Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) is a U.S. defense company that designs, builds, maintains and modernizes military ships and provides technology services to government and defense customers. Its principal customers include the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, intelligence agencies and other federal organizations.

Through Newport News Shipbuilding, HII builds and services nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and supports the construction and maintenance of nuclear-powered submarines. Its Ingalls Shipbuilding division designs and builds amphibious assault ships, destroyers, national security cutters and other surface vessels. These operations also provide fleet support, overhaul, refueling and modernization services.

HII’s Mission Technologies division provides command, control, communications, computers, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services, as well as unmanned systems, information technology and training solutions. The company primarily serves customers in the United States, with select programs and services supporting allied and international defense requirements.

Huntington Ingalls Industries was formed in 2011 when Northrop Grumman separated its shipbuilding business. The company is headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, and is led by President and Chief Executive Officer Chris Kastner.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $258.57 to $269.90
• 50-Day Range: $257.04 to $330.50
• 52-Week Range: $256.79 to $460.00
• Volume: 608,651 shs
• Average Volume: 534,828 shs
• Market Capitalization: $10.41 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.74
• Dividend Yield: 2.09%
• Price Target: $367.13
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Huntington Ingalls Industries Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Huntington Ingalls Industries scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 4th out of 652 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 5 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a consensus price target of $367.13, representing about 39.0% upside from its current price of $264.15.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Huntington Ingalls Industries has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.99%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Huntington Ingalls Industries are expected to grow by 12.99% in the coming year, from $18.47 to $20.87 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Huntington Ingalls Industries is 15.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.75.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Huntington Ingalls Industries is 15.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.84.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a PEG Ratio of 1.00. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a P/B Ratio of 2.04. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.02% of the float of Huntington Ingalls Industries has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.25, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Huntington Ingalls Industries has recently increased by 4.43%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Huntington Ingalls Industries pays a meaningful dividend of 2.06%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Huntington Ingalls Industries has been increasing its dividend for 13 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Huntington Ingalls Industries is 32.90%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Huntington Ingalls Industries will have a dividend payout ratio of 26.45% next year. This indicates that Huntington Ingalls Industries will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.56

News Sentiment

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a news sentiment score of 0.56. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Huntington Ingalls Industries this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

17 people have searched for HII on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 467% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

15 people have added Huntington Ingalls Industries to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 150% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Huntington Ingalls Industries insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $4,246,704.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.80% of the stock of Huntington Ingalls Industries is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

90.46% of the stock of Huntington Ingalls Industries is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/30/2026
• Record date for 9/11 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/11 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/11/2026
• Today: 10/07/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Sub-Industry: Aerospace & Defense
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HII
• CIK: 1501585
• Web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
• Phone: (757) 380-2000
• Fax: 757-380-4713
• Employees: 44,000
• Year Founded: 2011

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Huntington Ingalls Industries: $367.13
• High Price Target: $425.00
• Low Price Target: $327.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +39.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $16.78
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.74
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.30
• P/E Growth: 1
• Net Income: $605 million
• Net Margins: 5.01%
• Pretax Margin: 6.40%
• Return on Equity: 12.89%
• Return on Assets: 5.26%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.51
• Current Ratio: 1.23
• Quick Ratio: 1.14

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $13.19 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.79
• Cash Flow: $23.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.20
• Book Value: $129.27 per share
• Price / Book: 2.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 39,405,000
• Free Float: 39,090,000
• Market Cap: $10.41 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.21