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Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

$HII·$11B·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$277.79-0.8%YTD-18.3%1Y+9.5%
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HIHII
$HIIHuntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
$277.79-0.79%559 posts+31%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $HII, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersEvent coming upAI verdict · as of 2026-07-14

A known event soon (earnings, a ruling, etc.) will likely decide the next move.

Huntington Ingalls at 16% of range down 16% YTD — the naval-shipbuilder into Q2 with margin compression as the tell.

Huntington Ingalls Industries is the largest US military shipbuilder (Newport News, Ingalls) plus Mission Technologies government-services. Down 16% YTD at 16% of the 52-week range, this is an event-ahead setup coming into the July 30 Q2 print.

  • The reported mechanics are what a naval-shipbuilding franchise should show: revenue grew 13% YoY last quarter to $3.10B with 12% gross margin and 5% operating margin, and consensus has FY26 EPS at $17.30 rising to $20.11 in FY27 — the multi-year backlog conversion is the compounding engine.
  • The margin-compression story is the key bear point: Q1 operating margin at 5.0% versus prior periods above 8%, with negative Q1 FCF and 'the market fading the beat hard' framing from the previous quarter — the profitability trajectory is what the July 30 print has to defend.
  • The trillion-dollar-defense-spending tailwind is the medium-term positive: Trump's defense-push framing includes carrier and submarine programs that HII builds — real backlog support, but the near-term drag is program-cost inflation.
  • The insider tape is routine: A-Awards to McKibben and Collins on July 1 — no S-Sales cluster or P-Purchases at 16% of range, which reads as neutral going in.

The path if it works is the July 30 Q2 print landing above $3.82 EPS with operating margin recovering above 6%, Mission Technologies segment growth accelerating, and reaffirmed FY26 EBIT guide — that turns 16%-of-range into a real move toward $340. Continued operating margin compression, a Newport News production delay, or a Mission Technologies miss is what keeps this at $285.

What to watch: July 30 Q2 earnings: EPS above $3.82, operating margin recovering above 6%, Mission Technologies segment growth accelerating, and reaffirmed FY26 EBIT guide turns 16%-of-range into a move toward $340. Continued margin compression, Newport News delay, or Mission Technologies miss keeps this at $285.

On the calendar: 2026-07-30 — Q2 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bearish sentiment6 posts analyzed · as of 2026-05-12

Huntington Ingalls fell 14% as the worst S&P 500 performer despite beating Q1 2026 EPS and revenue estimates; revenue grew 13.4% YoY but net income was flat at $149M and operating margin compressed to 5.0%. Posts describe the market as 'fading the beat hard' due to margin compression and negative free cash flow.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines as the primary supplier to the US Navy's largest shipbuilding programs.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $HII.

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

No material change from last week — institutions now mark RKLB, LUNR, and RDW against SPCX's $1.

What this means for $HII

Partial — Builds nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and submarines as the primary supplier to the US Navy's largest shipbuilding programs; exposure exists but is diluted by diverse end markets and revenue mix.

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+9.7%YTD
+22.4%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
19.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
5.0%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
4.9%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
9.2%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
0.9Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
12.0%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
12.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.6Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 5, 2026$3.79$3.70+2.4%
Q4 2025Feb 5, 2026$4.04$3.72+8.6%
Q3 2025Oct 30, 2025$3.68$3.30+11.5%
Q2 2025Jul 31, 2025$3.86$3.23+19.5%
Next earningsThu, Jul 30·consensus EPS $3.78

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$3.1B+13.4%13.2%5.0%$3.79$-464.0M
Q4 FY25$3.5B+15.7%11.6%4.5%$4.05$516.0M
Q3 FY25$3.2B+16.1%12.3%5.0%$3.69$281.0M
Q2 FY25$3.1B+3.5%12.8%5.0%$3.86$727.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 11 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$13.0B$12.8B – $13.2B$17.30$16.75 – $18.1011
FY27$13.8B$13.4B – $14.2B$20.11$18.34 – $21.7111
FY28$14.7B$14.7B – $14.7B$23.49$20.23 – $28.3110
FY29$15.2B$14.8B – $15.6B$24.17$23.38 – $24.955
FY30$16.1B$15.7B – $16.5B$27.39$26.50 – $28.275

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.8×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.13%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-8.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-20.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 39.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.255-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellMay 28Edmond E. HughesEx VP & Chief HR Officer3.5K sh$1.1MSellMar 6Thomas E. StiehleCFO4.5K sh$1.9MSellMar 5Chad N. BoudreauxEx VP & Chief Legal Officer4.4K sh$1.9MSellMar 4Eric D. ChewningEVP, Maritime Sys & Corp STR1.7K sh$737K
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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KShareholder voteMay 18-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

HII held its Annual Meeting of stockholders around 2026-05-01 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 11 directors to the board. A non-binding say-on-pay vote on executive compensation was conducted. Independent auditor ratification was approved. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

+ 14 other (4 13Gs · 2 11-Ks · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Erects First Grand Blocks Built by Distributed Shipbuilding Partners on Thad Cochran (DDG 135)globenewswire.com·21h agoRetired U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Frederick “Fritz” Roegge Joins HII's Nuclear & Environmental Teamglobenewswire.com·2d agoCORRECTION -- HIIglobenewswire.com·3d agoMedia Invited to Visit HII's Newport News Shipbuilding – Charleston Operationsglobenewswire.com·3d agoSpaceX Gets All the Attention, but These 3 Under-the-Radar Defense Stocks Have Stronger Fundamentalsfool.com·3d ago

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