JHVEPhoto Raytheon Technologies ( RTX ) announced on Tuesday that it secured a $1.02B firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of NASAMS fire units. The work will be carried out in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, with the project scheduled for completion by May 26, 2031. The contract is backed by FY26 Foreign Military Sales (Kuwait), with the $1.02B obligated at the time of award. Army Contracting Command is the contracting authority. More on RTX Corporation RTX's Meltdown Creates Multi-Year Commercial/Defense Winner - Reiterate Buy RTX Corporation: A Dual Cycle Profile In Play RTX Corporation: The Paradox Of Perfection - Why A Fortress Balance Sheet Meets A Valuation Wall RTX’s Raytheon pushes missile production flexibility; Javelin gets lighter launcher China delays Pentagon official’s visit as Trump weighs Taiwan arms deal: FT

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Find your next quality investment with Simply Wall St's easy and powerful screener, trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. OneQode has partnered with Advanced Micro Devices (NasdaqGS:AMD) to deploy AMD Instinct GPUs and Helios rack-scale solutions. The rollout targets global AI infrastructure needs, with a focus on high-performance compute, low latency, and sovereignty-focused workloads. This agreement extends AMD's AI data center reach beyond traditional hyperscaler customers into new regions and use cases. For investors tracking NasdaqGS:AMD, this partnership comes at a time when the stock is trading at $467.51, with very large 1 year and 5 year returns and a year to date return of 109.2%. The company has also posted gains of 12.9% over the past week and 34.4% over the past month, which frames how the market has been reacting to AMD's position in AI hardware and data center solutions. OneQode's focus on performance sensitive and sovereignty conscious workloads gives AMD another channel into AI infrastructure beyond the largest cloud providers. Readers evaluating AMD's role in AI may want to watch how deployments under this partnership progress and whether similar arrangements emerge in other regions and with other infrastructure providers. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Advanced Micro Devices by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Advanced Micro Devices. NasdaqGS:AMD Earnings & Revenue Growth as at May 2026 📰 Beyond the headline: 1 risk and 2 things going right for Advanced Micro Devices that every investor should see. For Advanced Micro Devices, the OneQode partnership is another proof point that its Instinct GPUs and Helios rack scale systems are being taken up outside the large US hyperscalers. OneQode is targeting performance sensitive, low latency, and sovereignty focused AI workloads, which sit close to the themes driving AMD’s data center story...

Aehr Test Systems (NASDAQ: AEHR) stock soared by 16.2% as of late afternoon today. The move comes as power systems company Vicor (NASDAQ: VICR) unexpectedly raised its second-quarter revenue guidance, just a month after reporting its first-quarter earnings. It's good news for the AI infrastructure sector and, in turn, Aehr Test Systems. The company makes "modular power components and power systems for converting electrical power," and its advanced products solutions are mainly sold to hyperscalers and data centers that use them to deliver power across data center infrastructure. Vicor raised guidance on the back of "rising product revenues and royalties from an additional licensee to its patented power system technology." If demand for data center-related power solutions is accelerating, then it will also be the case for power chip manufacturers, and ultimately for Aehr Test Systems. The wafer-level burn-in (WLBI) test equipment company is aggressively growing its sales to the AI infrastructure sector via test equipment for power semiconductors and AI processors. Continue reading

