Quantinno Capital Management LP Increases Stake in Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. $HII

Quantinno Capital Management LP increased its stake in Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) by 46.8% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 70,328 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,431 shares during the period. Quantinno Capital Management LP’s holdings in Huntington Ingalls Industries were worth $26,718,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of HII. M&T Bank Corp raised its holdings in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 205.8% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 40,031 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $13,613,000 after buying an additional 26,940 shares during the last quarter. Chase Investment Counsel Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries during the fourth quarter valued at $4,634,000. Builder Investment Group Inc. ADV purchased a new stake in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries during the fourth quarter valued at $6,815,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 71.6% in the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 365,760 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $124,384,000 after acquiring an additional 152,624 shares during the period. Finally, Rothschild Investment LLC raised its stake in Huntington Ingalls Industries by 478.1% in the 4th quarter. Rothschild Investment LLC now owns 5,295 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $1,801,000 after acquiring an additional 4,379 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Huntington Ingalls Industries

In other news, VP Edmond E. Jr. Hughes sold 3,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $319.58, for a total value of $1,118,530.00. Following the sale, the vice president owned 8,391 shares in the company, valued at $2,681,595.78. This represents a 29.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. 0.80% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HII has been the subject of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings cut Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 6th. TD Cowen cut their price objective on Huntington Ingalls Industries from $420.00 to $360.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, July 13th. Wall Street Zen cut Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Wolfe Research raised Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $364.00 target price for the company in a report on Friday. Finally, Citigroup upped their target price on Huntington Ingalls Industries from $349.00 to $379.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Huntington Ingalls Industries currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $376.22.

More Huntington Ingalls Industries News

Here are the key news stories impacting Huntington Ingalls Industries this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q2 results significantly exceeded expectations. HII reported adjusted earnings of $5.27 per share versus the $3.79 consensus estimate, while revenue rose 10.9% year over year to $3.42 billion, above expectations of $3.15 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries Q2 earnings report
• Positive Sentiment: Shipbuilding demand and backlog strengthened the outlook. Higher ship volumes supported quarterly growth, while new awards lifted backlog to approximately $57.3 billion. Management also forecast fiscal 2026 revenue of $13.2 billion to $13.6 billion, above the roughly $13.0 billion analyst consensus. HII Q2 earnings surpass estimates
• Positive Sentiment: A major submarine-contract opportunity adds long-term visibility. Newport News Shipbuilding, HII’s division, is expected to play a large role in $76.6 billion of U.S. Navy submarine contracts, reinforcing the company’s strategic importance and future workload. Huntington Ingalls awarded Navy submarine contracts
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts became more constructive. Citigroup raised its price target from $349 to $379 and assigned a “buy” rating, while Wolfe Research upgraded HII to “outperform” with a $364 target. These targets imply additional upside based on the referenced share price.
• Neutral Sentiment: HII declared a quarterly dividend of $1.38 per share, payable September 11 to shareholders of record August 28. The dividend supports shareholder returns but is unlikely to be the primary driver of the current move.
• Negative Sentiment: Some commentary cautioned that operational improvements may not translate into rapid growth, highlighting execution and capacity constraints as risks despite the stronger backlog and contract pipeline. Huntington Ingalls operations and growth analysis

Huntington Ingalls Industries Trading Up 2.3%

Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries stock opened at $327.24 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $12.89 billion, a PE ratio of 19.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 0.25. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $290.91 and a 200 day moving average price of $359.13. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. has a 1 year low of $259.00 and a 1 year high of $460.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.23 and a quick ratio of 1.11.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The aerospace company reported $5.27 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.79 by $1.48. The company had revenue of $3.42 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.15 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 5.01% and a return on equity of 12.89%. The firm’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.86 earnings per share. Equities research analysts predict that Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. will post 17.31 earnings per share for the current year.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be issued a $1.38 dividend. This represents a $5.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 28th. Huntington Ingalls Industries’s payout ratio is 32.90%.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Company Profile

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) is America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a leading provider of professional services to the U.S. government. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, HII designs, constructs and maintains nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, submarines and other complex vessels for the U.S. Navy. The company’s products include nuclear aircraft carriers, Virginia-class and Columbia-class submarines, as well as amphibious assault ships, destroyers and cutters.

Established in 2011 as a spin-off from Northrop Grumman’s shipbuilding operations, HII traces its heritage to two historic builders: Newport News Shipbuilding, founded in the 19th century, and Ingalls Shipbuilding, founded in 1938.