Huntington Ingalls Industries Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:HII)

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

Huntington Ingalls Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, July 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.86 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $3.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.60%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Dividend History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, November 8th 2017, which allows the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) issued its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The aerospace company reported $3.07 EPS for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $3.56 by $0.49. The aerospace company had revenue of $2.19 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.13 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a return on equity of 42.07% and a net margin of 8.04%. The firm's revenue was up 8.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $5.40 earnings per share. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Earnings History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 14th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $208.00 to $275.00. On average, they anticipate Huntington Ingalls Industries' share price to reach $242.3333 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Headlines about HII stock have been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Huntington Ingalls Industries earned a media sentiment score of -1.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,104,300 shares, an increase of 10.8% from the July 31st total of 997,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 295,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 2.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Current Options Chain.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (11.43%), BlackRock Inc. (8.51%), BlackRock Inc. (8.51%), AQR Capital Management LLC (4.76%), LSV Asset Management (4.22%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (1.46%). 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 Renaissance Technologies LLC, Vanguard Group Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, JPMorgan Chase & Co., AGF Investments Inc., D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP 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, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Eaton Vance Management, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Teacher Retirement System of Texas and Boston Partners. 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 $214.82.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a market capitalization of $8.93 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]