Looking Ahead to Honeywell International Earnings

It's been a good year so far for Honeywell International (NYSE: HON). The stock is up nearly 24% year to date, and management has raised the bottom end of its full-year earnings guidance range in the first two earnings reports.

In order to judge whether its good run can continue, let's preview the key things to look out for from each segment when Honeywell reports its third-quarter earnings on Oct. 20.

Here are management's expectations for the third quarter given at the time of the second-quarter earnings. The headline guidance has proven too conservative already: management recently gave a preview of its anticipated earnings and announced reported sales would grow 3% with organic sales up 5%, both notably ahead of original guidance.

Source: Fool.com