Huntington Ingalls Industries

HII

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

Also trades as: 0J76.L

Price

$298.20

-3.20 (-1.06%)

Market Cap

$11.75B

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Good

Growth

Good

Cash Flow

Weak

Stability

Exceptional

Valuation

Strong

Dividends

Weak

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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)

Winston Score History

The full picture

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.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+10.9% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+36.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

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

0.8%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~0 months

$12M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

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.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

70.7%

Premium pricing power — 70.7% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

6.1%

Modest — 6.1% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

8.3%

Below par — 8.3% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+14.0%

Fast-growing sales (+14.0% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

+25.7%

Earnings growing fast (+25.7% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

52%

Weak — only 52% of profit becomes cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

-0.7%

Burning cash (-0.7%)

Free cash flow is negative. They are burning cash, not generating it.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

0.55

Conservative — low debt load (0.55)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

15.52x

Comfortably covers interest (15.5x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

17.8x

Fair value — P/E 17.8

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

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

+4.5

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (17.8 → 13.2)

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

1.72%

Small dividend — 1.72% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+2.2%

Dividend flat

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