CLAIM #30601 · Honeywell International Inc (HON) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 23, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2026
“In 2026, as pricing aligns with tariff costs, OE shipments of electronic solutions recouple with build rates and integration costs from the CAES acquisition subside, Aerospace margins are well positioned to increase from 2025 levels.”
Vimal Kapur · CEO
How to check this claim
Look at: Aerospace segment full-year operating margin (%)
It came true if: FY2026 Aerospace margin > FY2025 Aerospace margin (approximately 26%)
Where: Company segment reporting (10-K / earnings release / Q4 2026 call)
In context
“f the year as our shipments progressively realign to build schedules. For the fourth quarter, we expect Aero organic sales to be up double digits or high single digits, excluding Bombardier, led by Defense and Space. Commercial aftermarket growth should moderate from third quarter levels towards the longer-term trend. Excluding the year-over-year impact of Bombardier, commercial OE should grow faster than the prior quarter. We anticipate the second quarter marked the low point of Aerospace margins and fourth quarter margins will be comparable to the third. For the full year, margins are expected to be approximately 26% as volume leverage is more than offset by transitory integration headwinds from the CAES acquisition and cost inflation from tariff pressures temporarily outpacing pricing. In 2026, as pricing aligns with tariff costs, OE shipments of electronic solutions recouple with build rates and integration costs from the CAES acquisition subside, Aerospace margins are well positioned to increase from 2025 levels. For Industrial Automation, third quarter outperformance is compelling us to raise our full year top line expectations for a second consecutive quarter from down low to mid-single digits to down only low single digits. Positive order growth in the third quarter was encouraging, though it was uneven within both long- and short-cycle businesses, such that it would not yet be prudent to confirm a sustainable upward trend. As a result of these mix dynamics and a more challenging prior year comparison, we expect fourth quarter sales to be down low single digits. Continued momentum in smart energy and steady performance in Sensing and warehouse automation should offset modest demand headwinds in productivity solutions and services and short-term project pushouts in core process solutions. We now”
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SEC filings for HON ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.