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Expand NASDAQ : LUNR Intuitive Machines Today's Change ( -8.89 %) $ -3.40 Current Price $ 34.86 Key Data Points Market Cap $6.1B Day's Range $ 31.35 - $ 45.52 52wk Range $ 7.78 - $ 45.52 Volume 51.8M Avg Vol 13.8M Gross Margin 4.91 % Intuitive Machines (LUNR 8.89%), a lunar lander and space infrastructure specialist, closed Tuesday at $34.86, down 17.43%. The stock moved after initially rising on record first-quarter results and positive analyst commentary, then declining when NASA awarded key Lunar Terrain Vehicle contracts to competitors. Investors are now watching how the lost LTV work may affect growth and backlog visibility. The company’s trading volume reached 47.3 million shares, which is about 231% above compared with its three-month average of 14.3 million shares. Intuitive Machines went pulbic in 2021 and has grown 261% since its IPO. How the markets moved today The S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.61%) rose 0.62% to 7,519.12, while the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +1.19%) advanced 1.19% to 26,656.18. Among aerospace & defense peers, Rocket Lab (RKLB +5.34%) closed at $143.2 (+0.87%) and AST SpaceMobile (ASTS +12.91%) finished at $119.7 (+13.07%), reflecting continued investor interest in space-related growth stories. What this means for investors Intuitive Machines shares reversed lower after NASA’s latest Lunar Terrain Vehicle awards went to Astrolab and Lunar Outpost, undercutting earlier optimism tied to the company’s first-quarter results. The stock initially rose after record quarterly revenue of $186.7 million, positive adjusted EBITDA of $2.7 million, and a quarter-end backlog of about $1.1 billion. The LTV decision is important because rover systems are a key part of NASA’s Artemis surface infrastructure plan. The recent awards showed that investors are now distinguishing between providers of lunar landers, mobility, delivery, and infrastructure. Intuitive Machines, meanwhile, still has a large backlog and has confirmed its 2026 revenue outlook. Moving forward, inves...

retouchman/iStock via Getty Images Most income investors automatically assume that they have to choose between high yield and outsized dividend growth, and most of the time that's true. However, highly selective investors who are willing and able to do significant due diligence every now and then can find the holy grail of income investing in securities that offer a powerful combination of both yield and growth. Why Both Yield And Growth Matter The reason why this is so important is that, in addition to the yield plus growth providing powerful total return potential, high-yielding stocks that do not generate much in the way of dividend growth lose their purchasing power over time due to inflation. Moreover, stocks that deliver strong dividend growth but start with tiny yields take a decade or more to build up any sort of meaningful passive income. Why Such Stocks Are Extremely Hard To Find As I stated already, though, and as you probably know from your own experience, such stocks are very hard to find because most stocks that pay out high yields do so for a reason. Typically, the market is pricing in either a potential future dividend cut, an expected significant slowdown in growth, or deteriorating fundamentals. Additionally, being able to deliver consistently strong growth requires that you have businesses that generate more free cash flow than they pay out in dividends over time in order to be able to sustain their balance sheet while also investing in strengthening and growing the business over time. Sustaining a competitive advantage and even growing the competitive advantage over time, especially in an age of rapid technological advancement, requires capital to be regularly invested. Thus, stocks that will pay out virtually all their cash flows in dividends over the long term, in all but the rarest of cases, typically end up not being sustainable dividend payers and certainly not dividend growers. Given how hard it is to find these stocks, investors typically ...

Transcat, Inc. (TRNS) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.56 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.51 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.64 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of +9.80%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this company would post earnings of $0.3 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.26, delivering a surprise of -13.33%. Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates two times. Transcat, which belongs to the Zacks Instruments - Control industry, posted revenues of $89.33 million for the quarter ended March 2026, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 1.65%. This compares to year-ago revenues of $77.13 million. The company has topped consensus revenue estimates three times over the last four quarters. The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call. Transcat shares have added about 28.7% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's gain of 9.2%. What's Next for Transcat? While Transcat has outperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock? There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately. Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions. Ahead of this earning...

