Huntington Ingalls Industries - HII Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 3 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 targets for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their HII share price forecasts range from $190.00 to $315.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $251.22 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.7% 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 14.7% and is now trading at $196.73.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totaling 797,800 shares, a decline of 21.0% from the January 31st total of 1,010,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 403,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 2.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 4th 2023.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February, 9th. The aerospace company reported $3.07 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.14 by $0.07. The aerospace company had revenue of $2.81 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.70 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 5.42% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.81%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 5.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.99 earnings per share.
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Huntington Ingalls Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 24th will be paid a dividend of $1.24 per share on Friday, March 10th. This represents a $4.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 23rd.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Indxx Aerospace & Defense ETF (MISL), SPDR S&P Aerospace & Defense ETF (XAR), iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (ITA), SPDR S&P Kensho Final Frontiers ETF (ROKT), ASYMmetric Smart S&P 500 ETF (ASPY), Invesco Aerospace & Defense ETF (PPA), Strategas Global Policy Opportunities ETF (SAGP) and Direxion Daily Aerospace & Defense Bull 3X Shares (DFEN).

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) pays an annual dividend of $4.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.41%. 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 34.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HII will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.72% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Morgan Stanley (3.22%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.19%), LSV Asset Management (1.84%), Bank of America Corp DE (1.84%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.72%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.12%). Insiders that own company stock include Anastasi D Kelly, Chad N Boudreaux, D R Wyatt, Edgar A Green III, Edmond E Jr Hughes, Jennifer R Boykin, Jerri F Dickseski, Jerri F Dickseski, Mitchell B Waldman, Nicolas G Schuck, Philip M Bilden, Stephen R Wilson and Thomas E Stiehle.
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Shares of HII stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HII stock can currently be purchased for approximately $196.73.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has a market capitalization of $7.86 billion and generates $10.68 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $579 million in net income (profit) each year or $14.45 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 43,000 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.