Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
Industrials · $10.9B market cap · SEC CIK 0001501585
fundamentals score out of 100
Next reports on Oct 28, 2026, before the open, with analysts expecting $4.45 in earnings per share.
The case for HII
- Free cash flow of 7.3% of its market value a year: a lot of cash for the price.
- Revenue growing 14.0% year over year.
- Earnings per share up 25.7%.
- Reasonably priced at 16.5× earnings.
- A PEG of 0.64: a P/E of 16.5× is low for EPS growing 26%.
- Moves less than the market (beta 0.18).
The case against
- Near the bottom of its 52-week range, 41% below the high. Falling prices usually have a reason; find it first.
- Net margin of 5% is thinner than 90% of Industrials companies.
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. It describes the last filing and the current price. It is not a forecast.
| Valuewhat you pay for the earnings, sales, assets and cash | 84 |
|---|---|
| Growthhow fast revenue and earnings are moving, this year and over five | 65 |
| Profitabilityhow much of the revenue becomes profit, and how much of that is cash | 29 |
| Momentumhow the price has behaved lately | 31 |
| Stabilityhow violently it moves, what it owes and what it pays you | 78 |
- Each factor except momentum is half fixed thresholds, half rank among the 79 Industrials companies.
Key numbers
| Price / earnings | 16.5× |
|---|---|
| Price / book | 2.08× |
| Price / sales | 0.8× |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +14.0% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | +25.7% |
| Gross margin | 12% |
| Operating margin | 5% |
| Net margin | 5% |
| Return on equity | 13% |
| Debt / equity | 0.51× |
| Current ratio | 1.23 |
| Dividend yield | 2.18% |
| Beta | 0.18 |
| 52-week range | $263.62 – $460.00 |
| Position in that range | 4% of the way up |
| 3-month return | -3.3% |
| 1-year return | +0.4% |
Five years of financials, as filed
Pulled from Huntington Ingalls Industries's XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. Italic rows are derived from the rows above.
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $12.5B | $11.5B | $11.5B | $10.7B | $9.5B |
| Operating income | $657M | $535M | $781M | $565M | $513M |
| Net income | $605M | $550M | $681M | $579M | $544M |
| Operating cash flow | $1.2B | $393M | $970M | $766M | $760M |
| Capital expenditure | $402M | $367M | $292M | $284M | $331M |
| Total assets | $12.7B | $12.1B | $11.2B | $10.9B | $10.6B |
| Total liabilities | $7.7B | $7.5B | $7.1B | $7.4B | $7.8B |
| Shareholder equity | $5.1B | $4.7B | $4.1B | $3.5B | $2.8B |
| Cash | $774M | $831M | $430M | $467M | $627M |
| Long-term debt | $2.7B | $2.7B | $2.2B | $2.5B | $3.3B |
| Free cash flow | $794M | $26.0M | $678M | $482M | $429M |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 4.6% | 6.8% | 5.3% | 5.4% |
| Net margin | 4.8% | 4.8% | 5.9% | 5.4% | 5.7% |
| Diluted shares | 39.3M | 39.4M | 39.9M | 40.1M | 40.3M |
Share count is essentially flat over 4 years.
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
- U.S. Political and Economic Environment
- Increase (Decrease) in 2026 Expense
- Increase (Decrease) in December 31, 2025 Obligations
- Other FAS and CAS Pension Considerations -
- Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss -
- Operating Performance Assessment and Reporting
- Net Cumulative Catch-up Revenue Adjustments
- Cost of Product Sales and Service Revenues
- Income from Operating Investments, Net
- General and Administrative Expenses
- FAS/CAS Adjustment and Operating FAS/CAS Adjustment
- Net Cumulative Catch-up Revenue Adjustments by Segment
- Segment Cost of Sales and Service Revenues
- Product Sales and Segment Cost of Product Sales