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

7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 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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7 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their HII share price forecasts range from $190.00 to $315.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $245.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 22.1% from the stock's current price.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock was trading at $230.68 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, HII stock has decreased by 12.7% and is now trading at $201.33.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 569,800 shares, a drop of 18.0% from the August 15th total of 694,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 250,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $3.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.13. The aerospace company earned $2.79 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.67 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.13% and a net margin of 4.77%. The company's revenue was up 4.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.44 earnings per share.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 1st. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 25th will be paid a dividend of $1.24 per share on Friday, September 8th. This represents a $4.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.46%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 24th.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) pays an annual dividend of $4.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.47%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 38.12%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HII will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.02% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $10.90 billion-$11.10 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $10.93 billion.

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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HII."

Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.55%), State Street Corp (7.38%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.27%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (1.85%), LSV Asset Management (1.69%) and Earnest Partners LLC (1.29%). 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, Stephen R Wilson and Thomas E Stiehle.
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One share of HII stock can currently be purchased for approximately $201.33.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has a market capitalization of $8.03 billion and generates $10.68 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $579 million in net income (profit) each year or $13.01 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 43,000 workers across the globe.

Huntington Ingalls Industries' mailing address is 4101 WASHINGTON AVENUE, NEWPORT NEWS VA, 23607. The official website for the company is www.huntingtoningalls.com. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at (757) 380-2000, via email at investor.relations@hii-co.com, or via fax at 757-380-4713.