Earnings Sentiment

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Bullish Statements during Earnings call

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We're getting better visibility on that
But that was, again, creating installed base for catalyst and the catalyst business should be very strong
We're doing a lot here and I think it's actually going to be super interesting, better than prior year panels
But this business should be heading towards a nice growth path as the year progresses as well and we'll get some nice leverage on those margins as the business grows
So -- and we feel very bullish again on our technology and it’s capability
I'm excited to see, I'm excited for a new year, I'm excited for the platform that we've built here at Honeywell
So we are optimistic and yes, this is a business that we're looking for to providing some of the juice that's going to help us here as we progress through the year
And we're excited about the mega trends that we are decked up against
We're battling the mix challenges that come along with OE and aftermarket, but we're also getting some really nice leverage with mid-teens top line growth
So I'm very excited about the forward leverage for the business as it does return to growth
We're excited about the financial algorithm that we have to bring to bear for the company, 8% to 12% EPS growth given both our organic growth algorithm, what we've continued to do in terms of our 1% minimum share repurchase
I think as you've seen before, we've demonstrated our ability to deliver on our algorithm year after year through ups and downs in the environment that we've seen
So very excited about the platform that we've built in Honeywell over the last 20 years, but particularly the last five to six
And again, prospectively from this point forward, it has a very nice thematic growth path in the future
We've already printed something around 25%, and I'm very confident in hitting that number as we go forward from here
And that's also driving strong margins, right? So that's -- if those things are growing at think about a double-digit growth rate in services that is creating some nice margin leverage
And the third part of that is just the reminder when we bought this business, the whole point was win install base, create a very healthy aftermarket service business that's now approaching a $600 million part of the portfolio
But we've got a great business there and we're going to continue to take advantage of our positions in that business
Steve Tusa You guys have a pretty strong backlog, a great collection of long cycle businesses
So we're poised for leverage as growth does return
HCE continues to have strong double-digit growth in the top line, again, off of a $1.5 billion plus base
I think that's our growth expectations remain very bullish in that area
We're we expect positivity in the project side, not massive on the top line from a percentage basis, but also a very good pull through on the aftermarket services
Taking something like the success we see in HPS extending it across the others, you know our story around HGRs has always been a strength for us
HPS has had a very good two years, frankly and continues to see healthy orders
We're not going up by $0.5 billion in any given quarter, but it's creeping up still every quarter because the demand remains very strong and we are continuing to get that little bit of incremental each and every quarter, which on a year-over-year basis, is delivering strong [Vs] and that's going to happen this year, going into next year
And it had a terrific year
But we still have a lot of confidence that we're going to be able to grow our business mid-single digits, not maybe the double-digits that we had expected in the past
And so, I would see in the foreseeable future that, that's going to continue to be a very strong driver of demand for us
Steve Tusa And you're talking about year-over-year growth, right? Sequentially, do you think you'd be able to grow earnings faster, leverage revenue growth, grow earnings sequentially a little bit faster than revenue growth? Greg Lewis And again, in the second half that should pick up/ Steve Tusa And that should accelerate, but even in one 1Q to 2Q little bit better revenue
       

Bearish Statements during earnings call

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Just on the defense side, that was a little weak or it's been slower than we would have expected
If I had to call the end of destocking and some of those channels, it's probably Q1 may be a little bit of a bleed over into 2Q, but not really much beyond that
The China economy is muted
The thing I will tell you though is everyone is struggling for people
So -- and the one spot that we all know very well about is the warehouse automation backlog, which has come down significantly, given the warehouse automation, pinch in that market
We're going to see a little bit of decline in the equipment business in UOP
We were down at the show yesterday and everybody's saying that these warehouse pipelines are definitely expanding but the close rates are relatively a challenge
I believe the comments have been a bit muted, but still up
There's a couple of spots where we're still working through some challenges but for the most part that's worked its way through
And I would say orders are outstripping sales at the moment
Maybe on the product side, there's definitely been a destocking for everyone involved in fire and security products
One of the things that never let a good crisis go to waste with all of the challenges that we had in semis during the supply chain constraint
That business had a nice margin in '22 went down in '23
That's unexpected
This business has obviously seen some really dramatic destocking, pretty clear destocking
If you do not have that data backbone, you're probably going to be talking about hype cycle and it'll be interesting, but you're a company's ability to execute on that, I think we'll be challenged without that data backbone
But like the pie chart for us from an end market perspective is always tough to see on this one
And again, that's just because of the cyclicality of some large projects, particularly around LNG that run through it
So I would call that de minimis, which is one of the reasons why it gets a little frustrating sometimes when people are like, why are you doing that thing
I mean, supply just kind of like it's stalled again or getting
   

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