NYSE:HII - Huntington Ingalls Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Friday, December 13th. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. This is an increase from Huntington Ingalls Industries's previous quarterly dividend of $0.86. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Dividend History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 7th. The aerospace company reported $3.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.11. The aerospace company earned $2.22 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.20 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 7.05% and a return on equity of 38.18%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 6.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $5.29 earnings per share. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Earnings History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Huntington Ingalls Industries will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 13th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

6 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $265.00 to $320.00. On average, they anticipate Huntington Ingalls Industries' share price to reach $287.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 3.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

News headlines about HII stock have been trending extremely negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntington Ingalls Industries earned a news impact score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the aerospace company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 13th, there was short interest totalling 912,600 shares, an increase of 21.3% from the November 28th total of 752,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 272,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Huntington Ingalls Industries include Boeing (BA), United Technologies (UTX), Honeywell International (HON), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Raytheon (RTN), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Rockwell Collins (COL), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Curtiss-Wright (CW) and Hexcel (HXL).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Huntington Ingalls Industries investors own include Northrop Grumman (NOC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Boeing (BA), Raytheon (RTN), General Dynamics (GD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC) and Micron Technology (MU).

Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.46%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.39%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.27%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.15%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.13%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.12%). Company insiders that own Huntington Ingalls Industries stock include Brian J Cuccias, Christopher D Kastner, D R Wyatt, Edgar A Green III, Jennifer R Boykin, Jerri F Dickseski, Nicolas G Schuck, Philip M Bilden, Stephen R Wilson, Thomas B Fargo and William R Ermatinger. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

HII stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Fluent Financial LLC, Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Cadinha & Co. LLC and IFP Advisors Inc. Company insiders that have sold Huntington Ingalls Industries company stock in the last year include Brian J Cuccias, Christopher D Kastner, D R Wyatt, Edgar A Green III, Jennifer R Boykin, Jerri F Dickseski, Nicolas G Schuck, Thomas B Fargo and William R Ermatinger. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

HII stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Scout Investments Inc., Exane Derivatives, Landsberg Bennett & Dubbaneh LLC, FormulaFolio Investments LLC, HBW Advisory Services LLC and Wealthfront Advisers LLC. Company insiders that have bought Huntington Ingalls Industries stock in the last two years include Edgar A Green III, Philip M Bilden and Stephen R Wilson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Shares of HII can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HII stock can currently be purchased for approximately $276.47.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a market capitalization of $11.31 billion and generates $8.18 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $836 million in net income (profit) each year or $19.09 on an earnings per share basis. Huntington Ingalls Industries employs 40,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Huntington Ingalls Industries.

The official website for Huntington Ingalls Industries is http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/.

Huntington Ingalls Industries' mailing address is 4101 WASHINGTON AVENUE, NEWPORT NEWS VA, 23607. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 757-380-2000 or via email at [email protected]