
NASDAQ:HON
This summary was created by AI, based on 26 opinions in the last 12 months.
Honeywell International (HON) is in the midst of a significant transformation as it prepares to spin off into three distinct businesses: aerospace, automation, and advanced materials. Experts express a cautious optimism about the company’s future potential, recognizing that while the spinoff may create more focused entities, it could also lead to initial volatility in stock price. Despite being viewed as a reliable compounder, some analysts indicate that the company's growth rate lags behind other industrials like Caterpillar (CAT). There is also an acknowledgment of valuation concerns, with a consensus that Honeywell's stock is relatively fairly priced at present. Many analysts recommend holding the stock, particularly in anticipation of the spinoff, while others suggest exploring alternative investment opportunities within the industrial sector.
It's been caught up in this movement in quasi-industrial stocks with military-government projects, all due to better global growth. The stock has risen since Trump came in, pronouncing "America First." That said, he's concerned with global growth going forward and HON's margin costs. He wouldn't buy it now.
This has pretty well got right up to very strong technical resistance where, for the past 10 years, they’ve never been able to crack through. Also, it has pretty much reached its FMV or intrinsic value. When you put those 2 together, you have a company that everybody loves, but it isn’t going anywhere.
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.)
If an investor is not an owner today, wait until the announced reorganizations have been completed and then pick and choose the divisions that are suitable. He looks favorably on the coming aerospace division and the new Internet of Things division.