39 World Cup teams will be based in the U.S. Here's which squad will be closest to you toggle caption Dustin Satloff/Getty Images North America Your city may not be hosting a World Cup match, but there's still hope for catching one of the teams in action this summer. In the U.S., more than 20 cities across 19 states will serve as training grounds for national teams during the tournament. (That doesn't include the 11 American cities where a World Cup game will be played.) Out of the 48 competitors, 39 will be based in the U.S. These base camps are expected to generate money as well as provide another way for fans to feel involved, according to FIFA. The upcoming World Cup in the U.S., Canada and Mexico will be the biggest one in history — with more teams and matches across more cities than ever. The tournament begins on June 11 and runs through July 19. And it's the first to take place in the U.S. since 1994. This week, FIFA finalized the list of where each team will train. Here's a breakdown by state. Sponsor Message Arizona Turkey will train at Arizona Athletic Grounds in Mesa. California The Golden State is hosting seven teams. In Northern California, Australia will train at the Oakland Roots and Soul Sports Club in Oakland, while Paraguay will set up camp at San Jose State University's Spartan Soccer Complex in San Jose. In Southern California, the United States will make the Great Park Sports Complex in Irvine its home base. Qatar will train at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, and Austria at the University of California, Santa Barbara's Harder Stadium in Goleta. And in San Diego, New Zealand will make the University of San Diego's Torero Stadium its base camp, while Switzerland settles in at the San Diego Jewish Academy. Florida Cape Verde will be based at the Waters Sportsplex in Tampa; Curaçao at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton; and Portugal at the Gardens North County District Park in Palm Beach Gardens. Georgia Uzbekistan will train at the MLS cl...

In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO 3:38 03:38 Speculation around SpaceX-Tesla merger builds up TechCheck As Elon Musk prepares to lead a second trillion-dollar company into the public market, a move that will likely put him in charge of two of the 10 most valuable U.S. enterprises, chatter is building that Musk's ultimate goal is to combine the entities into one. SpaceX is expected to start trading on the Nasdaq in just over two weeks after obtaining a private market valuation of $1.25 trillion earlier this year, when it merged with xAI, Musk's artificial intelligence company. Tesla's market cap currently sits at around $1.6 trillion. The two companies already have a laundry list of shared resources, and Musk has discussed with colleagues the possibility of folding the companies together, according to people familiar with the talks who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the topic. A current Tesla employee told CNBC that many workers at the electric vehicle company have long expected such a transaction to eventually take place and that the topic is openly discussed internally. Another person close to the company said that shared challenges tied to power and compute constraints have led to regular collaborations. watch now VIDEO 3:27 03:27 Wall Street is punishing companies not using AI: Uniphore Inside India While a company launching rockets based on contracts with the government may not seem to have a lot in common with an EV manufacturer, both of the businesses are increasingly focused on AI and the talent and computing resources necessary to build AI infrastructure and services. More than three-quarters of SpaceX's $10.1 billion in capital expenditures in the first quarter were tied to AI, and Tesla said in its latest earnings report that capex will roughly triple this year, topping $25 billion. "Tesla has to run powerful AI systems inside a moving vehicle with tight limits on power, cooling, latency, ...

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Image source: The Motley Fool. Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 4:30 p.m. ET CALL PARTICIPANTS Chief Executive Officer — William Gordon Stone Chief Financial Officer — Stephen A. Lasher SVP, Capital Markets and Strategy — Brian Bartholomew Need a quote from a Motley Fool analyst? Email [email protected] TAKEAWAYS Total net revenue -- $142.5 million, up 20% year over year, reflecting accelerated top-line momentum. -- $142.5 million, up 20% year over year, reflecting accelerated top-line momentum. On-Device Solutions (ODS) net revenue -- $91 million, 5% year-over-year growth, driven by international expansion in devices and revenue per device. -- $91 million, 5% year-over-year growth, driven by international expansion in devices and revenue per device. App Growth Platform (AGP) net revenue -- $52.1 million, up 57% year over year, the segment's fastest pace in more than three years. -- $52.1 million, up 57% year over year, the segment's fastest pace in more than three years. Adjusted EBITDA -- $31.4 million for the quarter, rising 53% year over year, with margin expanding nearly 500 basis points to 22%. -- $31.4 million for the quarter, rising 53% year over year, with margin expanding nearly 500 basis points to 22%. Non-GAAP gross margin -- 50% in the quarter, up from 48%, primarily from favorable product and segment mix. -- 50% in the quarter, up from 48%, primarily from favorable product and segment mix. Cash operating expenses -- $40.5 million, up 12%, attributed to expense discipline, streamlined business processes, and investment in growth initiatives. -- $40.5 million, up 12%, attributed to expense discipline, streamlined business processes, and investment in growth initiatives. GAAP net loss -- $7.3 million, or $0.06 per share, for Q4. -- $7.3 million, or $0.06 per share, for Q4. Non-GAAP net income -- $19.7 million, or $0.16 per share, on 122.8 million shares outstanding. -- $19.7 million, or $0.16 per share, on 122.8 million shares outstanding. Full year total revenue...

