Price: $220.05
· 1 day: +1.98% · 5 days: +0.79% · 1 month: +5.74% · YTD: +7.55%
As of 2026-11-06 21:00 UTC.
52-week range: $195.87 – $260.28 (currently at 38% of the range).
HON is in a turning down, momentum firm. $221.63 is the level overhead; $216.93 the first support below.
4 of 6 technical checks lean bullish.
| Trend | Turning down · above 50-day & below 200-day |
|---|---|
| Momentum | RSI 60.54 · neutral · MACD bullish |
| Trend strength | ADX 12.3 · weak or range |
| Location | +3.7% vs 50-day MA |
| 52-week range | -15% from high · +12% from low |
| Volatility | ATR 7.27 · ~3.3%/day |
| Level | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| $221.63 (resistance) | swing zone | 0.72% |
| $225.0 (resistance) | round | 2.25% |
| $230.58 (resistance) | sma 200 | 4.79% |
| $216.93 (support) | swing zone | -1.42% |
| $212.13 (support) | sma 50 | -3.6% |
| $204.71 (support) | swing zone | -6.97% |
| RSI (14) | 60.54 | MACD | 2.6171 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADX (14) | 12.3 | ATR (14) | 7.27 |
| 50-day average | $212.13 | 200-day average | $230.58 |
Next earnings: 2027-01-28. HON earnings date, time and past reactions.
Report of 2026-10-23, updated 2026-11-04.
Honeywell International (HON) has risen another 4.33% over the past five days while the S&P 500 slipped 1.99%, keeping the stock’s outperformance alive and pushing the price to $228.75 as of the November 4 close.
The picture holds – the rally remains confined beneath the 200‑day SMA at 231.75 and has not breached the downside breakout trigger of a daily close below the round 225.0 level. The current price sits comfortably above the 225 support but still below the stop‑loss target of 233.19, meaning the bearish bias for the next 2‑6 weeks remains intact. A weekly close above the 200‑day SMA (231.75) would be required to change the picture.
Technical metrics reinforce this view: RSI is elevated at 77.3, volume is down 96.3% versus the 20‑day average, and the stock remains above its 10‑week average but still under the 40‑week average. The next resistance levels to watch are the swing‑zone at 237.1 and the round 250.0, while downside targets sit at 221.31 and 217.12. For further context on the bearish technical outlook, see the Investing.com analysis dated November 2.
Honeywell International (HON) rose 4.2% over five days to $220.27 after its third-quarter report, but the rally sits inside a weekly downtrend, just under resistance at $221.31 and well below the 200-day average at $231.75. The balance of evidence leans negative for the next two to six weeks, though conviction is low at 1 of 4. Sales grew 7% organically and margins widened, yet the chart has not shown that buyers are back.
The event was the quarterly report on October 22, 2026. In its 8-K, Honeywell said sales were $5.0 billion, up 1% reported and 7% organically, with growth in all three segments. Operating income rose 79% to $740 million, operating margin was 14.8% (up 640 basis points) and segment margin was 21.3% (up 370 basis points). The 10-Q frames the same quarter very differently: revenue of $4.99 billion, down 52% year over year, and net income of $664 million, down 64%. The filings use different comparison bases, so the headline growth figure and the filed decline do not describe the same thing. The stock's 52-week high of $478.47 also sits 54% above the current price, which is a poor guide to where the shares should trade now.
The market's reaction was approving but modest. The stock gained 0.9% today and 4.2% over five days, while SPY fell 0.31% over the same five days. So this was not a market-driven move; the stock outran the index by about four and a half points. No sector ETF figure is available, so a sector effect cannot be separated out. The earnings report explains the direction, but today's volume is 46% below its 20-day average. Light volume under a rising price is a weak endorsement, and it suggests the news was absorbed quietly rather than chased.
The debate leans one way in the coverage. Activist Starboard Value took a stake in Honeywell spin-off Solstice Advanced Materials and said the shares trade "stupid cheap", which speaks to the spin-off rather than to HON directly. Jim Cramer argued on CNBC that investors should buy hated stocks, noting that 40% of S&P 500 stocks are in bear market territory after the Fed's first rate hike in three years. The case for caution is not an article but the chart and a legal overhang. A securities class action over Honeywell Aerospace (HONA) alleges undisclosed supplier-related problems, and the lead plaintiff deadline is November 23, 2026, according to Robbins LLP.
On valuation, 23 analysts rate the stock a buy, with a mean price target of $254.26. The shares trade 13.4% below that, inside a target range of $186 to $303. The spread is wide, with the low target below today's price and the high one about $83 above it. That shows analysts disagree about what the business is worth after the changes in its structure.
The long-term trend is weakened, not repaired. The price is below its 40-week average and below the 200-day average at $231.75. It has returned -2.0% over six months and trails SPY by 9.6% over 200 days. The stock is up 7.7% year to date, but SPY's 11.6% is higher. The rally of the past month, 3.6%, is a bounce inside a downtrend, not a new uptrend.
For the next two to six weeks the balance of evidence leans negative, with low conviction: one point out of four. Two things drive it. A rally inside the weekly downtrend has reached overbought, with the 14-day RSI at 60.65, and the price sits just under the $221.31 area where sellers have appeared on earlier rallies. The stock has also led the S&P 500 by 4.7% over 50 days, which runs against the trend and is the kind of outperformance that tends to fade when it comes from a bounce.
The strongest case against this reading is that the stock is above its 10-week and 50-day averages ($212.28), up 4.2% in five days while the market slipped, and has just reported 7% organic growth and wider margins. A consensus buy rating and a mean target 13.4% above the price add to that. It does not tip the balance because the stock has not closed a week above the 200-day average, and the volume behind the rally is thin. That tension is why conviction is only 1 of 4 and not higher.
The structure holds below $221.31, where sellers have shown up on rallies, and the price is $220.27, just beneath it. Above that sit $225 (a round number) and the 200-day average at $231.75, which is where the weekly trend would end. The nearest supports are $217.12, $212.28 (the 50-day average) and $204.88, then $200 and the 52-week low at $197.32.
The breakout level on the downside is a daily close below $217.12. From there the first target is $212.28, which gives 0.9 to 1, and the second is $204.88, which gives 2.2 to 1. The stop would be $222.62, which is $221.31 plus a quarter of the 14-day ATR of $5.25. The math does not reach the 3 to 1 that would make the move worth the risk. It would need either a target further down than $204.88, such as the $200 round number or the 52-week low, or a stop closer to the entry.
A weekly close above $231.75, the 200-day average, would end the weekly downtrend and take away the main reason for the negative lean. The non-price fact that could do it is evidence that the third-quarter results are durable: 7% organic growth and a 21.3% segment margin repeating in the next report, or a resolution of the Honeywell Aerospace litigation that removes the overhang.
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