Honeywell (HON) on Wednesday announced an agreement with activist investor Elliott Investment Management that will see Honeywell add one of Elliott's partners to its board.
Honeywell is expected to appoint Marc Steinberg, a partner at activist Elliott Investment Management, to its board later on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The activist investor revealed a more than $5 billion stake in the conglomerate late last year.
British chemicals firm Johnson Matthey has agreed to sell a division that houses technologies that go into making sustainable fuels for 1.8 billion pounds ($2.4 billion), including debt to Honeywell International.
Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON ) Wolfe Research 2025 Global Transportation and Industrials Conference May 20, 2025 2:05 PM ET Company Participants Bill Hammoud - President and CEO, Build.Bation Conference Call Participants Nigel Coe - Wolfe Research Nigel Coe Great. I think we'll get started.
Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON ) Bank of America 2025 Industrials, Transportation, and Airlines Key Leaders Conference May 13, 2025 8:00 AM ET Company Participants Mike Stepniak - SVP and CFO Sean Meakim - VP, IR Conference Call Participants Andrew Obin - Bank of America Andrew Obin With that, we're going to kick off right on time. We have Honeywell.
3M Company MMM and Honeywell International Inc. HON are two prominent names operating in the Zacks Diversified Operations industry. As rivals, both companies compete in multiple sectors with significant overlap in industrial products, consumer goods and safety and security markets.
Given the uncertainty created by the ongoing tariff conflict, investors have braced themselves for a slew of downgrades to full-year guidance from industrial companies. That makes the recent first-quarter results and guidance from Honeywell International (HON 1.57%) a bit more impressive, and the stock looks like a good value for patient investors.
Honeywell's stock surged 5% after strong 1Q25 earnings, with an 8% YoY sales increase driven by the Aerospace and Building Automation segments. A planned 2025 spinoff of Honeywell's Aerospace segment could lead to a higher valuation, similar to GE Aerospace's multiple. Honeywell's profit forecast for 2025 anticipates 3-6% growth, despite economic vulnerabilities and potential headwinds like tariffs and lower pension income.
Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ:HON ) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 29, 2025 8:30 AM ET Company Participants Sean Meakim - VP of IR Vimal Kapur - Chairman and CEO Mike Stepniak - SVP and CFO Conference Call Participants Nigel Coe - Wolfe Research Steve Tusa - JPMorgan Julian Mitchell - Barclays Scott Davis - Melius Research Andrew Obin - Bank of America Sheila Kahyaoglu - Jefferies Amit Mehrotra - UBS Joe Ritchie - Goldman Sachs Chris Snyder - Morgan Stanley Andy Kaplowitz - Citigroup Operator Thank you for standing by and welcome to the Honeywell First Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
HON's first-quarter results benefit from growth in commercial aftermarket, defense & space and warehouse and workflow solutions. Softness across the safety & sensing technologies businesses hurts results.
Honeywell International (HON 5.57%) reported first-quarter earnings that topped expectations and the company raised its full-year profit forecast. Investors were pleased, sending Honeywell shares up 5% as of 10:30 am ET.