Honeywell raises full-year profit forecast betting on air travel recovery

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Booming air travel demand has forced legacy aircraft makers such as Boeing (NYSE:BA) Co and Airbus SE (OTC:EADSY) to increase production leading to higher orders for parts makers such as Honeywell (NASDAQ:HON).

The company now expects full-year 2022 adjusted profit per share of between $8.50 and $8.80, higher than its previous forecast range of $8.40 to $8.70.

Sales in the company’s high-margin aerospace unit, which makes parts such as aircraft engines and navigation radios, rose 4.4% to $2.75 billion.

However, net income fell to $1.13 billion, or $1.64 per share, in the quarter ended March 31, from $1.43 billion or $2.03 per share, a year earlier.

Total first-quarter sales fell about 1% to $8.38 billion.