Huntington Ingalls Industries - HII Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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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9 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their HII share price forecasts range from $190.00 to $315.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $252.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.4% from the stock's current price.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock was trading at $230.68 at the beginning of the year. Since then, HII shares have decreased by 6.0% and is now trading at $216.76.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,030,000 shares, a drop of 12.0% from the December 15th total of 1,170,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 406,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 2.6% of the company's stock are short sold.
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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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 9th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 4th. The aerospace company reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.13 by $0.52. The aerospace company earned $2.30 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.47 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.81% and a net margin of 5.46%. Huntington Ingalls Industries's revenue for the quarter was down .6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $5.45 earnings per share.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 31st. Investors of record on Friday, February 24th will be given a dividend of $1.24 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $4.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.29%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 23rd.
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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 2.27%. 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 33.40% 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.42%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.38%), Foundry Partners LLC (0.23%), Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (0.17%), Eagle Ridge Investment Management (0.13%) and Investment Management Associates Inc. ADV (0.13%). 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 $216.76.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has a market capitalization of $8.65 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.