HON vs. RTX, GE, DHR, ITW, PH, TT, EMR, MMM, TEL, and JCI
Should you be buying Honeywell International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Honeywell International include RTX (RTX), General Electric (GE), Danaher (DHR), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Trane Technologies (TT), Emerson Electric (EMR), 3M (MMM), TE Connectivity (TEL), and Johnson Controls International (JCI).
Honeywell International (NASDAQ:HON) and RTX (NYSE:RTX) 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 dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, profitability and risk.
Honeywell International pays an annual dividend of $4.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. RTX pays an annual dividend of $2.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Honeywell International pays out 50.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RTX pays out 92.5% 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 has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RTX has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Honeywell International currently has a consensus target price of $215.71, indicating a potential upside of 11.51%. RTX has a consensus target price of $96.27, indicating a potential downside of 5.07%. Given Honeywell International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Honeywell International is more favorable than RTX.
Honeywell International has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
75.9% of Honeywell International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.5% of RTX shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Honeywell International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of RTX shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Honeywell International received 1074 more outperform votes than RTX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.63% of users gave Honeywell International an outperform vote while only 55.85% of users gave RTX an outperform vote.
Honeywell International has a net margin of 15.52% compared to RTX's net margin of 4.90%. Honeywell International's return on equity of 35.88% beat RTX's return on equity.
In the previous week, RTX had 23 more articles in the media than Honeywell International. MarketBeat recorded 71 mentions for RTX and 48 mentions for Honeywell International. Honeywell International's average media sentiment score of 0.52 beat RTX's score of 0.42 indicating that Honeywell International is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Honeywell International beats RTX on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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