Huntington Ingalls Industries - HII Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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 1-year target prices for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their HII share price forecasts range from $230.00 to $315.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $259.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 8.0% from the stock's current price.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock was trading at $186.74 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HII shares have increased by 28.9% and is now trading at $240.68.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 15th, there was short interest totaling 817,100 shares, an increase of 22.7% from the October 31st total of 665,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 419,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 2.1% 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 9th 2023.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) posted its earnings results on Thursday, November, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $3.44 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.54 by $0.10. The aerospace company earned $2.63 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.69 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.81% and a net margin of 5.46%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.65 earnings per share.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 25th will be given a dividend of $1.24 per share on Friday, December 9th. This represents a $4.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.06%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 23rd. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $1.18.
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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 2.15%. 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 34.52%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HII will have a dividend payout ratio of 33.24% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.69%), BlackRock Inc. (9.28%), State Street Corp (7.32%), LSV Asset Management (2.06%), Eaton Vance Management (1.38%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.15%). Insiders that own company stock include Brian J Cuccias, Chad N Boudreaux, D R Wyatt, Edgar A Green III, Jennifer R Boykin, Jerri F Dickseski, Jerri F Dickseski, Mitchell B Waldman, Nicolas G Schuck, Philip M Bilden, Stephen R Wilson, Thomas C Schievelbein and Thomas E Stiehle.
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One share of HII stock can currently be purchased for approximately $240.68.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has a market capitalization of $9.60 billion and generates $9.52 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $544 million in net income (profit) each year or $14.37 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 44,000 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.