Huntington Ingalls Industries

HII on NYSE. Huntington Ingalls Industries builds naval ships and defense technology for the U.S. government. Market value $10.5bn.

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Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.

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Good business, but not cheap right now

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Cash yield
past 12 months to June 2026
-0.8%low

For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $-0.82 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.

Price to profit
past 12 months to June 2026
18.7×full

You pay 18.7 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.

Return on capital
five annual reports to December 2025
7.4%five-year median

Each dollar kept in the business earns 7 cents a year. Above 10 is good.

Quality score: 76 of 100. Price score: 54 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.

$263.75 a share, 3% above its 1-year low

Over the past year the price has ranged from $256.79 to $460.00.

Dividend: 2.0% a year

Paid every year for at least 5 years

Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).

Five years of cash, in billions

0.4
0.5
0.7
0.0
0.8
-0.1
2021202220232024202512 monthsto Jun '26

Spare cash swings from quarter to quarter here: a shortfall of $85 million in the past 12 months, $794 million in the year to December 2025.

Revenue
$9.5bn$10.7bn$11.5bn$11.5bn$12.5bn
Operating margin
5.4%5.3%6.8%4.6%5.3%
Debt to equity
1.170.830.600.690.53
Shares outstanding
0.04bn0.04bn0.04bn0.04bn0.04bn

Health checks

  • Free cash flow positive5 of 5 years
  • Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
  • Financial strength (Piotroski)7 of 8 checks we could run
  • Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
  • Debt0.53× equity
  • Revenue growth, five yearsSlow, 5.9% a year
  • Buying back its own sharesRoughly flat

The quarter to June 2026

How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.

  • Sales: $3.4 billion last quarter, up 11% on a year ago.
  • Profit: $208 million, up 37% on a year ago.
  • It keeps 5 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, up from 4 cents a year earlier.
  • Over the past 12 months it spent $85 million more cash than it brought in. A year earlier it had $667 million spare.
  • About the same number of shares as a year ago.
  • Debt is $2.7 billion more than cash, up from $2.4 billion a year ago.
  • Sales grew on a year ago in each of the last 4 quarters.
Sales by quarter
Sales by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$2.7bn
December 2024$3.0bn
March 2025$2.7bn
June 2025$3.1bn
September 2025$3.2bn
December 2025$3.5bn
March 2026$3.1bn
June 2026$3.4bn
Profit by quarter
Profit by quarter
Quarter toAmount
September 2024$101m
December 2024$123m
March 2025$149m
June 2025$152m
September 2025$145m
December 2025$159m
March 2026$149m
June 2026$208m

From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.

Dates

Next results (estimated)
29 October 2026
Last annual report (10-K)
5 February 2026
Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
29 October 2026

Who owns it

8 long-term investors we follow own it, unchanged from 8 last quarter. 809 funds in all.

Jun '25
Dec '25
Jun '26
Largest holders overall

From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Big holders and activists

7 investors own more than 5%.

From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.

What insiders did

No insider bought shares on the open market in the last 12 months. 8 sold $19m, $9m of it under preset trading plans.

  • Kastner Christopher D
    Director, President & CEO, Director
    Sold
    under a preset trading plan
    Date
    10 August 2026
    Shares
    13,070
    Price
    $324.92
    Value
    $4m
  • Harker Victoria D
    Director
    Sold
    Date
    7 August 2026
    Shares
    723
    Price
    $333.17
    Value
    $240,878
  • Hughes Edmond E. Jr.
    Ex VP & Chief HR Officer
    Sold
    Date
    28 May 2026
    Shares
    3,500
    Price
    $319.58
    Value
    $1m
  • Stiehle Thomas E.
    Ex. VP and CFO
    Sold
    Date
    6 March 2026
    Shares
    4,500
    Price
    $430.54
    Value
    $2m
  • Boudreaux Chad N.
    Ex VP & Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    Date
    5 March 2026
    Shares
    4,400
    Price
    $422.45
    Value
    $2m
  • Chewning Eric D.
    EVP, Maritime Sys & Corp STR
    Sold
    Date
    4 March 2026
    Shares
    1,700
    Price
    $433.44
    Value
    $736,848
  • Green Edgar A III
    Ex VP, Pres. HII Mission Tech
    Sold
    Date
    2 March 2026
    Shares
    4,448
    Price
    $457.74
    Value
    $2m
  • Schuck Nicolas G
    Corp VP, Controller & CAO
    Sold
    Date
    2 March 2026
    Shares
    1,720
    Price
    $457.39
    Value
    $786,711
  • Boudreaux Chad N.
    Ex VP & Chief Legal Officer
    Sold
    Date
    26 November 2025
    Shares
    787
    Price
    $314.17
    Value
    $247,217
  • Hughes Edmond E. Jr.
    Ex VP & Chief HR Officer
    Sold
    Date
    20 November 2025
    Shares
    850
    Price
    $315.44
    Value
    $268,124

