What does the company do?
Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell) is a diversified technology and manufacturing company, serving customers globally with aerospace products and services, control, sensing and security technologies for buildings, homes and industry, turbochargers, automotive products, specialty chemicals, electronic and advanced materials, and process technology for refining and petrochemicals and energy efficient products and solutions for homes, business and transportation. The Company operates in four business segments: aerospace, automation and control solutions, specialty materials, and transportation systems. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Safety Products Holding, Inc. (Norcross) and Metrologic Instruments, Inc. In July 2008, B/E Aerospace, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Honeywell’s Consumables Solutions distribution business (HCS) within the Aerospace segment.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Honeywell Intl one-year sales: 31.55 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense Products & Services group: 30.11% - Honeywell Intl one-year income: 2.16 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense Products & Services group: 65.62%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 31.55 Bil | 24.25 Bil | | Income | 2.16 Bil | 1.31 Bil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Honeywell Intl one-year sales growth: -18.00%.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense Products & Services group: -17.20 pct. pts. - Honeywell Intl one-year income growth: -30.20%.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense Products & Services group: -21.20 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | -18.00% | -0.80% | | Income Growth | -30.20% | -9.00% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Honeywell Intl one-year net profit margin: 6.9%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 0.4 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense Products & Services group: 0.6 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
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| Company | 6.9% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 6.5% | | Industry | 6.3% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Honeywell Intl debt/equity ratio: 0.87.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense Products & Services group: 17.57%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.87 | 0.74 |
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