HEICO CORPORATION vs Honeywell International Inc, two Aerospace & Defense stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HEI and HON diverge most: on dividend yield, HEI reads 0.1% and HON reads 2.2%; on return on assets, HEI reads 8.5% and HON reads 1.3%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HEI's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HEI | HON |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $298.32 | $207.73 |
| Market cap | $42.1B | $66.2B |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense |
| Stage | Growth | Mature |
| P/E | 49.7 | 9.5 |
| P/B | 8.39 | 3.51 |
| P/S | 8.14 | 1.74 |
| EV/EBITDA | 30.4 | 10.0 |
| Revenue growth | +20.5% | +5.0% |
| Operating margin | 25.1% | 23.1% |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 2.6% |
| Return on equity | 16.9% | 5.3% |
| Return on assets | 8.5% | 1.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.1% | 11.7% |
| FCF yield | 2.4% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 0.1% | 2.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.51 | 1.80 |
| Current ratio | 2.72 | 1.21 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.33 | 7.68 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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