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

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" HII shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HII, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their HII share price targets range from $190.00 to $270.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $231.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.3%.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock was trading at $230.68 at the start of the year. Since then, HII shares have increased by 2.8% and is now trading at $237.03.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a increase in short interest in November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 706,800 shares, an increase of 12.5% from the October 31st total of 628,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 262,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 8th 2024.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 2nd. The aerospace company reported $3.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.39 by $0.31. The aerospace company earned $2.82 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.73 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 4.78% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 14.69%.

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 24th will be given a dividend of $1.30 per share on Friday, December 8th. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 22nd. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.24.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.20%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 39.19%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HII will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.48% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) stock in their portfolio include VictoryShares Protect America ETF (SHLD), SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR), First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL), SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT), iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA), ASYMshares ASYMmetric S&P 500 ETF (ASPY) and Strategas Global Policy Opportunities ETF (SAGP).

282 employees have rated Huntington Ingalls Industries Chief Executive Officer Mike Petters on Glassdoor.com. Mike Petters has an approval rating of 80% among the company's employees.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (6.32%), Invesco Ltd. (3.51%), Morgan Stanley (3.09%), American Century Companies Inc. (2.10%), LSV Asset Management (1.61%) and AQR Capital Management LLC (1.48%). Insiders that own company stock include Anastasi D Kelly, Chad N Boudreaux, D R Wyatt, Edgar A Green III, Edmond E Jr Hughes, Jennifer R Boykin, Jerri F Dickseski, Jerri F Dickseski, Mitchell B Waldman, Nicolas G Schuck, Philip M Bilden and Thomas E Stiehle.
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