Melius Research Has Bullish Forecast for HII Q3 Earnings

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) – Equities researchers at Melius Research lifted their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries in a research note issued to investors on Monday, October 6th. Melius Research analyst S. Mikus now expects that the aerospace company will post earnings of $3.13 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $3.08. The consensus estimate for Huntington Ingalls Industries’ current full-year earnings is $13.99 per share. Melius Research also issued estimates for Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Q4 2025 earnings at $3.99 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $14.76 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $17.03 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $19.81 EPS.

Other equities analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. TD Cowen upgraded shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $250.00 to $300.00 in a report on Thursday, July 10th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, September 7th. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from $180.00 to $260.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 13th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 14th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Huntington Ingalls Industries has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $262.67.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Price Performance

Shares of HII opened at $286.04 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $11.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.41, a PEG ratio of 1.67 and a beta of 0.38. Huntington Ingalls Industries has a 1-year low of $158.88 and a 1-year high of $293.14. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $273.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $244.91. The company has a current ratio of 1.08, a quick ratio of 1.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.55.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The aerospace company reported $3.86 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.23 by $0.63. The business had revenue of $3.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.94 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 4.54% and a return on equity of 11.34%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $4.38 earnings per share. Huntington Ingalls Industries has set its FY 2025 guidance at EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC bought a new position in Huntington Ingalls Industries in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. raised its holdings in Huntington Ingalls Industries by 140.0% in the 2nd quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 108 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 63 shares during the last quarter. SouthState Corp raised its holdings in Huntington Ingalls Industries by 310.0% in the 2nd quarter. SouthState Corp now owns 123 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 93 shares during the last quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Huntington Ingalls Industries by 400.0% in the 2nd quarter. Anchor Investment Management LLC now owns 125 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Huntington Ingalls Industries by 363.3% in the 2nd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 139 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.46% of the company’s stock.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 12th. Investors of record on Friday, August 29th were issued a $1.35 dividend. This represents a $5.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.9%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, August 29th. Huntington Ingalls Industries’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 40.42%.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Company Profile

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs military ships in the United States. It operates through three segments: Ingalls, Newport News, and Mission Technologies. The company is involved in the design and construction of non-nuclear ships comprising amphibious assault ships; expeditionary warfare ships; surface combatants; and national security cutters for the U.S.