Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. HONA scored 72.0, TXT scored 69.1 — HONA leads.
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HONA
Honeywell Aerospace Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · Quality-Growth
72
$157.94 · $50.1B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
2.9
HONA leads
TXT
Textron Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · Quality-Growth
69.1
$74.16 · $12.8B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestTXT14.0x
Fastest growthHONA+12.7%
Highest qualityHONA76 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueTXT-6%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
HONA
stronger →← stronger
TXT
76
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
67
84
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
65
62
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
76
HONA is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
HONA
TXT
$2.5bB
FCF
$759mC+
+12.7%B+
Rev
+8.8%B
Negative equity
D/E
0.52B+
48.2xC
P/E
14.0xA-
0.98B+
PEG
0.85B+
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
HONA
TXT
8% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
6% below
~11%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~5%/yr
-19%
1-yr DCF upside
0%
-7%
5-yr DCF upside
+6%
+13%
10-yr DCF upside
+17%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
HONA
Why this score
Short track record
TXT
Why this score
Buying back stock
The companies
HONAHoneywell Aerospace Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · $157.94
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $50.1b. Down 47% from 52-week high of $297.50 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +13%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.98 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $201.87 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
FCF converts 128% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash. $50.1b 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
Down 47% from the 52-week high — the market is pricing in something the screen can't see; verify the bear case before sizing up. Trailing P/E 48x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates.
TXTTextron Inc.
Aerospace & Defense · $74.16 · beta 0.91
Why now
Aerospace & Defense · market cap $12.8b. Down 27% from 52-week high of $101.57 — deep drawdown territory. PEG 0.85 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 15 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $100.27 (implying +35% upside).
Moat
ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
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.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
HONA and TXT score effectively even on the Bull Rankings model (72.0 versus 72.0), so none holds a clear model edge — the call comes down to which trade-off you weight more: sector exposure (Aerospace & Defense) and valuation.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
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Where HONA and TXT diverge
On the headline score the gap is 2.9 points in favor of HONA. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthHONA 83.7 · TXT 65.2HONA +18.5
ValueHONA 61.5 · TXT 75.6TXT +14.1
QualityHONA 76.0 · TXT 67.1HONA +8.9
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 HONA or TXT the better stock?
HONA scores higher: HONA 72.0, TXT 69.1 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 HONA and TXT differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where HONA leads by 19 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 HONA and TXT 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.