GE Aerospacevs.Honeywell
GE vs HON · both in Dual-use technology, part of the Defense, security & space value chain: Technology with both civil and military uses, from sensors to avionics.
GE Aerospace is about 4.8× larger than Honeywell by market cap; Honeywell trades at the lower P/E (7.6 vs 35.3); year to date, GE Aerospace leads (−0.8% vs −47.1%).
Side by side
| GE | HON | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $317B | $65.8B |
| Price | $308.20 | $207.73 |
| Today | +0.8% | +0.5% |
| Return YTD | −0.8% | −47.1% |
| Return 1Y | +1.0% | −47.8% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −16.5% | −10.5% |
| P/E | 35.3 | 7.6 |
| P/S | 6.3 | 1.7 |
| P/B | 17.9 | 3.6 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
The two companies
GE AerospaceGE
Jet engines for airliners and military aircraft, plus the service and spare-parts business that trails each one. No rival builds engines on this scale.
Full GE profile →HoneywellHON
A conglomerate whose aerospace division is the part that matters here, supplying avionics and aircraft engines with the APUs that go with them. The rest of the group does industrial automation.
Full HON profile →More GE & HON comparisons
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