Honeywell International
HON on Nasdaq. Aircraft engines & engine parts. Market value $67.9bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.
Should I look at this?
Worth a closer look
Why it could be worth it
What to watch out for
This is not advice. Check the numbers below.
For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $5.91 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
You pay 11.1 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 19 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 76 of 100. Price score: 99 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$214.14 a share, 9% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $195.87 to $260.28.
Dividend: 4.4% a year
Paid every year for at least 5 years
Prices from Monday’s close (5 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $34.4bn | $35.5bn | $33.0bn | $34.7bn | $37.4bn |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | n/a | 22.6% | 22.9% | 22.1% | 21.7% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 1.06 | 1.17 | 1.29 | 1.69 | 2.51 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.67bn | 0.66bn | 0.65bn | 0.63bn | 0.32bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive5 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Nothing unusual
- Financial strength (Piotroski)6 of 9
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt2.51× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 2.8% a year
- Buying back its own sharesYes, 53% fewer since 2021
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $9.7 billion last quarter, up 4% on a year ago.
- Profit: $5.7 billion, up 262% on a year ago.
- It keeps 22 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, about the same as a year earlier.
- Spare cash over the past 12 months: $4 billion, down from $5.4 billion.
- 1% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
- Debt is $25.2 billion more than cash, down from $26.2 billion a year ago.
- Sales grew on a year ago in each of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $8.8bn |
| December 2024 | $9.2bn |
| March 2025 | $8.9bn |
| June 2025 | $9.3bn |
| September 2025 | $9.4bn |
| December 2025 | $9.8bn |
| March 2026 | $9.1bn |
| June 2026 | $9.7bn |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $1.4bn |
| December 2024 | $1.3bn |
| March 2025 | $1.4bn |
| June 2025 | $1.6bn |
| September 2025 | $1.8bn |
| December 2025 | -$115m |
| March 2026 | $821m |
| June 2026 | $5.7bn |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- 22 October 2026
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 17 February 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 22 October 2026
Who owns it
14 long-term investors we follow own it, down from 15 last quarter. 2,159 funds in all.
- First Manhattan Co.First Manhattan partners
- Value
- $416m
- Share of fund
- 1.1%
- Boston PartnersBoston Partners team
- Value
- $383m
- Share of fund
- 0.3%
- Cambiar InvestorsBrian Barish
- Value
- $30m
- Share of fund
- 1.3%
- GAMCO InvestorsMario Gabelli
- Value
- $25m
- Share of fund
- 0.2%
- Cullen Capital ManagementJames Cullen
- Value
- $24m
- Share of fund
- 0.2%
- Gotham Asset ManagementJoel Greenblatt
- Value
- $19m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
- Beutel GoodmanBeutel Goodman team
- Value
- $2m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
- GMOJeremy Grantham
- Value
- $1m
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
- Dodge & CoxDodge & Cox investment committee
- Value
- $897,727
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
- Horizon KineticsMurray Stahl
- Value
- $735,735
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
- Aristotle Capital ManagementHoward Gleicher
- Value
- $479,817
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
- Heartland AdvisorsBill Nasgovitz
- Value
- $117,548
- Share of fund
- <0.1%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Manhattan Co.First Manhattan partners | $416m | 1.1% | |
| Boston PartnersBoston Partners team | $383m | 0.3% | |
| Cambiar InvestorsBrian Barish | $30m | 1.3% | |
| GAMCO InvestorsMario Gabelli | $25m | 0.2% | |
| Cullen Capital ManagementJames Cullen | $24m | 0.2% | |
| Gotham Asset ManagementJoel Greenblatt | $19m | <0.1% | |
| ValueWorksCharles Lemonides | $6m | 1.2% | New |
| Beutel GoodmanBeutel Goodman team | $2m | <0.1% | |
| GMOJeremy Grantham | $1m | <0.1% | |
| Dodge & CoxDodge & Cox investment committee | $897,727 | <0.1% | |
| Horizon KineticsMurray Stahl | $735,735 | <0.1% | |
| Aristotle Capital ManagementHoward Gleicher | $479,817 | <0.1% | |
| LSV Asset ManagementJosef Lakonishok | $213,000 | <0.1% | New |
| Heartland AdvisorsBill Nasgovitz | $117,548 | <0.1% |
Sold out this quarter
Largest holders overall
- BlackRock$5.1bn
- Vanguard Capital Management$4.6bn
- Newport Trust Company$2.9bn
- Invesco$2.5bn
- Morgan Stanley$2.2bn
- Geode Capital Management$1.8bn
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$1.8bn
- Goldman Sachs Group$1.6bn
- Franklin Resources$1.5bn
- Massachusetts Financial Services$1.4bn
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
2 investors own more than 5%.
- Vanguard Capital ManagementPassive investor7.5%Since 31 March 2026
- STATE STREET CORPORATIONPassive investor5.9%Since 30 June 2026
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
Vanguard Capital Management Passive investor | 7.5% | 31 March 2026 | |
STATE STREET CORPORATION Passive investor | 5.9% | 30 June 2026 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 5 sold $11m.
- West Kenneth JPres/CEO Process TechnologiesSold
- Date
- 3 August 2026
- Shares
- 316
- Price
- $245.47
- Value
- $77,569
- West Kenneth JPres/CEO Process TechnologiesSold
- Date
- 27 July 2026
- Shares
- 17,032
- Price
- $243.77
- Value
- $4m
- West Kenneth JPres/CEO Process TechnologiesSold
- Date
- 2 March 2026
- Shares
- 873
- Price
- $242.70
- Value
- $211,877
- Currier James EPres/CEO Aero TechnologiesSold
- Date
- 2 March 2026
- Shares
- 2,248
- Price
- $243.65
- Value
- $547,725
- Lieblein GraceDirectorSold
- Date
- 23 February 2026
- Shares
- 5,847
- Price
- $243.73
- Value
- $1m
- DAVIS D SCOTTDirectorSold
- Date
- 19 February 2026
- Shares
- 2,367
- Price
- $240.00
- Value
- $568,080
- Mailloux Robert D.Vice President & ControllerSold
- Date
- 6 February 2026
- Shares
- 5,274
- Price
- $239.00
- Value
- $1m
- Mailloux Robert D.Vice President & ControllerSold
- Date
- 30 January 2026
- Shares
- 10,549
- Price
- $229.00
- Value
- $2m
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2026 | West Kenneth J Pres/CEO Process Technologies | Sold | 316 | $245.47 | $77,569 |
| 27 July 2026 | West Kenneth J Pres/CEO Process Technologies | Sold | 17,032 | $243.77 | $4m |
| 2 March 2026 | West Kenneth J Pres/CEO Process Technologies | Sold | 873 | $242.70 | $211,877 |
| 2 March 2026 | Currier James E Pres/CEO Aero Technologies | Sold | 2,248 | $243.65 | $547,725 |
| 23 February 2026 | Lieblein Grace Director | Sold | 5,847 | $243.73 | $1m |
| 19 February 2026 | DAVIS D SCOTT Director | Sold | 2,367 | $240.00 | $568,080 |
| 6 February 2026 | Mailloux Robert D. Vice President & Controller | Sold | 5,274 | $239.00 | $1m |
| 30 January 2026 | Mailloux Robert D. Vice President & Controller | Sold | 10,549 | $229.00 | $2m |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 17 Feb 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 23 Jul 2026 and 13 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
- It carries a lot of debt: 2.5× its equity.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
- Every number footnoted to the filing it came from
Your first deep dive is free.
Not advice. Numbers on this page come from SEC filings and are updated each night; prices are updated again after the US market closes. The five-year figures are rounded.