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DKosig Destination XL Group ( DXLG ) announced on Tuesday that after a review with external legal and financial advisors, the board unanimously recommends that shareholders reject the tender offer launched by Zodiac Partners II on May 12 at $0.82 per share. "The DXL Board of Directors is committed to maximizing shareholder value and taking actions that are in the best interest of the Company and its shareholders," stated Destination XL Chairman Lionel Conacher. He noted that the board determined that the offer does not reflect the company’s underlying value. The offer was also called highly conditional and opportunistic, seemingly timed to "deliberately exploit a period of market dislocation." Meanwhile, Destination XL's ( DXLG ) all‑stock merger of equals with FullBeauty Brands is still on track. The deal will combine the two inclusive‑apparel retailers into a single, DXL‑listed company and is expected to close in the first half of FY26. Shares of Destination XL Group ( DXLG ) closed at $0.73 on Tuesday. More on Destination XL Destination XL Group, Inc. (DXLG) Q4 2026 Earnings Call Transcript Russell Microcap Index to add consumer discretionary names GoPro, Chegg, Dave & Buster’s Quant snapshot: Diana Shipping, National Bank of Canada among top-rated names as Pony AI, Alarum Technologies lag Seeking Alpha’s Quant Rating on Destination XL Historical earnings data for Destination XL

Dzmitry Dzemidovich/iStock via Getty Images Investment Thesis The VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF ( MORT ) warrants a sell rating due to numerous risk factors that may jeopardize the fund’s high dividend yield. While investors may be enticed by a double-digit dividend yield, these risk factors will continue to impact capital appreciation, thereby limiting total returns. Additionally, a high expense ratio and elevated interest rates will continue to drive MORT’s underperformance despite its relatively attractive valuation. VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF – Overview and Compared ETFs MORT is an ETF that passively tracks an index, providing exposure to mortgage-backed securities , loan origination, and mortgage servicing companies. With its inception in 2011, the fund has 27 holdings and $388 million in AUM. MORT’s holdings are exclusively in the U.S. financial sector with a blended mix of large, mid, and small-cap companies. For comparison purposes, other funds examined are iShares Mortgage Real Estate ETF ( REM ) and Vanguard Real Estate ETF ( VNQ ). REM is the most similar fund to MORT and similarly targets mortgage real estate holdings. VNQ was used for comparison as an ETF that is broadly diversified, including mostly healthcare, retail, and industrial REITs. VNQ’s passively tracked index excludes mortgage REITs . MORT Compared: Performance, Expense Ratio, and Dividend Yield While MORT has offered a high dividend yield, its long-term share price decline has contributed to poor total returns. MORT has seen a low 10-year average annual return of just 3.67% and has been comparable with REM’s 10-year average return of 3.23%. Both mortgage REIT funds underperformed VNQ’s 10-year average annual return of 5.75%. All REIT funds significantly underperformed the broader U.S. market over the past decade. 10-Year Total Return: MORT and Compared REIT ETFs (Seeking Alpha) While MORT’s fees are not as high as competitor REM, the VanEck fund’s expense ratio is high considering it...

Maxvis/iStock via Getty Images A deadly explosion at a paper packaging plant in Washington state left at least one person dead and several others seriously injured Tuesday morning, according to local officials and hospital representatives. The blast occurred at a facility operated by Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co. in Longview, Washington, the company and the Longview Fire Department said in a joint statement posted on Facebook. Authorities confirmed fatalities and multiple critical injuries tied to the incident, though they did not disclose how many workers were affected. Emergency officials said there was no ongoing danger to nearby residents following the explosion. Seattle television station KOMO News reported that 10 people, including a firefighter, were transported to PeaceHealth hospitals in Longview and Vancouver for treatment. A spokesperson for PeaceHealth later told the station that nine patients had arrived at its facilities. One patient later died, two others were transferred to different hospitals and the remaining patients were listed in fair condition. The explosion was linked to the rupture of a tank containing “white liquor,” a chemical solution commonly used in the paper manufacturing process to break down wood fibers. Nippon Dynawave’s Longview mill produces roughly 300,000 tons of paperboard annually for products such as cartons and paper cups, along with market pulp, according to information on the company’s website. Nippon Dynawave Packaging is a subsidiary of Japan-based Nippon Paper Group. More on Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Historical earnings data for Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Dividend scorecard for Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd. Financial information for Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

