Honeywell International (HON) risk factors, 2025 10-K

Honeywell International's 2025 10-K lists 18 risk factors in 4 groups. No earlier 10-K is on file to compare against, so the most company-specific risks are read out below.

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Risk factors listed
184 groups
Section length
7k wordsItem 1A

What dominates the section

  • Planned separations of Advanced Materials, Automation, and Aerospace Technologies dominate strategic execution risk this year.
  • Aerospace supply constraints, raw-material costs, and customer demand could pressure delivery, margins, and results.
  • Technology security, climate, regulatory, and ESG requirements create broad operational and compliance exposure.

The risks most specific to Honeywell International

  • OPERATIONAL RISKS

    The Company is subject to risks related to its plans to separate Automation and Aerospace Technologies and to spin off its Advanced Materials business into standalone, publicly traded companies

    Separating Automation and Aerospace Technologies and spinning off Advanced Materials could disrupt operations, incur costs, or fail to deliver expected benefits.

  • MACROECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY RISKS

    Each of our businesses is subject to unique industry and economic conditions that may adversely affect the markets and operating conditions of our customers, which in turn can affect demand for our products and services and our results of operations

    Aerospace Technologies faces aftermarket buying changes, supplier instability, factory transitions, and shortages of crucial components.

  • OPERATIONAL RISKS

    Raw material price fluctuations, inflation, the ability of key suppliers to meet quality and delivery requirements, or catastrophic events can increase the cost of our products and services, impact our ability to meet commitments to customers, and cause us to incur significant liabilities

    Higher prices or shortages for copper, fluorspar, tungsten salts, nickel, steel, titanium, and other inputs could raise costs and disrupt commitments.

  • OPERATIONAL RISKS

    Our future growth is largely dependent upon our ability to develop new technologies and introduce new products that achieve market acceptance in increasingly competitive markets with acceptable margins

    Growth depends on developing accepted, competitively priced products incorporating emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning.

  • OPERATIONAL RISKS

    Our business, reputation, and financial performance may be materially impacted by cybersecurity attacks on our IT infrastructure and products

    Cyberattacks could materially damage Honeywell’s IT infrastructure, products, reputation, and financial performance.

  • OPERATIONAL RISKS

    The development of technology products and services presents security and safety risks

    IoT-enabled products and interconnected device networks create security and safety risks involving sensors, data, and advanced computing.

  • OPERATIONAL RISKS

    Global climate change and related regulations and changes in customer demand could negatively affect our operations and our business

    Climate change could disrupt materials and supply chains, increase operating and insurance costs, and reduce demand for certain products.

  • LEGAL AND REGULATORY RISKS

    Changes in legislation or government regulations or policies can have a significant impact on our results of operations

    Changes in environmental, safety, performance, product-certification, and aviation regulations could materially affect segment sales and margins.

  • LEGAL AND REGULATORY RISKS

    We cannot predict with certainty the outcome of litigation matters, government proceedings and other contingencies and uncertainties

    Litigation and government proceedings, including product liability, asbestos, government contracts, and emerging-technology matters, could produce substantial losses.

All 18 risk factors

Headings as the filing states them, in filing order.

MACROECONOMIC AND INDUSTRY RISKS

  1. 01Each of our businesses is subject to unique industry and economic conditions that may adversely affect the markets and operating conditions of our customers, which in turn can affect demand for our products and services and our results of operations
  2. 02A significant percentage of our sales and operations is in non-U.S. jurisdictions and is subject to the economic, political, regulatory, foreign exchange, and other risks of international operations

OPERATIONAL RISKS

  1. 03Raw material price fluctuations, inflation, the ability of key suppliers to meet quality and delivery requirements, or catastrophic events can increase the cost of our products and services, impact our ability to meet commitments to customers, and cause us to incur significant liabilities
  2. 04We may be unable to successfully execute or effectively integrate acquisitions, and divestitures may not occur as planned
  3. 05The Company is subject to risks related to its plans to separate Automation and Aerospace Technologies and to spin off its Advanced Materials business into standalone, publicly traded companies
  4. 06Our future growth is largely dependent upon our ability to develop new technologies and introduce new products that achieve market acceptance in increasingly competitive markets with acceptable margins
  5. 07Failure to increase productivity through sustainable operational improvements, as well as an inability to successfully execute repositioning projects or to effectively manage our workforce, may reduce our profitability or adversely impact our businesses
  6. 08Our operations and the prior operations of predecessor companies expose us to the risk of material environmental liabilities
  7. 09Our business, reputation, and financial performance may be materially impacted by cybersecurity attacks on our IT infrastructure and products
  8. 10The development of technology products and services presents security and safety risks
  9. 11Data privacy, data protection, and information security may require significant resources and present certain risks
  10. 12A material disruption of our operations, particularly at our manufacturing facilities or within our IT infrastructure, could adversely affect our business
  11. 13Concentrations of credit, counterparty, and market risk may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition
  12. 14We are impacted by increasing stakeholder interest in public company performance, disclosure, and goal-setting with respect to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters
  13. 15Global climate change and related regulations and changes in customer demand could negatively affect our operations and our business

LEGAL AND REGULATORY RISKS

  1. 16Changes in legislation or government regulations or policies can have a significant impact on our results of operations
  2. 17Increased focus and evolving views of lawmakers on climate change and other ESG issues could have a long-term impact on our business and result of operations
  3. 18We cannot predict with certainty the outcome of litigation matters, government proceedings and other contingencies and uncertainties

Other Honeywell International 10-Ks

  • 2026 10-K risk factors

    18 risks, 11 reworded since the prior year. The planned separation risk now covers only Aerospace and adds SEC, tax, regulatory, and Board approval conditions.

    Filed Feb 17, 2026

About this page

Item 1A of the 10-K on EDGAR was split into its risk factors and, where the company's previous 10-K is on file, each heading was matched to last year's and the text compared word for word. The headings are the filing's own. The one-line readings and the overview were written by a language model from the text of the new, dropped, and rewritten risks; they refer to risks by position and cannot misquote a heading.

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