Honeywell International Inc. (HON): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Winner

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Honeywell International ( HON) pushed the Industrial Goods sector higher today making it today's featured industrial goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 1.5%. By the end of trading, Honeywell International rose $2.02 (2.6%) to $80.75 on average volume. Throughout the day, 4,019,112 shares of Honeywell International exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 3,692,400 shares. The stock ranged in a price between $79.05-$80.84 after having opened the day at $79.23 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $78.73. Other companies within the Industrial Goods sector that increased today were: Real Goods Solar ( RSOL), up 129.9%, Exide Technologies ( XIDE), up 10.4%, UQM Technologies ( UQM), up 9.1% and Fuel Tech ( FTEK), up 8.6%.

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Honeywell International Inc. operates as a diversified technology and manufacturing company worldwide. Honeywell International has a market cap of $62.9 billion and is part of the industrial industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 20.7, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 24.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate Honeywell International a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 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 impressive record of earnings per share growth, revenue growth, good cash flow from operations, solid stock price performance and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

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On the negative front, Altair Nanotechnologies ( ALTI), down 8.9%, MagneGas Corporation ( MNGA), down 8.5%, ZBB Energy Corporation ( ZBB), down 7.1% and Comstock ( CHCI), down 6.6%.

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