July WTI crude oil (CLN26) on Tuesday closed down -2.71 (-2.81%), and July RBOB gasoline (RBN26) closed down -0.2046 (-6.10%). Crude oil and gasoline prices settled sharply lower on Tuesday, with crude falling to a 2.5-week low and gasoline dropping to a 5-week low. Crude prices are under pressure amid signs that peace negotiations between the US and Iran are progressing, bolstering optimism that the Strait of Hormuz could soon reopen and replenish depleted global oil supplies. Crude prices retreated on Tuesday on signs that peace negotiations between the US and Iran are progressing. According to the Washington Post, the US and Iran have agreed to a memorandum extending the ceasefire by 60 days as the two sides seek a permanent deal. If agreed, the Strait of Hormuz would be de-mined and reopened in the meantime. Secretary of State Rubio said negotiations will still "take a few days" as both sides discuss language in an initial document. Don’t Miss a Day: However, crude oil prices bounced off their lows on Tuesday after the US Central Command said US forces struck Iranian missile-launch sites and boats trying to place mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Earlier this month, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a monthly report that global observed oil inventories declined at about 4 million bpd in March and April, and that the market will remain "severely undersupplied" until October, even if the conflict ends next month. Energy prices remain underpinned by the US-Iran war, which is keeping the Strait of Hormuz essentially closed. The ongoing conflict is exacerbating global oil and fuel shortages, as about a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas transits through the strait. Goldman Sachs estimates that crude output in the Persian Gulf has been curtailed by about 14.5 million bpd, and that the current disruption has drawn down nearly 500 million bbl from global crude stockpiles, which could hit a billion bbl by June. Persian Gulf oil producers have bee...

June Nymex natural gas (NGM26) on Tuesday closed down -0.013 (-0.45%). Nat-gas prices on Tuesday fell to a 1-week low and settled lower amid forecasts of below-normal US weather, which will curb nat-gas demand from electricity providers to power air-conditioning. The Commodity Weather Group said Tuesday that forecasts shifted cooler, with below-average temperatures expected across the eastern half of the US from May 31 to June 4. Don’t Miss a Day: Nat-gas prices recovered some of their losses on Tuesday amid signs of strength in US LNG exports. Short covering emerged in nat-gas futures on Tuesday on signs that stronger exports are eating into domestic nat-gas stockpiles after gas flows to LNG export terminals jumped +8.8% w/w. Projections for higher US nat-gas production are negative for prices. On May 12, the EIA raised its forecast for 2026 US dry nat-gas production to 110.61 bcf/day from an April estimate of 109.60 bcf/day. US nat-gas production is currently near a record high, with active US nat-gas rigs posting a 2.5-year high in late February. On April 17, nat-gas prices tumbled to a 1.5-year nearest-futures low amid robust US gas storage. EIA nat-gas inventories as of May 8 were +6.5% above their 5-year seasonal average, signaling abundant US nat-gas supplies. The outlook for the Strait of Hormuz to remain closed for the foreseeable future is supportive for nat-gas as the closure will curb Middle Eastern nat-gas supplies, potentially boosting US nat-gas exports to make up for the shortfall. US (lower-48) dry gas production on Tuesday was 110.6 bcf/day (+3.1% y/y), according to BNEF. Lower-48 state gas demand on Tuesday was 66.6 bcf/day (+6.8% y/y), according to BNEF. Estimated LNG net flows to US LNG export terminals on Tuesday were 18.4 bcf/day (+8.8% w/w), according to BNEF. Nat-gas prices have some medium-term support on the outlook for tighter global LNG supplies. On March 19, Qatar reported "extensive damage" at the world's largest natural gas export pla...

