Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) Issues Earnings Results, Misses Expectations By $0.13 EPS

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday. The aerospace company reported $3.15 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.28 by ($0.13), Zacks reports. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a return on equity of 16.89% and a net margin of 5.99%. Huntington Ingalls Industries updated its FY 2025 guidance to EPS.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Stock Performance

HII traded up $7.86 during trading on Friday, hitting $167.61. The stock had a trading volume of 689,298 shares, compared to its average volume of 544,009. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.41, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a current ratio of 0.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.46, a PEG ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 0.57. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $193.45 and its 200 day moving average price is $230.27. Huntington Ingalls Industries has a twelve month low of $158.88 and a twelve month high of $299.50.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be issued a $1.35 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, February 28th. This represents a $5.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.22%. Huntington Ingalls Industries’s payout ratio is 30.49%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on HII shares. The Goldman Sachs Group reduced their target price on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from $226.00 to $194.00 and set a “sell” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 1st. TD Cowen cut shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and set a $180.00 price target for the company. in a research report on Friday, November 1st. Barclays dropped their price target on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from $290.00 to $220.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Alembic Global Advisors lowered shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from an “overweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and set a $210.00 price objective for the company. in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $228.89.

Insider Buying and Selling at Huntington Ingalls Industries

In other Huntington Ingalls Industries news, VP D R. Wyatt sold 400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.24, for a total transaction of $82,096.00. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 19,627 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,028,245.48. The trade was a 2.00 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Company Profile

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs military ships in the United States. It operates through three segments: Ingalls, Newport News, and Mission Technologies. The company is involved in the design and construction of non-nuclear ships comprising amphibious assault ships; expeditionary warfare ships; surface combatants; and national security cutters for the U.S.