywell International	$38.50B	3.52	$5.71B	$8.71	24.17

Is GE or HON 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
GE Aerospace	14.31%	22.19%	3.66%
Honeywell International	14.82%	35.78%	9.04%

Is GE or HON a better dividend stock?

GE Aerospace pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. GE Aerospace pays out 22.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Honeywell International pays out 51.9% 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 increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Honeywell International is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts rate GE or HON?

GE Aerospace presently has a consensus price target of $216.92, indicating a potential upside of 7.64%. Honeywell International has a consensus price target of $241.46, indicating a potential upside of 14.71%. Given Honeywell International's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than GE Aerospace.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
GE Aerospace	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Honeywell International	0 Sell rating(s)	9 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GE or HON?

74.8% of GE Aerospace shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.9% of Honeywell International shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of GE Aerospace 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, GE or HON?

GE Aerospace has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Honeywell International has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GE or HON?

GE Aerospace received 936 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.46% of users gave GE Aerospace an outperform vote while only 74.32% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
GE Aerospace	Outperform Votes 2140 75.46%	Underperform Votes 696 24.54%
Honeywell International	Outperform Votes 1204 74.32%	Underperform Votes 416 25.68%

Does the media prefer GE or HON?

In the previous week, GE Aerospace had 6 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 66 mentions for GE Aerospace and 60 mentions for Honeywell International. GE Aerospace's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.89 indicating that GE Aerospace is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
GE Aerospace	41 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Honeywell International	32 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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