Honeywell International Inc. (HON): Today's Featured Aerospace/Defense Winner
(
) pushed the Aerospace/Defense industry higher today making it today's featured aerospace/defense winner. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Honeywell International rose 34 cents (0.6%) to $57.62 on average volume. Throughout the day, four million shares of Honeywell International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3.8 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $56.08-$57.72 after having opened the day at $56.55 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $57.28. Other companies within the Aerospace/Defense industry that increased today were:
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), up 8.8%,
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), up 7.9%,
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Honeywell International Inc. operates as a diversified technology and manufacturing company worldwide. Honeywell International has a market cap of $44.44 billion and is part of the
sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 22.5, above the average aerospace/defense industry P/E ratio of 20.5 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 5.4% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Honeywell International a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and five rate it a hold.
TheStreet Ratings rates Honeywell International as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, increase in net income, good cash flow from operations, growth in earnings per share and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had lackluster performance in the stock itself.
- You can view the full Honeywell International Ratings Report.
On the negative front,
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), down 4.4%,
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), down 2.2%, were all losers within the aerospace/defense industry with
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