Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) – Investment Analysts’ Recent Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have updated their recommendations and price targets on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) in the last few weeks:

• 8/4/2026 – Huntington Ingalls Industries had its price target raised by Wells Fargo & Company from $325.00 to $340.00. They now have an “equal weight” rating on the stock.
• 8/3/2026 – Huntington Ingalls Industries had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 7/31/2026 – Huntington Ingalls Industries had its price target raised by Citigroup Inc. from $349.00 to $379.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/31/2026 – Huntington Ingalls Industries was upgraded by Wolfe Research from “peer perform” to “outperform”. They now have a $364.00 price target on the stock.
• 7/13/2026 – Huntington Ingalls Industries had its price target lowered by TD Cowen from $420.00 to $360.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 7/1/2026 – Huntington Ingalls Industries had its price target lowered by Citigroup Inc. from $405.00 to $349.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be given a dividend of $1.38 per share. This represents a $5.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 28th. Huntington Ingalls Industries’s payout ratio is presently 32.90%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Christopher D. Kastner sold 13,070 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $324.92, for a total value of $4,246,704.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 11,224 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,646,902.08. This represents a 53.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, VP Edmond E. Jr. Hughes sold 3,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $319.58, for a total transaction of $1,118,530.00. Following the sale, the vice president directly owned 8,391 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,681,595.78. The trade was a 29.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 0.80% of the company’s stock.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a leading provider of professional services to the U.S. government. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII designs, constructs and maintains nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, submarines and other complex vessels for the U.S. Navy. The company’s products include nuclear aircraft carriers, Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarines, as well as amphibious assault ships, destroyers and cutters.

Established in 2011 as a spin-off from Northrop Grumman’s shipbuilding operations, HII traces its heritage to two historic builders: Newport News Shipbuilding, founded in the 19th century, and Ingalls Shipbuilding, founded in 1938.