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 declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $1.03 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Dividend History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) issued its earnings results on Thursday, February, 13th. The aerospace company reported $4.36 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.20 by $0.16. The aerospace company earned $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.32 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 6.17% and a return on equity of 35.78%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.94 EPS. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Earnings History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

8 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $265.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Huntington Ingalls Industries' share price to reach $283.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

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

Media stories about HII stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Huntington Ingalls Industries earned a media sentiment score of -2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the aerospace company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,040,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the January 15th total of 929,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 305,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.4 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), Raytheon (RTN), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Rockwell Collins (COL), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Hexcel (HXL) and Curtiss-Wright (CW).

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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include FMR LLC (8.21%), State Street Corp (7.62%), LSV Asset Management (3.74%), AQR Capital Management LLC (3.50%), Franklin Resources Inc. (3.25%) and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.62%). 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, FIL Ltd, NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, LSV Asset Management and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Huntington Ingalls Industries company stock in the last year include Brian J Cuccias, Christopher D Kastner, Edgar A Green III, Jennifer R Boykin, Jerri F Dickseski, Nicolas G Schuck 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 FMR LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Hoover Financial Advisors Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Smith Asset Management Group LP and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. 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 $236.02.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a market capitalization of $9.62 billion and generates $8.90 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $549 million in net income (profit) each year or $14.01 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]