NYSE:HII - Huntington Ingalls Industries Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Huntington Ingalls Industries declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $1.03 per share on Friday, March 13th. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Dividend History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 13th. The aerospace company reported $4.36 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.20 by $0.16. The aerospace company earned $2.41 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.32 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a return on equity of 35.78% and a net margin of 6.17%. The company's revenue was up 9.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $4.94 EPS. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Earnings History.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 7th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

8 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock. Their forecasts range from $265.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock price to reach $283.17 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 20.6% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

News headlines about HII stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the aerospace company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Huntington Ingalls Industries saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,040,000 shares, an increase of 11.9% from the January 15th total of 929,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 305,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.4 days. Currently, 2.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Huntington Ingalls Industries' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Huntington Ingalls Industries include Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), United Technologies (UTX), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Raytheon (RTN), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Rockwell Collins (COL), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Curtiss-Wright (CW) and Hexcel (HXL).

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Huntington Ingalls Industries' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (8.21%), State Street Corp (7.62%), LSV Asset Management (3.74%), AQR Capital Management LLC (3.50%), Franklin Resources Inc. (3.25%) and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (1.62%). 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, State Street Corp, Franklin Resources Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, FIL Ltd, NorthCoast Asset Management LLC, LSV Asset Management 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, Edgar A Green III, Jennifer R Boykin, Jerri F Dickseski, Nicolas G Schuck 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 FMR LLC, Prudential Financial Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Hoover Financial Advisors Inc., Mackay Shields LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Smith Asset Management Group LP and Virginia Retirement Systems ET AL. 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 $234.84.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a market capitalization of $9.57 billion and generates $8.90 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $549 million in net income (profit) each year or $14.01 on an earnings per share basis. Huntington Ingalls Industries employs 42,000 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]