HON vs. GE, DHR, MMM, MKL, CSL, IEP, ITT, IAC, FSS, and BATRA
Should you be buying Honeywell International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Honeywell International include General Electric (GE), Danaher (DHR), 3M (MMM), Markel Group (MKL), Carlisle Companies (CSL), Icahn Enterprises (IEP), ITT (ITT), IAC (IAC), Federal Signal (FSS), and Atlanta Braves (BATRA). These companies are all part of the "multi-sector conglomerates" sector.
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and General Electric (NYSE:GE) are both large-cap multi-sector conglomerates companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
74.6% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.8% of General Electric shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Honeywell International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of General Electric shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Honeywell International presently has a consensus target price of $215.07, indicating a potential upside of 14.47%. General Electric has a consensus target price of $122.71, indicating a potential upside of 9.84%. Given Honeywell International's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than General Electric.
General Electric received 902 more outperform votes than Honeywell International when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 75.89% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 75.38% of users gave General Electric an outperform vote.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.08% compared to General Electric's net margin of 13.32%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 34.46% beat General Electric's return on equity.
Honeywell International has higher earnings, but lower revenue than General Electric. General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Honeywell International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Honeywell International has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, General Electric has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. General Electric pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.3%. Honeywell International pays out 51.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. General Electric pays out 3.8% 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.
In the previous week, Honeywell International had 15 more articles in the media than General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Honeywell International and 16 mentions for General Electric. General Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Honeywell International's score of 0.63 indicating that General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Honeywell International and General Electric tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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