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NYSE:HII

Huntington Ingalls Industries - HII Competitors

$206.82
+1.94 (+0.95%)
(As of 03/28/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$204.57
$208.48
50-Day Range
$196.73
$225.70
52-Week Range
$194.36
$260.02
Volume
449,572 shs
Average Volume
378,365 shs
Market Capitalization
$8.26 billion
P/E Ratio
14.31
Dividend Yield
2.40%
Price Target
$251.22

HII vs. ESLT, CAE, CW, HXL, AJRD, SPR, LDOS, MOG.B, ERJ, and FTAI

Should you be buying Huntington Ingalls Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Huntington Ingalls Industries include Elbit Systems (ESLT), CAE (CAE), Curtiss-Wright (CW), Hexcel (HXL), Aerojet Rocketdyne (AJRD), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Leidos (LDOS), Moog (MOG.B), Embraer (ERJ), and FTAI Aviation (FTAI). These companies are all part of the "aerospace" sector.

Huntington Ingalls Industries vs.

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

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a net margin of 5.42% compared to Elbit Systems' net margin of 3.61%. Huntington Ingalls Industries' return on equity of 18.81% beat Elbit Systems' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Huntington Ingalls Industries 5.42% 18.81% 5.43%
Elbit Systems 3.61% 11.25% 3.09%

Huntington Ingalls Industries pays an annual dividend of $4.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Elbit Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Huntington Ingalls Industries pays out 34.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Elbit Systems pays out 37.3% 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. Huntington Ingalls Industries is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Huntington Ingalls Industries currently has a consensus target price of $251.22, suggesting a potential upside of 21.47%. Given Huntington Ingalls Industries' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Huntington Ingalls Industries is more favorable than Elbit Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Huntington Ingalls Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
Elbit Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
N/A

Huntington Ingalls Industries has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Elbit Systems has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Elbit Systems had 1 more articles in the media than Huntington Ingalls Industries. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Elbit Systems and 7 mentions for Huntington Ingalls Industries. Elbit Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Huntington Ingalls Industries' score of 0.20 indicating that Elbit Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Huntington Ingalls Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Elbit Systems
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Huntington Ingalls Industries received 160 more outperform votes than Elbit Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.10% of users gave Elbit Systems an outperform vote while only 59.11% of users gave Huntington Ingalls Industries an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Huntington Ingalls IndustriesOutperform Votes
464
59.11%
Underperform Votes
321
40.89%
Elbit SystemsOutperform Votes
304
65.10%
Underperform Votes
163
34.90%

86.6% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.8% of Elbit Systems shares are held by institutional investors. 2.2% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Elbit Systems shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Huntington Ingalls Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Elbit Systems. Huntington Ingalls Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Elbit Systems, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Huntington Ingalls Industries$10.68 billion0.77$579 million$14.4514.31
Elbit Systems$5.28 billion1.44$274.35 million$4.4538.54

Summary

Huntington Ingalls Industries beats Elbit Systems on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HII and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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.
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HII vs. The Competition

MetricHuntington Ingalls IndustriesShip & boat building & repairing IndustryAerospace SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.99B$7.94B$13.46B$14.09B
Dividend Yield2.48%3.16%1.62%3.93%
P/E Ratio14.316.6714.6918.80
Price / Sales0.771.5744.8510.41
Price / Cash8.458.2415.5416.39
Price / Book2.372.297.696.76
Net Income$579M$527.54M$320.02M$866.29M
7 Day Performance3.72%2.25%0.31%1.35%
1 Month Performance-3.89%-5.85%-9.03%-6.31%
1 Year Performance2.25%-12.54%-10.07%-15.29%

Huntington Ingalls Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ESLT
Elbit Systems
0 of 5 stars
$176.64
+1.1%
N/A-27.6%$7.82B$5.28B39.6917,787Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
CAE
CAE
2.477 of 5 stars
$20.95
-0.7%
$33.25
+58.7%
-16.1%$6.66B$3.90B48.7210,000Analyst Revision
CW
Curtiss-Wright
1.6925 of 5 stars
$168.34
-1.9%
$179.80
+6.8%
+12.4%$6.44B$2.56B22.128,100Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
HXL
Hexcel
2.0146 of 5 stars
$67.44
-1.6%
$66.75
-1.0%
+16.7%$5.68B$1.58B45.575,328Short Interest ↓
AJRD
Aerojet Rocketdyne
1.4264 of 5 stars
$55.51
-0.4%
$58.00
+4.5%
+43.2%$4.48B$2.24B61.685,283Analyst Report
Short Interest ↑
SPR
Spirit AeroSystems
1.7782 of 5 stars
$31.00
-2.4%
$38.17
+23.1%
-30.3%$3.26B$5.03B-5.9418,235Positive News
LDOS
Leidos
2.5084 of 5 stars
$91.31
-1.4%
$113.43
+24.2%
-16.5%$12.69B$14.40B18.4845,000Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
MOG.B
Moog
0 of 5 stars
$97.31
flat
N/A+8.0%$3.10B$3.04B20.1111,787
ERJ
Embraer
2.5107 of 5 stars
$15.30
-0.8%
$16.85
+10.1%
+25.8%$2.81B$4.54B80.5318,320Short Interest ↑
FTAI
FTAI Aviation
2.305 of 5 stars
$25.06
+1.7%
$29.21
+16.6%
-1.3%$2.50B$708.41M-11.29600
This page (NYSE:HII) was last updated on 3/29/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff