Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)

Industrials · $12.0B market cap · SEC CIK 0001501585

Next reports on Feb 3, 2027, after the close, with analysts expecting $5.26 in earnings per share.

52-week range $255.36 to $460.00. 32% below its 52-week high and 23% above its low.

The case for HII

• Revenue growing 12.6% year over year.
• Earnings per share up 28.4%.
• Moves less than the market (beta 0.14).
• Pays a modest 2.2% dividend.
• P/E of 16.4× is lower than 92% of Industrials companies.
• Price/sales of 0.9× is lower than 94% of Industrials companies.

The case against

• Net margin of 5% is thinner than 88% of Industrials companies.
• The price trend is weak (35/100): −1.7% over a year, −8.0% over three months, 32% below its 52-week high.

What the score is made of

Each factor is half a curve over reported figures and half a rank among the other Industrials companies (momentum is judged against fixed thresholds only), and the five are blended by weight. The score is where that blend places it in the S&P 500. It describes the last filing and the current price. It is not a forecast.

• Each factor except momentum is half fixed thresholds, half rank among the 79 Industrials companies.

The financials

The financials, five years deep

Pulled from Huntington Ingalls Industries's XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. Italic rows are worked out from the others.

What Huntington Ingalls Industries says it does

History and Organization Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. ("HII", the "Company", "we", "us", or "our") is a global, all-domain defense partner, building and delivering the world's most powerful, survivable naval ships and technologies that safeguard America’s seas, sky, land, space, and cyber. For more than a century, our Ingalls Shipbuilding segment ("Ingalls") in Mississippi and Newport News Shipbuilding segment ("Newport News") in Virginia have built more ships in more ship classes than any other U.S. naval shipbuilder, making us America's largest shipbuilder. Our Mission Technologies segment develops integrated technology solutions and products that enable today's connected, all-domain force. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, we employ over 44,000 people domestically and internationally. We conduct most of our business with the U.S. Government, primarily the Department of War (the "Department"). As prime contractor,…

Risk factors HII lists in its 10-K

• Significant delays or reductions in appropriations for our programs and/or changes in customer priorities could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows
• Changes in estimates used in contract accounting and contract cost growth have affected and could continue to affect our profitability and our financial position
• Changes to the U.S. Government's business practices could have a material effect on its procurement, contracting, or other processes and practices and adversely affect our current programs and potential new awards
• Competition within our markets and bid protests may affect our ability to win new contracts and result in reduced revenues or market share
• Our level of indebtedness and our ability to make payments on or service our indebtedness may adversely affect our financial and operating activities or our ability to incur additional debt
• We have classified contracts with the U.S. Government, which limits investor insight into portions of our business
• Business and Operational Risk Factors
• Cost growth on flexibly priced contracts that does not result in higher contract prices reduces our profit and exposes us to the potential loss of future business
• Our business may be adversely affected if we are unable to attract, train, and retain qualified personnel
• Our earnings and profitability depend, in part, upon subcontractor performance and raw material and component availability and pricing
• Our success depends, in part, on our ability to increase our current and future shipbuilding capacity. If we are unable to do so, or to do so in a cost-effective manner, our business could be materially adversely affected
• We could be negatively impacted by security threats, including cybersecurity threats, and related disruptions
• We utilize artificial intelligence, which could expose us to liability, as well as regulatory, competition, reputational, or other risks, or otherwise adversely affect our business
• Our business could be negatively impacted if we are unsuccessful negotiating new collective bargaining agreements
• Changes in future business conditions could cause business investments, recorded goodwill, and/or purchased intangible assets to become impaired, resulting in losses and write-downs that would reduce our operating income
• As a U.S. Government contractor, we are heavily regulated and could be adversely affected by changes in regulations or negative findings from a U.S. Government audit or investigation
• We are subject to investigations, claims, litigation, disputes and other legal proceedings that could ultimately be resolved against us
• Environmental costs could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows
• Our nuclear operations subject us to environmental, regulatory, financial, and other risks
• Our business and reputation may be adversely affected by the improper conduct of employees, agents, suppliers, subcontractors, business partners, or joint ventures in which we participate
• Changes in tax laws and regulations or exposure to additional tax liabilities could adversely affect our financial results
• We may be unable to adequately protect our intellectual property rights, which could affect our ability to compete
• Anti-takeover provisions in our organizational documents and Delaware law, as well as regulatory requirements, could delay or prevent a change in control
• Our insurance coverage may be inadequate to cover all of our significant risks or our insurers may deny coverage of material losses we incur, which could adversely affect our profitability and financial position
• We can provide no assurance we will pay dividends or repurchase shares of our common stock
• Market volatility and adverse capital market conditions may affect our ability to access cost-effective sources of funding

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