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The bond market is tied up in knots about the Iran war and inflation, as well as what the Federal Reserve under new chair Kevin Warsh might do about it.

SpaceX’s recent IPO and Starship rocket test flight delivered two big data points that offer a realistic vision for the coming years — and one that may disappoint both the company’s boosters and its critics. Hidden behind the fantastic expectations for AI enterprise profits and plans for a Moon base is a more grounded reality: an expendable Starship could keep SpaceX in business, but doesn’t achieve the cost reductions — or frontier business models — Elon Musk is betting on. SpaceX is many businesses, but right now only one is producing significant revenue. Starlink, its satellite communications network, is the tent-pole of the firm’s public offering. The top line is fairly incredible; SpaceX’s connectivity business generated $11.4 billion in revenue last year, the bulk of the company’s earnings. But underneath, you can see the capital expenditure treadmill that scared previous entrepreneurs away from this model. SpaceX needs to replace about a fifth of its satellites every year just to maintain its current level of service. It has invested more in its satellite business ($11.4 billion) since the beginning of 2023 than it has building Starship and its launch infrastructure ($8.4 billion). SpaceX’s S-1 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission predicts costs will continue growing, but expects that improvements to its technology will allow it to reduce them as a percentage of its revenue. Musk has said that Starship is the key to keeping Starlink’s costs under control, even saying that SpaceX could go bankrupt without the vehicle’s ability to replace those satellites cheaply. In that context, a note that stood out in SpaceX’s S-1 was the first acknowledgment that full reusability of Starship isn’t necessary to launch the new generation of Starlink satellites. But without full reusability, the cost will go up, making the business less attractive. “If this reusability is not achieved then the cost of launch on Starship may not be much lower than Falcon 9, ...

NASA officials announced contract awards for the initial elements of a lunar base on Tuesday, including two rovers that will provide mobility to astronauts. With the series of announcements, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman sought to maintain momentum around a Moon Base initiative revealed two months ago as part of the space agency's return to the Moon. "For those waiting patiently, the grand return is close at hand, and we will not slow down," he said. The manager for the lunar base, Carlos Garcia-Galan, said the space agency had selected two companies, Astrolab and Lunar Outpost, to build approximately one-ton rovers that would be ready for delivery to the Moon in 2028. Astrolab will receive $219 million for its "CLV-1" rover, and Lunar Outpost $220 million for its "Pegasus" rover, building upon initial contracts awarded two years ago . Each rover is expected to have a range of 200 km and be capable of driving autonomously, with guidance from operators on Earth, in addition to being driven by astronauts. Read full article Comments

News of a business rationalization measure lifted Honeywell International (NASDAQ: HON) stock comfortably into positive territory on Tuesday. The storied industrial company's shares closed the day almost 2% higher, a figure that was more than high enough to top the benchmark S&P 500 index's increase of less than 1%. Advancing the rationalization process Well before the market open, Honeywell broke the news that it plans to spin off its advanced materials business unit. It would be separated into an independent, publicly traded company. This process should be completed by the end of 2025 or early the following year. It is part of a broader effort by management to slim down and become a more focused operation. Advanced materials isn't an immense part of the veteran industrial company, which is likely one reason the investor reaction to the news wasn't stronger. Still, the business will be large enough to be a fully self-contained entity that actively trades on the stock exchange. Honeywell did not provide any estimates for how the spinoff would affect its fundamentals. Advanced materials, which produces rather specialized items like packaging films and refrigerants, account for approximately 10% of its parent company's total sales. Moving toward megatrends We should expect more such moves from Honeywell in the proximate future. The company quoted CEO Vimal Kapur as saying, "Through the powerful combination of strategic bolt-on acquisitions and subtractions of high-quality but noncore business lines, we continue to enhance our portfolio mix and further tighten Honeywell's alignment to three compelling megatrends: automation, the future of aviation, and energy transition." Should you invest $1,000 in Honeywell International right now? Before you buy stock in Honeywell International, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Honeywell International wasn’t one of them. T...