How to buy Huntington Ingalls Industries stock

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc is an aerospace & defense business based in the US. Huntington Ingalls Industries shares (HII) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Huntington Ingalls Industries employs 42,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around 0.00.

Huntington Ingalls Industries share price

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Huntington Ingalls Industries shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-05-08.

52-week range	$134.71 - $222.99
50-day moving average	$206.95
200-day moving average	$178.31
Wall St. target price	$209.64
PE ratio	13.0764
Dividend yield	$4.34 (1.99%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$16.59

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Is Huntington Ingalls Industries under- or over-valued?

Valuing Huntington Ingalls Industries stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Huntington Ingalls Industries's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's P/E ratio

Huntington Ingalls Industries's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 13x. In other words, Huntington Ingalls Industries shares trade at around 13x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's PEG ratio

Huntington Ingalls Industries's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.0608. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Huntington Ingalls Industries's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's EBITDA

Huntington Ingalls Industries's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $1.1 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Huntington Ingalls Industries's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Huntington Ingalls Industries financials

Revenue TTM	$9.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	8.87%
Gross profit TTM	$1.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.57%
Return on equity TTM	37.11%
Profit margin	7.17%
Book value	$49.11
Market capitalisation	$8.7 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Huntington Ingalls Industries shares

There are currently 1.1 million Huntington Ingalls Industries shares held short by investors – that's known as Huntington Ingalls Industries's "short interest". This figure is 20.8% up from 912,013 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Huntington Ingalls Industries shares can be evaluated.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Huntington Ingalls Industries's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares traded daily (recently around 341054.17956656). Huntington Ingalls Industries's SIR currently stands at 3.23. In other words for every 100,000 Huntington Ingalls Industries shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3230 shares are currently held short.

However Huntington Ingalls Industries's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares, or, against the total number of tradable Huntington Ingalls Industries shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Huntington Ingalls Industries's short interest could be expressed as 0.03% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Huntington Ingalls Industries shares in existence, roughly 30 shares are currently held short) or 0.0315% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Huntington Ingalls Industries shares, roughly 32 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Huntington Ingalls Industries.

Find out more about how you can short Huntington Ingalls Industries stock.

Huntington Ingalls Industries share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 26.84% of net profits

Recently Huntington Ingalls Industries has paid out, on average, around 26.84% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.1% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Huntington Ingalls Industries shareholders could enjoy a 2.1% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Huntington Ingalls Industries's case, that would currently equate to about $4.34 per share.

While Huntington Ingalls Industries's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Huntington Ingalls Industries may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Huntington Ingalls Industries's most recent dividend payout was on 11 March 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 26 May 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Huntington Ingalls Industries's shares ever split?

Huntington Ingalls Industries's shares were split on a 1:2 basis on 4 December 2003. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Huntington Ingalls Industries shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 100% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Huntington Ingalls Industries shares which in turn could have impacted Huntington Ingalls Industries's share price.

Huntington Ingalls Industries share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Huntington Ingalls Industries's shares have ranged in value from as little as $134.7083 up to $222.99. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Huntington Ingalls Industries's is 1.0059. This would suggest that Huntington Ingalls Industries's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Huntington Ingalls Industries overview

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. engages in designing, building, overhauling, and repairing military ships in the United States. It operates through three segments: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Newport News Shipbuilding, and Technical Solutions. 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. Navy and U. S.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Huntington Ingalls Industries is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 2.218% of Huntington Ingalls Industries shares are held by insiders and 85.573% by institutions.

• How many people work for Huntington Ingalls Industries?

  Latest data suggests 42,000 work at Huntington Ingalls Industries.

• When does the fiscal year end for Huntington Ingalls Industries?

  Huntington Ingalls Industries's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Huntington Ingalls Industries based?

  Huntington Ingalls Industries's address is: 4101 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA, United States, 23607

• What is Huntington Ingalls Industries's ISIN number?

  Huntington Ingalls Industries's international securities identification number is: US4464131063

• What is Huntington Ingalls Industries's CUSIP number?

  Huntington Ingalls Industries's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 446413106