Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HON scored 48.4, BBUC scored 31.3 — HON leads.
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Different reporting periods. HON's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but BBUC's are as of December 2025 — a 6-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
HON
Honeywell International Inc.
Conglomerates · Quality-Growth
48.4
$207.73 · $65.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
17.1
HON leads
BBUC
Brookfield Business Corporation
Conglomerates · Quality-Growth
31.3
$26.67 · $5.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthHON+5.0%
Strongest balance sheetHON1.85
Highest qualityHON67 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueBBUC-49%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HON
stronger →← stronger
BBUC
67
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
31
33
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
14
52
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
70
HON is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HON
BBUC
$4.0bB
FCF
$1.2bC+
+5.0%C+
Rev
-32.4%F
1.85C
D/E
2.96D
7.7xA
P/E
—
—
P/S
0.2xA
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
HON
BBUC
3% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
49% below
~4%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~-18%/yr
-2%
1-yr DCF upside
+121%
-3%
5-yr DCF upside
+98%
-5%
10-yr DCF upside
+71%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HON
Why this score
Durable high returns
BBUC
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
The companies
HONHoneywell International Inc.
Conglomerates · $207.73 · beta 0.89
Why now
Conglomerates · market cap $65.8b. Down 20% from 52-week high of $260.28 — deep drawdown territory. 23 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $257.61 (implying +24% upside).
Moat
Net margin 22% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 44% — top-decile capital efficiency. Either pricing leverage, low capital intensity, or aggressive buybacks; the durability story depends on which. $65.8b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Value re-rating depends on a catalyst. Without one — analyst day, divestiture, margin recovery, capital return — the stock can stay cheap on these multiples for years.
BBUCBrookfield Business Corporation
Conglomerates · $26.67 · beta 1.39
Why now
Conglomerates · market cap $5.5b. Down 30% from 52-week high of $38.25 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue -32% — in contraction; any catalyst that reverses this triggers re-rating. 8 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $39.00 (implying +46% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income.
Risk
D/E 2.96 is elevated — limits strategic flexibility and raises refinancing exposure if rates stay higher for longer. Revenue contracting -32% — the operational turn is not yet visible in the top line. Down 30% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where HON and BBUC diverge
On the headline score the gap is 17.1 points in favor of HON. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityHON 66.9 · BBUC 31.1HON +35.8
GrowthHON 32.6 · BBUC 14.1HON +18.5
ValueHON 52.1 · BBUC 69.9BBUC +17.8
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is HON or BBUC the better stock?
HON scores higher: HON 48.4, BBUC 31.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do HON and BBUC differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where HON leads by 36 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are HON and BBUC scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.