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Honeywell International Inc.

$HON·$78B·Conglomerates·Industrials
$213.53-1.8%YTD+27.1%1Y-1.9%
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2026-08-22: 7 posts2026-08-23: 15 posts113-2%
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HOHON
$HONHoneywell International Inc.
$213.53-1.79%113 posts-2%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $HON, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersSelling offAI verdict · as of 2026-08-30

Falling on heavy selling — points lower unless it turns around.

Honeywell post-Solstice-spin is at just the 11th percentile of the 52-week range — aerospace guidance cut is the reason.

Honeywell is the industrial conglomerate mid-way through its own breakup — Solstice (specialty chemicals) plus the HONA aerospace spin are meant to unlock value, but the tape is treating each piece as suspect.

How the setup reads:

  • Revenue is soft: Q1 revenue down 6.9% year-on-year to $9.14B, Q4 was down 32% (divestiture-mix) — underlying story weaker than the mid-teens growth investors expected from breakup optionality.
  • HONA aerospace subsidiary is the specific problem: HONA sold off 22% on earnings even though HON released two weeks earlier, plus 'definition-of-EBIT concerns' — the spin isn't delivering.
  • Valuation not cheap: 33x earnings, 24x EV/EBITDA on 15% op margin — priced for a successful breakup, so if HONA is representative the mother company gets rerated too.
  • Position is broken: 11th percentile of the 52-week range, 11% below the 50-day and 3% below the 200-day — 'dead-bull list' framing captures it.
  • Insider signal is quiet: officer West sold $78K, multiple award events — no cluster, no buying either.

The October 22 print is what breaks the downtrend — Aerospace segment operating margin recovery plus a specific HONA-related update on cost-out timing keeps the breakup story alive; another guide-below-street quarter or continued HONA weakness pushes HON below $205 into the summer lows.

Agrees with X sentimentAgree — the cautious setup (HONA -22% on earnings despite HON already releasing, dead-bull list framing, definition-of-EBIT concerns, aerospace guidance cut) maps to real signals; the mechanical case (11th percentile 52w, revenue down 6.9%, multi-year peak in August) supports the breakdown call.

What to watch: October 22 earnings — Aerospace segment operating margin recovery plus a HONA-related cost-out update keeps the breakup story alive; another guide-below-street quarter or continued HONA weakness pushes HON below $205 into summer lows.

On the calendar: 2026-10-22 — Q3 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Neutral sentiment5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-31

Neutral read on a thin, five-post corpus with little directional conviction. One trader flags a "Great 3 year trading channel" projecting the top of it by year-end; another calls the "consistency" of the chart interesting. A midday market check has HON as a Dow mover at +1.8%. A longer thread digs into the HONA aerospace spin-off's $15.85B debt load rather than the parent's outlook.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Diversified industrial and tech company making avionics, building automation, process controls, and specialty materials.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Conglomerates sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HON.

Conglomerates · Industrials

Conglomerate discount vs. sum-of-parts valuation is the structural tension; activists pushing for breakups or portfolio rationalization are the catalyst for re-rating. Individual segment performance is the fundamental driver — aerospace, industrial, and tech exposure matter most.

What this means for $HON

Partial — semiconductor exposure exists but product mix may not fully align with the AI capex driver; Honeywell International Inc.

Industry benchmark

6-name peer basket
+36.7%YTD
+13.2%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
33.1How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
8.2%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
14.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
3.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
3.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
23.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
36.9%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.6Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 23, 2026$1.95$1.80+8.3%
Q1 2026Apr 23, 2026$2.57$1.83+40.4%
Q4 2025Jan 29, 2026$5.18$5.08+2.0%
Q3 2025Oct 23, 2025$5.64$4.88+15.6%
Next earningsThu, Oct 22·consensus EPS $2.15

