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

Company Overview

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HII) is a U.S. defense contractor focused on shipbuilding and technology services. Its shipyards design, build, and maintain vessels for the U.S. Navy and other government customers, including nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, submarines, destroyers, and amphibious ships.

The company operates Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia and Ingalls Shipbuilding in Mississippi. Newport News is the sole designer and builder of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and, alongside General Dynamics Electric Boat, builds the Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines. Ingalls produces destroyers and amphibious ships, among other vessels.

HII also provides defense and government services through its Mission Technologies division, including expertise in areas such as cybersecurity, intelligence, unmanned systems, training, and mission-related technologies. The company was formed in 2011 when Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding business. Its chief executive officer is Christopher D. Kastner.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $299.32 to $311.18
• 50-Day Range: $257.04 to $317.39
• 52-Week Range: $255.35 to $460.00
• Volume: 347,868 shs
• Average Volume: 601,328 shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.07 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.48
• Dividend Yield: 1.80%
• Price Target: $366.13
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Huntington Ingalls Industries Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Huntington Ingalls Industries scored higher than 95% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 68th out of 654 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: 3.9 / 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 2.60, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a consensus price target of $366.13, representing about 19.5% upside from its current price of $306.26.

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: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.12%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Huntington Ingalls Industries are expected to grow by 11.12% in the coming year, from $19.42 to $21.58 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Huntington Ingalls Industries is 16.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.41.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Huntington Ingalls Industries is 16.48, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 31.12.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a PEG Ratio of 1.09. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a P/B Ratio of 2.20. 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

4.18% 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 2.52, 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 4.31%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Huntington Ingalls Industries pays a meaningful dividend of 1.79%, 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 29.71%. 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 25.58% next year. This indicates that Huntington Ingalls Industries will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.53

News Sentiment

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a news sentiment score of 0.53. 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 20 news articles for Huntington Ingalls Industries this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 10 people have searched for HII on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Huntington Ingalls Industries to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 17% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Huntington Ingalls Industries insiders have not sold or bought any 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

• Record date for 9/11 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/11 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/11/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/29/2026
• Today: 11/14/2026
• Record date for 12/11 Dividend: 11/27/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/11 Dividend: 11/27/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/11/2026
• 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.hii.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: $366.13
• High Price Target: $406.00
• Low Price Target: $340.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +19.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.60
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $18.58
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.48
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.19
• P/E Growth: 1.09
• Net Income: $605 million
• Net Margins: 5.42%
• Pretax Margin: 6.76%
• Return on Equity: 13.95%
• Return on Assets: 5.76%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.49
• Current Ratio: 1.26
• Quick Ratio: 1.18

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $12.48 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.97
• Cash Flow: $23.65 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.95
• Book Value: $139.37 per share
• Price / Book: 2.20

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 39,410,000
• Free Float: 39,091,000
• Market Cap: $12.07 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.17