Huntington Ingalls Industries

HII

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

Price

$269.13

-1.92 (-0.71%)

Market Cap

$10.60B

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Share count falling — buybacks

−2.5% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 40.3M (2021) → 39.3M (2025)

Huntington Ingalls Industries builds large military ships for the United States government. Its two main divisions — Newport News Shipbuilding and Ingalls Shipbuilding — construct nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, submarines, and destroyers for the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. It is the only company in the United States capable of building and refueling nuclear-powered aircraft carriers.

The company earns revenue almost entirely through long-term government contracts, making the U.S. Navy its dominant customer by a wide margin. It operates primarily in Virginia and Mississippi, and its specialized workforce and facilities create a strong competitive moat that is very difficult for rivals to replicate. However, thin margins — reflected in a gross margin below 13% — highlight the main risk: cost overruns on complex, fixed-price contracts can quickly erode profits, and the company's growth depends heavily on the pace of U.S. defense spending and Navy shipbuilding budgets.

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+13.4% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+0.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

↓ Declining (-100% vs prior year)

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

R&D spend declining — could signal cost-cutting or efficiency

Insider Activity

0.9%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~1 months

$216M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

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Huntington Ingalls Industries has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin

13.2%

Thin — 13.2% gross margin

Operating Margin

5.0%

Thin — 5.0% operating margin

ROCE

2.0%

Weak — 2.0% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+12.1%

Fast-growing sales (12.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

+10.9%

Earnings growing (10.9% YoY)

Healthy double-digit earnings growth — what compounders look like.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

199%

Turns 199% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

5.7%

Thin free cash flow (5.7%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.52

Conservative — low debt load (0.52)

Interest Cover

6.33x

Adequate interest coverage (6.3x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

17.5x

Fair value — P/E 17.5

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

P/E vs Forward

+6.0

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (17.5 → 11.5)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

2.04%

Moderate income — 2.04% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend Growth

+2.6%

Dividend flat

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