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Honeywell International (HON) shares advanced Tuesday as the diversified technology and manufacturing conglomerate posted better-than-expected results and raised the low end of its profit outlook as it announced plans to offset the potential impact of tariffs.
Honeywell reported first-quarter adjusted earnings per share of $2.51 on revenue that rose 8% year-over-year to $9.82 billion. Analysts surveyed by Visible Alpha expected $2.19 and $9.59 billion, respectively.
The gains were driven by a 9% sales increase at the company’s Aerospace Technologies unit, and an 8% sales rise at its Building Automation division. Sales fell at its Industrial Automation and Energy and Sustainability Solutions segments.
CEO Vimal Kapur said despite what he called “the volatile macroeconomic backdrop,” Honeywell’s segment margin was consistent with last year. Kapur added that although the company hasn’t seen it in its performance yet, it faces “an uncertain global demand environment for the remainder of 2025, and our company will work tirelessly, leveraging all tools available to us, to deliver for customers and shareholders.”
To that end, the company intends to take a “multi-pronged approach to balance defending margins and protecting volumes.” Those steps include targeted price actions, finding alternative supply lines, and accelerating use of artificial intelligence (AI) in engineering.
Honeywell now sees full-year adjusted EPS of $10.20 to $10.50, compared to its previous outlook of $10.10 to $10.50. Kapur also noted that the company was “even more confident” about the benefits of its planned split into three separate firms that was announced in February.
Honeywell shares have fallen about 6% since the start of the year, roughly in line with the decline of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. TradingView
Shares of Honeywell were up more than 5% in recent trading. Even with the gain this morning, the stock is down about 6% so far in 2025.
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The White House on Tuesday called plans to show users how tariffs impact prices on Amazon (AMZN) a “hostile and political act.”
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt knocked Amazon’s plans during a press conference Tuesday. Amazon will soon show how much of a good’s price is attributed to tariffs next to the total price, Punchbowl News reported Tuesday.
The e-commerce giant is reportedly making the move to avoid being blamed for higher prices, the outlet said.
“This is a hostile and political act by Amazon,” Leavitt said. “Why didn’t Amazon do this when the Biden Administration hiked inflation to the highest level in 40 years?”
Amazon didn’t immediately respond to Investopedia’s request for comment.
Amazon shares were down about 1% recently, after falling more than 2% in the opening minutes of trading Tuesday.
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Nvidia (NVDA) shares inched higher in early trading after snapping a four-day winning streak yesterday following news that China’s Huawei Technologies is developing a rival AI chip.
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the Chinese company hopes the new chip could replace some of Nvidia’s high performance products, adding that it has approached several Chinese tech companies about testing the technical feasibility of the chip.
Coming into Tuesday’s session, Nvidia shares are up about 25% from their early-April low but have lost around a fifth of their value since the start of the year. In recent months the AI favorite’s stock has come under pressure due to concerns over significantly cheaper AI technology coming out of China and a federal crackdown on the export of the company’s popular H20 chips to China.
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Nvidia shares have oscillated within a falling wedge after a bear trap emerged on the chart earlier this month, a trading event that lures investors to sell upon a breach of major support—the pattern’s lower trendline in this case—before the price makes a sudden move higher.
More recently, the price has pushed up against the pattern’s upper trendline, potentially paving the way for a bullish breakout. Meanwhile, the relative strength index has crossed back above the 50 threshold, indicating improving price momentum.
Investors should watch key overhead areas on Nvidia’s chart around $115 and $130, while also monitoring crucial support levels near $96 and $87.
Nvidia shares were recently up 0.2% at around $109.
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General Motors (GM) on Tuesday reported better first-quarter results than analysts had expected, but postponed its earnings call by two days amid uncertainty about auto tariffs.
The Chevrolet and Cadillac maker recorded adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $2.78 on revenue that increased 2.3% year-over-year to $44.02 billion. Analysts had expected $2.70 and $42.85 billion, respectively.
GM also postponed updating its full-year guidance and its earnings call until Thursday, citing “recent reports regarding updates to trade policy.” Last quarter, the company said it expected both EPS and adjusted EPS to come in between $11 and $12 this year, which assumed a “stable policy environment in North America.”
The automaker likely was referencing a Monday night report from The Wall Street Journal that said the Trump administration likely would announce changes to its tariffs on the automobile industry as early as Tuesday. According to the report, automakers wouldn’t have to pay other tariffs like those on steel and aluminum on top of the existing auto duties, and the tax on imported auto parts likely would be modified.
Analysts have said consumers might be “panic buying” automobiles to get ahead of the impact of tariffs, which experts say could drive prices of cars, parts, and even car insurance higher in the coming months. GM earlier this month said it had its best first quarter of sales since in seven years, with growth across all of its vehicle brands.
Shares were down 1.5% in recent pre-market trrading. They entered the day down just over 10% since the start of the year.
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Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.4%.
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S&P 500 futures were off 0.1%.
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Nasdaq 100 futures slipped 0.2%.
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