Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

NYSE:HII Stock Report

Market Cap: US$16.5b

Huntington Ingalls Industries Valuation

Is HII undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of HII when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: HII ($420.3) is trading below our estimate of future cash flow value ($465.76)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: HII is trading below future cash flow value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HII?

Key metric: As HII is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HII. This is calculated by dividing HII's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HII's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio29x
EarningsUS$569.00m
Market CapUS$16.50b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HII's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HII vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average37.7x
ATI ATI
37.2x15.74%US$16.3b
TXT Textron
16.7x7.02%US$15.5b
CRS Carpenter Technology
35.7x14.11%US$15.8b
BWXT BWX Technologies
61.4x13.51%US$18.8b
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries
29x11.46%US$16.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HII is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29x) compared to the peer average (37.7x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HII's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Aerospace & Defense Industry?

1 CompanyPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
ETCC Environmental Tectonics
1.4xn/aUS$15.23m
No more companies available in this PE range
HII 29.0xIndustry Avg. 40.3xNo. of Companies6PE020406080100+
1 CompanyEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HII is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29x) compared to the US Aerospace & Defense industry average (40.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HII's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HII PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio29x
Fair PE Ratio29.6x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HII is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (29.6x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HII forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$420.30
US$380.60
-9.45%
14.49%US$450.00US$292.00n/a10
Jan ’27US$340.07
US$344.00
+1.16%
8.98%US$384.00US$282.00n/a10
Dec ’26US$306.65
US$331.89
+8.23%
8.91%US$362.00US$264.00n/a9
Nov ’26US$322.02
US$311.11
-3.39%
11.45%US$356.00US$260.00n/a9
Oct ’26US$286.01
US$291.57
+1.94%
9.53%US$324.00US$234.00n/a9
Sep ’26US$270.79
US$291.91
+7.80%
9.04%US$324.00US$234.00n/a10
Aug ’26US$269.83
US$273.80
+1.47%
17.10%US$324.00US$180.00n/a10
Jul ’26US$246.31
US$246.34
+0.014%
17.71%US$316.00US$166.00n/a12
Jun ’26US$223.06
US$244.18
+9.47%
18.04%US$316.00US$166.00n/a12
May ’26US$227.48
US$223.92
-1.57%
21.38%US$316.00US$165.00n/a11
Apr ’26US$202.20
US$205.68
+1.72%
25.02%US$312.00US$145.00n/a12
Mar ’26US$175.58
US$198.34
+12.96%
20.93%US$312.00US$145.00n/a12
Feb ’26US$197.26
US$228.01
+15.59%
18.67%US$326.00US$180.00US$420.5112
Jan ’26US$188.97
US$227.34
+20.31%
18.90%US$326.00US$180.00US$340.0712
Dec ’25US$197.92
US$227.34
+14.87%
18.90%US$326.00US$180.00US$306.6512
Nov ’25US$189.23
US$248.85
+31.50%
19.07%US$326.00US$180.00US$322.0212
Oct ’25US$264.65
US$281.40
+6.33%
11.13%US$322.00US$220.00US$286.0113
Sep ’25US$282.77
US$288.86
+2.15%
9.55%US$322.00US$221.00US$270.7913
Aug ’25US$267.00
US$286.83
+7.43%
8.88%US$322.00US$231.00US$269.8312
Jul ’25US$246.79
US$285.15
+15.55%
8.78%US$317.00US$226.00US$246.3113
Jun ’25US$253.10
US$285.15
+12.66%
8.78%US$317.00US$226.00US$223.0613
May ’25US$277.06
US$292.95
+5.73%
8.81%US$335.00US$231.00US$227.4813
Apr ’25US$287.60
US$287.16
-0.15%
10.26%US$335.00US$215.00US$202.2014
Mar ’25US$292.46
US$277.52
-5.11%
9.39%US$325.00US$215.00US$175.5814
Feb ’25US$267.81
US$263.49
-1.61%
10.28%US$300.00US$206.00US$197.2615
US$380.6
Fair Value
10.4% overvalued intrinsic discount
10
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/02 04:54
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/02 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. is covered by 28 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
David StraussBarclays
Joseph CampbellBarclays
Douglas HarnedBernstein