Stock price when the opinion was issued
So many moving pieces in the puzzle. 12-month price target of $253, decent runway. Activist Elliott Management has forced a breakup. People get concerned about spinoffs, but thinks it will be fine. Biggest division will be aerospace -- sort of cyclical. Second is automation -- in renewables and so on.
Third division, Advanced Materials, encompasses AI. Pretty small, as only 3-4% of revenues go there. Just announced it's now largest shareholder in Quantinuum, with second-largest being NVDA. Makes it a significant player in quantum computing. On July 24, beat top and bottom and raised guidance. Yield is 2.13%.
For a couple of years, the talk has been about the Internet of Things and companies that benefit. Given that the US manufacturing economy is improving, but with very, very old equipment, there is money being spent to upgrade. This company builds instruments that measure things and are connected to the Internet. (See Top Picks.)