Honeywell International Inc. (HON): Today's Featured Aerospace/Defense Winner

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Honeywell International (HON) pushed the Aerospace/Defense industry higher today making it today's featured aerospace/defense winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 1.2%. By the end of trading, Honeywell International rose 67 cents (1.1%) to $61.26 on light volume. Throughout the day, 896,893 shares of Honeywell International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $60.70-$61.26 after having opened the day at $60.77 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $60.59. Other companies within the Aerospace/Defense industry that increased today were: Astrotech Corporation (ASTC), up 17.2%, TAT Technologies (TATT), up 8%, Sturm Ruger & Company (RGR), up 2.8%, and Elbit Systems (ESLT), up 2.3%.

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Honeywell International Inc. operates as a diversified technology and manufacturing company worldwide. Honeywell International has a market cap of $47.46 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 11.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 16 analysts that rate Honeywell International a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and four rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Honeywell International as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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