How to buy Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) stocks

Huntington Ingalls Industries is an aerospace & defense business based in the US. Huntington Ingalls Industries shares (HII) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $190.45 – a decrease of 0.88% over the previous week. Huntington Ingalls Industries employs 44,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $11.7 billion.

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Huntington Ingalls Industries stock price (NYSE: HII)

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Huntington Ingalls Industries stocks at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2024-12-18.

Latest market close	$190.45
52-week range	$183.04 - $294.57
50-day moving average more info button	$216.29
200-day moving average more info button	$253.29
Wall St. target price	$227.34
PE ratio more info button	10.9915
Dividend yield more info button	$5.2 (2.78%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$17.69

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Huntington Ingalls Industries price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $187.61 from 2024-12-19

1 week (2024-12-13)	-2.36%
1 month (2024-11-21)	-3.94%
3 months (2024-09-20)	-29.87%
6 months (2024-06-21)	-24.63%

1 year (2023-12-21)	-26.14%
2 years (2022-12-21)	-14.91%
3 years (2021-12-21)	9.47%
5 years (2019-12-20)	227.0121

Is Huntington Ingalls Industries stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Huntington Ingalls Industries stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Huntington Ingalls Industries's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's P/E ratio

Huntington Ingalls Industries's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 11x. In other words, Huntington Ingalls Industries shares trade at around 11x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's PEG ratio

Huntington Ingalls Industries's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.3915. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Huntington Ingalls Industries's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's EBITDA

Huntington Ingalls Industries's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.1 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Huntington Ingalls Industries's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Huntington Ingalls Industries financials

Revenue TTM	$11.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	4.15%
Gross profit TTM	$1.4 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.27%
Return on equity TTM	17.67%
Profit margin	5.99%
Book value	$107.41
Market Capitalization more info button	$7.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Huntington Ingalls Industries stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 29.64% of net profits

Recently Huntington Ingalls Industries has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Huntington Ingalls Industries shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Huntington Ingalls Industries's case, that would currently equate to about $5.2 per share.

While Huntington Ingalls Industries's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Huntington Ingalls Industries may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's most recent dividend payout was on 12 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 28 November 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Huntington Ingalls Industries's stocks ever split?

Huntington Ingalls Industries's stocks were split on a 1:2 basis on 4 December 2003 . So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Huntington Ingalls Industries stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 100% higher stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Huntington Ingalls Industries stocks, which in turn could have impacted Huntington Ingalls Industries's stock price.

Huntington Ingalls Industries stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Huntington Ingalls Industries's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $183.0421 up to $294.5726. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Huntington Ingalls Industries's is 0.548. This would suggest that Huntington Ingalls Industries's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Huntington Ingalls Industries overview

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs military ships in the United States. It operates through three segments: Ingalls, Newport News, and Mission Technologies. The company is involved in the design and construction of non-nuclear ships comprising amphibious assault ships; expeditionary warfare ships; surface combatants; and national security cutters for the U.S. Navy and U.S.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Huntington Ingalls Industries is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.619% of Huntington Ingalls Industries stocks are held by insiders and 95.048% by institutions. How many people work for Huntington Ingalls Industries?
Latest data suggests 44,000 work at Huntington Ingalls Industries. When does the fiscal year end for Huntington Ingalls Industries?
Huntington Ingalls Industries's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Huntington Ingalls Industries based?
Huntington Ingalls Industries's address is: 4101 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA, United States, 23607 What is Huntington Ingalls Industries's ISIN number?
Huntington Ingalls Industries's international securities identification number is: US4464131063 What is Huntington Ingalls Industries's CUSIP number?
Huntington Ingalls Industries's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 446413106

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