CLAIM #30616 · Honeywell International Inc (HON) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Oct 23, 2025 · due Dec 31, 2026
“we have already begun taking action to position our aerospace and automation businesses to return to underlying margin expansion in 2026.”
Vimal Kapur · CEO
How to check this claim
Look at: Segment margin (operating/segment margin %) for Aerospace and Automation businesses, year-over-year change, underlying/organic basis
It came true if: FY2026 underlying segment margin (%) for Aerospace and Automation both higher than FY2025 reported segment margin (%)
Where: Company segment reporting in 10-K / Q4 2026 earnings release and management commentary on margin drivers
In context
“our customers. We are going into the final quarter of 2025 from a position of strength with operating momentum leading us to raise our guidance for the third time this year even as a shifting macro environment requires a high level of agility to deliver these results. We are pleased by the performance of our acquisitions since 2023, which continue to help us shape our portfolio and deliver higher growth and margins. Our commercial and operational momentum are building into 2026, which will be a historic one for Honeywell. At the same time, we are operating with the same commitment to operational excellence that has defined Honeywell for decades. While 2025 was affected by a number of headwinds, including heightened economic uncertainty, incremental tariffs, and significant cost inflation, we have already begun taking action to position our aerospace and automation businesses to return to underlying margin expansion in 2026. As we prepare Aerospace to begin its journey as a leading independent company next year, we expect to begin 2026 operating under a new structure that aligns to how we will deliver the future of automation, giving us a running start post separation. Increasingly, customers across end markets face similar structural challenges such as skilled labor shortages, aging infrastructure, operational inefficiencies and elevated energy and maintenance. As value creation shift towards harnessing the power of data to solve enterprise scale challenges and achieve new level of transformation, we are streamlining our business units centered around cohesive business model for addressing these issues. This segment realignment exemplifies our effort to simplify our whole organization to focus on actions tha”
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SEC filings for HON ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.