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$9.1B-6.9%38.7%9.7%$1.29$-873.0M
Q4 FY25$6.9B-32.0%36.1%10.4%$0.46$1.1B
Q3 FY25$10.4B+7.0%34.1%16.9%$2.87$2.9B
Q2 FY25$10.4B+8.1%38.9%20.4%$2.46$1.0B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 13 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$20.2B$20.1B – $20.4B$8.31$8.15 – $8.4113
FY27$20.5B$19.5B – $21.6B$10.01$9.35 – $10.8313
FY28$21.7B$20.3B – $23.1B$11.53$10.36 – $12.3411
FY29$23.1B$22.3B – $24.1B$12.58$12.01 – $13.305
FY30$23.9B$23.1B – $25.0B$12.55$11.98 – $13.265

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.6×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.9%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-12.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-5.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatHigh float · 300.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.925-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 3Kenneth J WestCEO316 sh$78KSellJul 27Kenneth J WestCEO1.6K sh$396K
+ 70 other (28 exempts · 26 awards · 16 inkinds) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeAug 198-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
3New insider — initial holdingsJul 63
AI summary

Jennifer J. Reilly, SVP and CHRO of Honeywell International Inc. (HON), filed a Form 3 as of July 1, 2026 disclosing direct ownership of 5 shares, 159.304 shares in a 401k, stock options on 30,716 shares at exercise prices of $188.85–$246.30, and RSUs covering 8,957 shares vesting 2026–2029. Routine administrative Form 3 for a newly-reporting senior executive.

8-KMaterial agreementJun 298-K — Item 1.01: Material agreement · Item 2.01: Acquisition completed · Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 3.03 · Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.03: Charter amendment · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Honeywell International filed a major 8-K covering the spin-off of its Aerospace Technologies business and concurrent Euro-denominated debt issuances: 3.375% Notes due 2030, a 0.75% term loan due 2032, 3.75% Notes due 2032, 4.125% Notes due 2034, and 3.75% Notes due 2036. This is a transformative corporate separation event for one of the largest U.S. industrials, combined with a significant multi-tranche Euro debt capital raise.

8-KOfficer or director changeJun 158-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

Honeywell International Inc. (HON) filed an 8-K on June 15, 2026 covering officer/director changes (Item 5.02), a Reg FD disclosure (Item 7.01), and other events (Item 8.01). Body unavailable — excerpt cuts off before the specific personnel change details and Reg FD substance are disclosed.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 113
AI summary

Honeywell International Inc. filed a Form 3 as a 10%+ owner of Honeywell Aerospace Inc. (ticker HONA) as of June 11, 2026, reporting its initial beneficial ownership of HONA securities following the aerospace unit's separation into a standalone public company. No specific share count is detailed in the available excerpt beyond confirming the 10% owner / Director relationship. This is a routine post-spin initial-ownership filing by the parent entity, establishing the regulatory ownership record for the newly public Honeywell Aerospace subsidiary.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJun 58-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD · Item 8.01: Other event
AI summary

HON (HON) disclosed its addition to Nasdaq Stock Market LLC 3 under 8-K Item 8.01 (other events). Index inclusions are significant because they trigger automatic buying from passive index funds and ETFs that track the benchmark, often resulting in increased share price and trading volume. Index providers typically announce additions in advance of the effective rebalancing date, giving institutions time to adjust their holdings. The event increases HON's institutional ownership base and enhances its market visibility and liquidity profile.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 43
AI summary

Honeywell International Inc filed a Form 3 with the SEC, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of HON securities. This filing is required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act within 10 days of becoming a reporting person (officer, director, or 10%+ holder). The filing reports 4 shares of common stock. Form 3 filings establish a baseline ownership record for subsequent Form 4 (changes) and Form 5 (annual) filings, providing transparency into insider positions at HON.

3New insider — initial holdingsJun 33
AI summary

A new insider filed a Form 3 with the SEC, disclosing initial beneficial ownership of HON securities. This filing is required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act within 10 days of becoming a reporting person (officer, director, or 10%+ holder). The filing reports 4 shares of common stock. Form 3 filings establish a baseline ownership record for subsequent Form 4 (changes) and Form 5 (annual) filings, providing transparency into insider positions at HON.

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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

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