Honeywell (HON) To Report Earnings Tomorrow: Here Is What To Expect
Industrial conglomerate Honeywell (NASDAQ:HON) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before market hours. Here’s what to expect.
Honeywell beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.7% last quarter, reporting revenues of $9.58 billion, up 4.7% year on year. It was a very strong quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ EBITDA and organic revenue estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Honeywell’s revenue to grow 7.5% year on year to $9.90 billion, improving from the 2.9% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.50 per share.
Heading into earnings, analysts covering the company have grown increasingly bearish with revenue estimates seeing 5 downward revisions over the last 30 days (we track 15 analysts). Honeywell has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates five times over the last two years.
Looking at Honeywell’s peers in the general industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. 3M’s revenues decreased 3.2% year on year, meeting analysts’ expectations, and General Electric reported revenues up 5.2%, falling short of estimates by 4.7%.
Read our full analysis of 3M’s results here and General Electric’s results here.
Investors in the general industrial machinery segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Honeywell is up 8.2% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $228.38 (compared to the current share price of $222.10).
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