Honeywell Aerospace is now too cheap to ignore, says Morgan Stanley

Cnbc · Aug 19, 2026 · 307 words · By Liz Napolitano

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Honeywell Aerospace is looking very cheap, so it's a good time to scoop up its shares, according to Morgan Stanley.

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What happened

Honeywell Aerospace is looking very cheap, so it's a good time to scoop up its shares, according to Morgan Stanley.

Why it matters

The investment bank upgraded the aerospace name to overweight from equal weight.

Common ground

It has a price target of $205 on shares, implying nearly 28% upside from Tuesday's close.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The investment bank upgraded the aerospace name to overweight from equal weight.”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that Morgan Stanley upgraded Honeywell Aerospace (HONA) from equal weight to overweight.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Honeywell International Inc. is an American publicly traded, multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It primarily operates in three areas of business: buildi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more tha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Stanley

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., formerly known as The Stanley Works, is an American manufacturer of industrial tools and household hardware, and a provider of security products. Headquartered in the Gre…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Black_&_Decker

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Claim 2: “and about 11.4 times its expected enterprise-value-to-EBITDA for 2028.”

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One web search result specifically mentions the stock trading at about 11.4x its estimated 2028 EBITDA. Other results do not provide this specific figure.

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Claim 3: “It has a price target of $205 on shares”

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Multiple sources explicitly state that Morgan Stanley set a price target of $205 for Honeywell Aerospace shares.

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Claim 4: “Of the 15 analysts covering Honeywell Aerospace, 10 have a hold on the stock and five have a buy or strong buy rating on it, LSEG data shows.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the LSEG analyst rating distribution.

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Claim 5: “The stock trades at roughly 16.8 times its estimated price-to-free cash flow”

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One web search result mentions the stock trades at about 16.8 times estimated 2028 price-to-free-cash-flow. Other results mention the upgrade but not this specific metric.

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Claim 6: “The company was spun out from Honeywell in late June”

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Multiple sources confirm the spin-off of Honeywell Aerospace from Honeywell, with one source specifically mentioning the board approval on June 15, 2026, and another mentioning the completion of the spin-off.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Honeywell TPE331 (military designation: T76) is a turboprop engine. The engine was designed in the 1950s by Garrett AiResearch and has been produced since 1999 by its successor, Honeywell Aerospac…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Honeywell Aerospace Inc. is an independent American manufacturer of aircraft engines, avionics, auxiliary power units (APUs), and other aviation systems. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, it operates…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_Aerospace

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Honeywell T55 (formerly Lycoming; company designation LTC-4) is a turboshaft engine used on American helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft (in turboprop form) since the 1950s, and in unlimited hydro…
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Claim 7: “Shares climbed more than 2% following the upgrade.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify the specific 2% price increase following the upgrade (though some sources mention larger jumps like 7% or 9%, they do not specifically corroborate a 'more than 2%' claim in a way that validates the original statement's context).

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Claim 8: “Shares are down roughly 27% since June 29.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of German grammar/dictionary results and general Wikipedia entries, providing no data on share price declines since June 29.

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Claim 9: “That makes it the cheapest large cap aerospace stock covered by Morgan Stanley.”

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Multiple independent sources confirm that Morgan Stanley considers Honeywell Aerospace the cheapest large-cap aerospace stock in its coverage.

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web search NEUTRAL — Morgan Stanley upgraded HONA to ‘Overweight’ from ‘Equal Weight.’ Honeywell Aerospace trades at about 16.8 times estimated 2028 price-to-free-cash-flow, making it the cheapest large-cap aerospace stoc…
https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/hona-sto…

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web search NEUTRAL — Morgan Stanley upgraded Honeywell Aerospace (HONA) to Overweight from Equal Weight with an unchanged price target of $205.Honeywell Aerospace is now the cheapest large cap aerospace stock in Morgan St…
https://www.tipranks.com/news/the-fly/honeywell-aerospace-up…

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web search NEUTRAL — Honeywell Aerospace stock rallies on a bullish Morgan Stanley research note.According to Liwag, HONA stock is now the most attractive large-cap aerospace name in her coverage universe, trading at abou…
https://www.barchart.com/story/news/3935574/morgan-stanley-j…

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Claim 10: “Shares of Honeywell Aerospace have fallen roughly 24% in the past month.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding Indiana Department of Homeland Security licensing and general Wikipedia entries about Honeywell, with no mention of a 24% price drop.

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