NYSE:HII - Huntington Ingalls Industries Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Huntington Ingalls Industries announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Friday, May 25th will be given a dividend of $0.72 per share on Friday, June 8th. This represents a $2.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 24th. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Dividend History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, November 8th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $1,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 3rd. The aerospace company reported $3.48 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $4.07 by $0.59. The aerospace company earned $1.87 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.73 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 6.80% and a return on equity of 34.69%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.56 EPS. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Earnings History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August, 2nd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Huntington Ingalls Industries' shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $335.00. On average, they anticipate Huntington Ingalls Industries' share price to reach $265.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 17.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Huntington Ingalls Industries include General Dynamics (GD), Malibu Boats (MBUU), Marine Products (MPX), MCBC (MCFT) and Conrad Industries (CNRD).

Press coverage about HII stock has trended positive on Sunday, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than twenty million blog and news sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Huntington Ingalls Industries earned a media sentiment score of 0.28 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the aerospace company an impact score of 45.74 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Hexavest Inc. (0.32%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.16%), Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware (0.12%), Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (0.03%), Palo Capital Inc. (0.03%) and State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%). 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, Matthew J Mulherin, Michael Stephen Smith, Philip M Bilden, Stephen R Wilson 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 Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, CENTRAL TRUST Co and Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund. 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 and William R Ermatinger. View Insider Buying and Selling for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

HII stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Palo Capital Inc., Cerebellum GP LLC and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. Company insiders that have bought Huntington Ingalls Industries stock in the last two years include Christopher D Kastner, 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HII stock can currently be purchased for approximately $224.98.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a market capitalization of $10.01 billion and generates $7.44 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $479 million in net income (profit) each year or $12.14 on an earnings per share basis. Huntington Ingalls Industries employs 38,000 workers across the globe.

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]