Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Competitors

$276.03

+2.08 (+0.76%)

(As of 07/26/2024 ET)

HII vs. HEI, TDY, TXT, CW, HXL, AVAV, SPR, KTOS, AIR, and TGI

Should you be buying Huntington Ingalls Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Ingalls Industries include HEICO (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Hexcel (HXL), AeroVironment (AVAV), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS), AAR (AIR), and Triumph Group (TGI). These companies are all part of the "aerospace & defense" industry.

Huntington Ingalls Industries vs.

HEICO (NYSE:HEI) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.

: 27.1% of HEICO shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.5% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 8.1% of HEICO shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
: HEICO currently has a consensus price target of $236.89, suggesting a potential upside of 1.12%. Huntington Ingalls Industries has a consensus price target of $278.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.71%. Given Huntington Ingalls Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe HEICO is more favorable than Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
HEICO
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)

8 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Huntington Ingalls Industries
0 Sell rating(s)

2 Hold rating(s)

2 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
: HEICO pays an annual dividend of $0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Huntington Ingalls Industries pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. HEICO pays out 6.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Huntington Ingalls Industries pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HEICO has raised its dividend for 17 consecutive years and Huntington Ingalls Industries has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.
: In the previous week, HEICO had 3 more articles in the media than Huntington Ingalls Industries. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for HEICO and 10 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries. HEICO's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' score of 0.74 indicating that Huntington Ingalls Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
HEICO
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Huntington Ingalls Industries
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
: HEICO received 18 more outperform votes than Huntington Ingalls Industries when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.94% of users gave HEICO an outperform vote while only 59.23% of users gave Huntington Ingalls Industries an outperform vote.
Company Underperform Outperform
HEICO Outperform Votes
496
66.94%
Underperform Votes
245
33.06%
Huntington Ingalls Industries Outperform Votes
478
59.23%
Underperform Votes
329
40.77%
: HEICO has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.53, suggesting that its share price is 47% less volatile than the S&P 500.
: Huntington Ingalls Industries has higher revenue and earnings than HEICO. Huntington Ingalls Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HEICO, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
HEICO $2.97B 10.93 $403.60M $3.18 73.67
Huntington Ingalls Industries $11.45B 0.95 $681M $17.74 15.56
: HEICO has a net margin of 12.62% compared to HEICO's net margin of 6.09%. HEICO's return on equity of 18.08% beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
HEICO 12.62% 14.26% 6.73%
Huntington Ingalls Industries 6.09% 18.08% 6.43%

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HEICO	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89
Huntington Ingalls Industries	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
HEICO	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Huntington Ingalls Industries	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HEICO	Outperform Votes 496 66.94%	Underperform Votes 245 33.06%
Huntington Ingalls Industries	Outperform Votes 478 59.23%	Underperform Votes 329 40.77%

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
HEICO	$2.97B	10.93	$403.60M	$3.18	73.67
Huntington Ingalls Industries	$11.45B	0.95	$681M	$17.74	15.56

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HEICO	12.62%	14.26%	6.73%
Huntington Ingalls Industries	6.09%	18.08%	6.43%

Summary

HEICO beats Huntington Ingalls Industries on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.

HII vs. The Competition

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Metric	Huntington Ingalls Industries	Ship & boat building & repairing Industry	Aerospace Sector	NYSE Exchange
Market Cap	$10.88B	$11.51B	$17.59B	$18.51B
Dividend Yield	1.96%	3.21%	1.42%	3.51%
P/E Ratio	15.56	11.84	22.29	25.12
Price / Sales	0.95	17.17	24.95	15.32
Price / Cash	10.14	8.58	22.22	19.61
Price / Book	2.67	1.70	4.98	5.07
Net Income	$681M	$461.72M	$444.71M	$976.63M
7 Day Performance	4.79%	5.89%	3.03%	1.51%
1 Month Performance	10.53%	3.08%	8.54%	6.13%
1 Year Performance	17.73%	-31.76%	18.29%	7.84%

Huntington Ingalls Industries Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
HEI HEICO	3.8124 of 5 stars 3.81 / 5 stars	$221.81 -1.0%	$236.89 +6.8%	+30.9%	$30.72B	$3.51B	69.75	9,600	Insider Selling Short Interest ↓
TDY Teledyne Technologies	3.5469 of 5 stars 3.55 / 5 stars	$392.93 -1.6%	$470.83 +19.8%	+8.7%	$18.62B	$5.64B	21.25	14,900	Earnings Report Analyst Forecast News Coverage
TXT Textron	4.0821 of 5 stars 4.08 / 5 stars	$90.33 -2.5%	$100.50 +11.3%	+34.6%	$17.23B	$13.68B	19.30	35,000	Analyst Forecast
CW Curtiss-Wright	3.8129 of 5 stars 3.81 / 5 stars	$277.04 -1.3%	$304.50 +9.9%	+44.5%	$10.61B	$2.85B	28.53	8,600	Short Interest ↓
HXL Hexcel	4.3981 of 5 stars 4.40 / 5 stars	$62.81 +0.3%	$76.07 +21.1%	-9.7%	$5.22B	$1.85B	53.68	5,590
AVAV AeroVironment	2.8927 of 5 stars 2.89 / 5 stars	$164.23 -0.7%	$175.20 +6.7%	+81.5%	$4.62B	$716.72M	73.98	1,428	Short Interest ↓
SPR Spirit AeroSystems	1.6056 of 5 stars 1.61 / 5 stars	$35.01 -0.1%	$33.60 -4.0%	+15.4%	$4.08B	$6.32B	-4.03	20,655	Positive News
KTOS Kratos Defense & Security Solutions	3.0526 of 5 stars 3.05 / 5 stars	$20.97 -1.5%	$23.50 +12.1%	+55.2%	$3.15B	$1.04B	81.92	3,900	Upcoming Earnings Short Interest ↑ Gap Up
AIR AAR	3.8593 of 5 stars 3.86 / 5 stars	$64.42 -12.1%	$83.50 +29.6%	+15.1%	$2.28B	$2.32B	37.89	5,000	Short Interest ↑ Gap Down High Trading Volume
TGI Triumph Group	3.6689 of 5 stars 3.67 / 5 stars	$16.52 +0.1%	$18.75 +13.5%	+40.3%	$1.27B	$1.19B	2.49	4,530	Gap Up