Research Analysts Set Expectations for HII Q4 Earnings

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) – Analysts at Wolfe Research decreased their Q4 2026 EPS estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, October 29th. Wolfe Research analyst M. Walton now anticipates that the aerospace company will earn $4.88 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $5.23. Wolfe Research currently has an “Outperform” rating and a $364.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Huntington Ingalls Industries’ current full-year earnings is $18.82 per share. Wolfe Research also issued estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries’ FY2027 earnings at $19.56 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $22.54 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $24.97 EPS.

HII has been the topic of several other reports. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “conviction-buy” rating and issued a $406.00 price objective on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries in a research report on Friday, October 30th. TD Cowen decreased their target price on Huntington Ingalls Industries from $360.00 to $340.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 9th. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their target price on Huntington Ingalls Industries from $304.00 to $352.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings upgraded Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “hold (c)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Monday, August 31st. Finally, Citigroup raised their target price on Huntington Ingalls Industries from $349.00 to $379.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, four have issued a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Huntington Ingalls Industries presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $369.50.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Stock Down 4.7%

Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries stock opened at $289.79 on Friday. Huntington Ingalls Industries has a twelve month low of $255.35 and a twelve month high of $460.00. The stock has a market cap of $11.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.11 and a beta of 0.17. The company has a current ratio of 1.26, a quick ratio of 1.18 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $278.88 and a 200 day moving average price of $333.88.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 29th. The aerospace company reported $5.48 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.36 by $1.12. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 5.42% and a return on equity of 13.95%. The business had revenue of $3.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.38 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.68 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.8% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $944,877,000. State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 8.4% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,922,717 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $818,039,000 after buying an additional 227,439 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 832,452 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $316,249,000 after buying an additional 19,843 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. grew its position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 2.3% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 471,429 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $179,097,000 after buying an additional 10,406 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new stake in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries during the second quarter worth approximately $75,094,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huntington Ingalls Industries

In other news, CEO Christopher Kastner sold 13,070 shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $324.92, for a total transaction of $4,246,704.40. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 11,224 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,646,902.08. The trade was a 53.80% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. 0.80% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 27th will be paid a dividend of $1.41 per share. This is a boost from Huntington Ingalls Industries’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.38. This represents a $5.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 27th. Huntington Ingalls Industries’s payout ratio is 29.71%.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Company Profile

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc (NYSE:HII) is an American defense company that designs, builds, maintains and modernizes ships for the U.S. Navy and other government customers. Its shipbuilding activities include nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, submarines, amphibious assault ships, destroyers and other surface vessels, along with fleet sustainment and modernization services.

HII operates through its Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding divisions. Newport News Shipbuilding is involved in the construction and maintenance of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines, while Ingalls Shipbuilding builds surface combatants and amphibious ships.