Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) Receives $383.22 Consensus Target Price from Brokerages

Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) have received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eleven analysts that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12 month price target among analysts that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $393.00.

A number of research firms have recently commented on HII. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $421.00 target price on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on Huntington Ingalls Industries in a report on Wednesday, April 1st. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $400.00 price target for the company. Bank of America upgraded Huntington Ingalls Industries from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $300.00 to $400.00 in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Wall Street Zen lowered Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, May 10th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their price target on Huntington Ingalls Industries from $465.00 to $441.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 2nd.

More Huntington Ingalls Industries News

Here are the key news stories impacting Huntington Ingalls Industries this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wolfe Research raised its longer-term earnings estimates for HII, including FY2027, FY2028, and FY2029, suggesting confidence in the company’s multi-year earnings growth outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen kept a buy rating on HII even while lowering its price target to $420 from $460, which still implies meaningful upside from current levels. Benzinga
• Neutral Sentiment: Wolfe Research also cut its Q2 2026 EPS estimate to $3.76 from $4.38, a near-term reduction that may reflect some caution around quarterly execution.
• Neutral Sentiment: Separately, an article highlighted HII’s Flight III destroyer delivery and its distributed shipbuilding strategy, which may be relevant to investors but did not include a direct earnings or valuation update. Will HII’s Flight III Destroyer Delivery and Distributed Shipbuilding Shift Huntington Ingalls’ Strategic Narrative?

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Eric D. Chewning sold 1,700 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $433.44, for a total value of $736,848.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,949 shares in the company, valued at approximately $844,774.56. The trade was a 46.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, VP Chad N. Boudreaux sold 4,400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $422.45, for a total value of $1,858,780.00. Following the sale, the vice president owned 20,360 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,601,082. This represents a 17.77% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.80% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Huntington Ingalls Industries

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Personal CFO Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 3.7% during the first quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC now owns 775 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $294,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares in the last quarter. TriaGen Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. TriaGen Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,971 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $670,000 after purchasing an additional 31 shares in the last quarter. CI Investments Inc. increased its position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 16.7% during the third quarter. CI Investments Inc. now owns 231 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $67,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares in the last quarter. Intrust Bank NA increased its position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Intrust Bank NA now owns 821 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $279,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Oakworth Capital Inc. increased its position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Oakworth Capital Inc. now owns 2,205 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $750,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Price Performance

NYSE:HII opened at $336.90 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.92, a PEG ratio of 1.42 and a beta of 0.29. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $385.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $371.77. Huntington Ingalls Industries has a 1 year low of $215.04 and a 1 year high of $460.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.52, a current ratio of 1.19 and a quick ratio of 1.11.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.79 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.70 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $3.10 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.02 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a return on equity of 12.05% and a net margin of 4.71%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.79 earnings per share. Equities analysts forecast that Huntington Ingalls Industries will post 17.29 EPS for the current year.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 12th. Investors of record on Friday, May 29th will be issued a $1.38 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 29th. This represents a $5.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. Huntington Ingalls Industries’s payout ratio is presently 35.91%.

About Huntington Ingalls Industries

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.