Company Analysis

Honeywell International Inc. (HON)

Nasdaq: HON · Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts · Charlotte, NC · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade4.8
◀ Past 4.2● Present 5.3▶ Future 4.8

The grade of Honeywell International Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.8/10
◀ Past4.230% of the headline
● Present5.340% of the headline
▶ Future4.830% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.2/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.9/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2021-04-30.

weight 33% of this tense · 19th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Honeywell International Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 1 warning event: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2021-04-30) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
3.8/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

-0.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 38th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Honeywell International Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $39 billion in fiscal 2016 to $37 billion in fiscal 2025, down 0.5% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 22% from fiscal 2018 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span-0.5%bottom 21% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 21% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 29% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak21.9%bottom 36% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 2.0% a year. 100% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 18 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 85th percentile among 6 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Honeywell International Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 2.0% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 100% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 18 sales and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-27 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 21% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.3/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 31%: 31¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 80%: owes 80¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Honeywell International Inc. earned about 31 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 19 cents per dollar of everything the company owns (revenue less the cost of revenue). Leverage: it owed about 80 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 1.9% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 7% of its family
  • return on equitytop 7% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 42% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.5/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 45% of 7 in its family; net margin 12.6%.

weight 33% of this tense · 55th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Honeywell International Inc.'s standing among 7 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $37 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 21% by size; a net margin of 12.6% ranks in the top 36%; revenue growth of 1.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 21% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$37.44Btop 21% of its family
  • net margin12.6%top 36% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.8%bottom 21% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.0/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 40% of 5 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2023.

weight 22% of this tense · 40th percentile among 5 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Honeywell International Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kapur, Vimal (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2023-06-05, 3.4 years (top 10% of its family); the 27 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 3.3 years (bottom 10%); 15 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 27 people in charge now (bottom 21%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge15 in three years among 27 peoplebottom 21% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed3.3 yearsbottom 10% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record3.4 yearstop 10% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.8/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 34% of 7 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 66th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Honeywell International Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $12 billion against debt of $27 billion leaves -19.9% of its assets as net cash, top 50% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 14.5% of revenue (top 36%); a gross margin of 36.9% (top 42%); research spending of 4.8% of revenue (top 8%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-19.9%top 50% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue14.5%top 36% of its family
  • gross margin36.9%top 42% of its family
  • research spending against revenue4.8%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 34% of 7 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 34th percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Honeywell International Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.8% a year over the last three filed years against -0.5% over all 10, speeding up (bottom 36% of its family); the newest year grew 7.9% (bottom 21%); research spending grew 7% a year (bottom 30%); capital spending grew 8.8% a year (top 50%) (its annual reports). Honeywell International Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $25 billion (66%), Service at $13 billion (35%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span+2.4 points a yearbottom 36% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth7.9%bottom 21% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending7.0%bottom 30% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending8.8%top 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 31% of 7 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 31st percentile among 7 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Honeywell International Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $37 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9% above the $34 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 21% of its family); net income of $4.7 billion against a prior three-year average of $5.4 billion (bottom 7%); a net margin of 12.6% against 15.9% before (bottom 7%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace9.0%top 21% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-13%bottom 7% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-3.2 pointsbottom 7% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

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