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

8 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 3 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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8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock. Their HII share price forecasts range from $190.00 to $315.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $241.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% from the stock's current price.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock was trading at $230.68 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, HII shares have decreased by 11.3% and is now trading at $204.58.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a drop in short interest during 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 daily volume of 250,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $3.27 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 the consensus estimate of $2.67 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 4.77% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 15.13%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 4.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $4.44 EPS.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 1st. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.42%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 2.42%. 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 30.34% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (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."

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One share of HII stock can currently be purchased for approximately $204.58.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has a market capitalization of $8.16 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.