From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.

Warning signs in its filings

Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.

None of the warning signs we check for were found.

We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.

We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 5 Feb 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 30 Jul 2026 and 3 later 8-Ks.

A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.

What could go wrong

Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.

Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.

What changed in the risks this year

Companies must list what could hurt them each year. These are the parts that changed since last year’s report.

  • Changes in tax laws and regulations or exposure to additional tax liabilities could adversely affect our financial results.

    We are subject to income and other taxes in the U.S. (federal and state) and foreign jurisdictions. Changes in applicable tax laws and regulations or their interpretation and application, including those with retroactive effect, have affected and could affect our tax expense and profitability and cash flows. On July 4, 2025, Public Law 119-21 (the “Act”) was signed into law. The Act provides for significant changes to the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that impacts corporations, including making certain business deductions permanent, such as bonus depreciation and immediate expensing of domestic research and development expenditures. In addition, the Act allows for an acceleration of the deduction for the remaining unamortized domestic research and development expenditures capitalized during the 2022 through 2024 tax years. These unamortized expenditures can be deducted over one or two years. The impacts of the Act on domestic research and development expenditures and bonus depreciation were recorded in the Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2025. See Note 12: Income Taxes in Item 8.
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  • We can provide no assurance we will pay dividends or repurchase shares of our common stock.

    Could happen
    Our payment of dividends and share repurchases could vary from historical practices. The payment of cash dividends and repurchases of our common stock are subject to limitations under Delaware law, other applicable laws and regulations, and the discretion of our board of directors. Share repurchases also are subject to management’s discretion after consideration of various factors, including our share price, results of operations, capital requirements, and general business conditions. In addition, as a U.S. defense contractor, the Company may not be permitted to pay dividends or repurchase our common stock under certain circumstances, including if the U.S. Government determines that we are underperforming on our contracts. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will pay quarterly dividends or repurchase shares of our common stock.
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  • Our business is subject to significant disruption from natural disasters, environmental disasters, and other events outside of our control that could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

    Could happen
    We have been, and may in the future be, exposed to damaging storms and other extreme weather conditions, such as hurricanes and floods (which may be exacerbated by changing weather patterns or environmental conditions), rising sea waters, environmental disasters such as oil spills, acts of terrorism, and health epidemics, pandemics, and similar outbreaks. We also may experience disruptions to electrical and other power distribution networks, information technology, and other critical infrastructure needed for normal business operations and our performance. We anticipate that our facilities and operations, particularly in regions prone to natural disasters and extreme weather events, will continue to be at risk for future natural disasters.
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  • We depend on the U.S. Government for substantially all of our business. Changes in the U.S. Government's priorities, strategies, spending, or other risks associated with conducting business with the U.S. Government could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

    Could happen
    The U.S. Government also can stop work under a contract for a limited period of time for its convenience. In the event of a stop work order, contracts typically are protected by provisions covering reimbursement for costs incurred to date and for costs associated with the temporary stoppage of work plus a reasonable fee. However, such temporary stoppages may result in financial or other damages for which contractors may not be able to recover fully. In some cases, they could result in termination of a contract for convenience or reduced future orders.
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