United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) is a good example of a company with both a durable business and an innovative culture. United Technologies’ four business segments are of roughly equal size and include Pratt & Whitney jet engines and aerospace parts such as landing gear and nacelles (the outer casing of an aircraft engine), Otis Elevator, and Carrier heating and ventilation systems. Pratt & Whitney, for example, enjoys solid growth prospects driven by increased global travel as well as a favorable market structure with only one key competitor in the narrow body or single aisle commercial aircraft business. Moreover, Pratt & Whitney is now rolling out its new PurePower Geared Turbofan (GTF) jet engine that, according to United Technologies, reduces fuel consumption by 16%, environmental emissions by 50% and noise levels during landing and takeoff by 75%.8 According to industry observers, Pratt & Whitney’s GTF jet engine represents one of the biggest advances in jet engines in the past 50 years, which could result in strong sales going forward. At $100 a share, United Technologies is trading at an attractive 15.5 times 2016 owner earnings.9
From David Global Fund Semi-Annual Review 2016.
