---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000773840-26-000141"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HON"
cik: "0000773840"
company_name: "HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2026-10-22T10:02:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-22T10:05:36.961162+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Honeywell Q3 sales $5.0B, +7% organic; adj EPS $2.27 (+34%), FY26 adj EPS guidance raised to $8.40-$8.45

## Summary
- Sales $4,994M up 1% reported, 7% organic; operating income $740M (+79%), operating margin 14.8% (+640 bps), segment margin 21.3% (+370 bps).
- Adjusted EPS $2.27 up 34%; GAAP EPS $2.40 down 20% on prior-year one-time Resideo termination gain; free cash flow $688M, 95% conversion, operating cash $607M (-74%).
- Building Automation sales $2,020M +8% organic, margin 27.0%; Process Automation $1,859M +8% organic but margin fell 210 bps to 22.2% on project mix and Johnson Matthey Catalyst acquisition dilution.
- Industrial Automation sales $1,115M down 23% reported on divestitures but +4% organic, margin up 350 bps to 18.4%; backlog rose 7% YoY to nearly $19B ex-WWS and PSS divestitures.
- FY26 outlook raised: adj EPS $8.40-$8.45 (prior $8.05-$8.35), organic growth 4-5%, sales $20.0B-$20.1B, segment margin ~20.5% (+290 bps), free cash flow ~$2.1B.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000773840-26-000141
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HON
- cik: 0000773840
- company_name: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2026-10-22T10:02:13+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000077384026000141/0000773840-26-000141-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/773840/000077384026000141/hon-20261022.htm

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