Honeywell International Inc vs L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., two Aerospace & Defense stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HON and LHX diverge most: on debt / equity, HON reads 1.80 and LHX reads 0.46; on return on assets, HON reads 1.3% and LHX reads 4.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What LHX's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HON | LHX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $243.09 | $277.09 |
| Market cap | $77.4B | $51.9B |
| Sector | Aerospace & Defense | Aerospace & Defense |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| P/E | 11.2 | 28.0 |
| P/B | 4.11 | 2.61 |
| P/S | 2.04 | 1.33 |
| EV/EBITDA | 11.2 | 11.4 |
| Revenue growth | +5.0% | +7.4% |
| Operating margin | 23.1% | 11.1% |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 4.8% |
| Return on equity | 5.3% | 9.4% |
| Return on assets | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.7% | 11.7% |
| FCF yield | 5.2% | 5.4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Debt / equity | 1.80 | 0.46 |
| Current ratio | 1.21 | 1.18 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.68 | 2.57 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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