Honeywell International Inc. engages in the aerospace technologies, industrial automation, building automation, and energy and sustainable solutions businesses in the United States, Europe, and internationally. The company's Aerospace Technologies segment offers auxiliary power units, propulsion engines, integrated avionics, connectivity services, electric power systems, management and technical services, environmental control and electric power systems, engine controls, flight safety, communications, navigation hardware, …
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Competitive advantage assessment
Key strengths
Margins Stable Across CyclesOperating margin volatility is low (stability score 1.00), demonstrating pricing resilience across cycles.
ROIC Sustainably Above PeersROIC at 84.0th percentile exceeds peers and WACC, demonstrating superior capital allocation.
Key risks
Liquidity ConcernsLiquidity is concerning (score 0.28), raising questions about short-term obligations.
The dashed ring is the peer median. Defense scores are percentile ranks
against peers, so 50 is roughly the typical company in this group.
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Honeywell International Inc. ranks #2 of 27
scored companies in Conglomerates by moat score — the top 7%.
The widest moat in the group is Steel Partners Holdings LP LTD (SPLP)
at 79/100.
Moat scores for companies ranked near HON in Conglomerates
Pricing power is the ability to raise prices without losing volume.
Cost Advantage
Score 84
· 15% of the moat score
A cost advantage means delivering the same product for structurally less — better purchasing, denser distribution, a more automated process.
Customer Stickiness
Score 95
· 15% of the moat score
Stickiness is what makes revenue repeat without being re-won every year.
Capital Efficiency
Score 82
· 18% of the moat score
Capital efficiency asks what the company earns on the money tied up in the business.
Resilience
Score 57
· 17% of the moat score
Resilience is the capacity to get through a bad year on its own terms — enough liquidity, enough interest cover, and enough cash generation to avoid a rescue financing or a forced sale.
Scale & Market Position
Score 64
· 15% of the moat score
Scale matters only when it converts into economics.
What is Honeywell International Inc.'s moat score?
Honeywell International Inc. (HON) scores 78 out of 100 on the StatsAlpha Moat Map, which rates its competitive advantage as strong. It ranks #2 of 27 scored companies in Conglomerates, the top 7%. The score is a weighted composite of 6 competitive defenses, each measured against industry peers of 26 companies in Conglomerates. Its strongest defense is Customer Stickiness (95/100) and its weakest is Resilience (57/100).
How does Honeywell International Inc. compare with other Conglomerates companies?
Honeywell International Inc. ranks #2 of 27 scored companies in Conglomerates by moat score. The widest moat in Conglomerates is Steel Partners Holdings LP LTD (SPLP) at 79/100. The companies ranked closest are Steel Partners Holdings LP LTD (SPLP) at 79 just above it and Valmont Industries, Inc. (VMI) at 71 just below it.
How is the moat score calculated?
Each company is scored with an industry-specific template — Corporate Default in this case, chosen because the defenses that matter to a bank are not the ones that matter to a software company. Every defense combines several financial signals, and each signal is measured as a percentile against a peer group of 26 companies in Conglomerates. The defenses are then weighted to produce the overall score out of 100.
Why is Honeywell International Inc. scored with the Corporate Default template?
Most public companies sell a product or a service at a margin, so the moat question is whether that margin survives contact with competitors. The Corporate template scores the six defenses that show up in a general operating company's financial signature: whether it can hold price, produce more cheaply than rivals, keep its customers, earn a return above its cost of capital, withstand a downturn, and turn size into economics.
Which competitive defenses are measured for Honeywell International Inc.?
The Corporate Default template measures 6 defenses, and HON scores: Pricing Power (83), Cost Advantage (84), Customer Stickiness (95), Capital Efficiency (82), Resilience (57), Scale & Market Position (64). Each is scored independently as a percentile against peers, so a company can be strong on one and weak on another — the overall score reflects how those defenses are weighted for this industry.
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