D.A. Davidson & CO. Has $381,000 Holdings in Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. $HII

D.A. Davidson & CO. cut its position in Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) by 73.6% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 1,121 shares of the aerospace company’s stock after selling 3,120 shares during the quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Huntington Ingalls Industries were worth $381,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in HII. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in Huntington Ingalls Industries by 509.2% in the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 586,929 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $168,983,000 after buying an additional 490,587 shares in the last quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC boosted its position in Huntington Ingalls Industries by 3,576.2% in the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 195,759 shares of the aerospace company’s stock valued at $47,268,000 after buying an additional 190,434 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. raised its stake in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 42.6% in the third quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 396,425 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $114,135,000 after acquiring an additional 118,345 shares during the last quarter. KADENSA CAPITAL Ltd bought a new position in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries in the third quarter worth about $28,159,000. Finally, Citigroup Inc. raised its stake in shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries by 83.5% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 205,133 shares of the aerospace company’s stock worth $59,060,000 after acquiring an additional 93,371 shares during the last quarter. 90.46% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Huntington Ingalls Industries

In other Huntington Ingalls Industries news, VP Chad N. Boudreaux sold 4,400 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, March 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $422.45, for a total value of $1,858,780.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president owned 20,360 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,601,082. This represents a 17.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Eric D. Chewning sold 1,700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $433.44, for a total transaction of $736,848.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 1,949 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $844,774.56. The trade was a 46.59% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 0.80% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Trading Down 10.2%

HII opened at $326.22 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.53, a current ratio of 1.13 and a quick ratio of 1.06. The company has a market cap of $12.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.47 and a beta of 0.29. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $402.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $369.93. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $215.04 and a fifty-two week high of $460.00.

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The aerospace company reported $3.79 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.70 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $3.10 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.02 billion. Huntington Ingalls Industries had a net margin of 4.85% and a return on equity of 12.28%. Huntington Ingalls Industries’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.79 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. will post 17.3 earnings per share for the current year.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 29th will be paid a $1.38 dividend. This represents a $5.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 29th. Huntington Ingalls Industries’s dividend payout ratio is presently 35.91%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on HII shares. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from $384.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 20th. Bank of America raised shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $300.00 to $400.00 in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $421.00 target price on shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $383.22.

Key Huntington Ingalls Industries News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results beat expectations — HII reported $3.79 EPS (vs. $3.70 consensus) and $3.10B revenue, up ~13% year-over-year; new contract awards of roughly $4B lifted backlog to about $54B and management kept 2026 guidance intact. HII Q1 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Revenues Increase Y/Y
• Neutral Sentiment: FY2026 revenue guidance was provided in a range of $12.7B–$13.1B versus a consensus near $13.0B — roughly in line but not clearly upside, leaving room for investor interpretation. HII Reports First Quarter 2026 Results
• Neutral Sentiment: Management hosted a conference call and posted a slide deck and press release — useful for investors who want clarity on cost outlook, program timing and cadence of awards. Listen to Conference Call
• Negative Sentiment: Margins came under pressure — HII reported a lower operating margin as inflation-driven costs and global-trade volatility weighed on profitability, a key reason investors are selling. Huntington Ingalls posts lower quarterly margin as costs weigh
• Negative Sentiment: Technical and liquidity signals are weak — volume is well above average (~1.7M vs. ~441k avg) and the stock sits below its 50- and 200-day moving averages, which can amplify downside in the short term.

Huntington Ingalls Industries 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.