Company Analysis

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII)

NYSE: HII · Ship & Boat Building & Repairing · Newport News, VA · filing with the SEC since 2010
Grade6.1
◀ Past 7.3● Present 6.4▶ Future 4.5

The grade of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.1/10
◀ Past7.330% of the headline
● Present6.440% of the headline
▶ Future4.530% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.3/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.0/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
8.3/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+6.5% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 83rd percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $7.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $12 billion in fiscal 2025, up 6.5% a year; it rose in 9 of 9 years; it never fell from a peak; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span6.5%top 41% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 3% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 19% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak0.0%top 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.8/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.7% a year. 33% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 13 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 20 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.7% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 33% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 13 sales (2 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-02 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 42% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

6.4/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.9/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 60%: owes 60¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 27 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 60 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 43% of its family
  • return on equitytop 22% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
7.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 27% of 30 in its family; net margin 4.8%.

weight 33% of this tense · 73rd percentile among 30 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s standing among 30 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 9% by size; a net margin of 4.8% ranks in the top 32%; revenue growth of 5.4% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 42% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$12.48Btop 9% of its family
  • net margin4.8%top 32% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.4%top 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
6.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 39% of 21 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2022.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 21 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Kastner, Christopher D (Director, President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2022-03-03, 4.7 years (bottom 45% of its family); the 21 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 6.6 years (top 45%); 3 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 21 people in charge now (top 16%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge3 in three years among 21 peopletop 16% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed6.6 yearstop 45% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record4.7 yearsbottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
3.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 33% of 30 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 30 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $774 million against debt of $2.7 billion leaves -15.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 6.4% of revenue (top 32%); research spending of 0.2% of revenue (bottom 2%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-15.1%bottom 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue6.4%top 32% of its family
  • research spending against revenue0.2%bottom 2% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
5.4/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 46% of 29 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 54th percentile among 29 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 5.4% a year over the last three filed years against 6.5% over all 10, slowing (top 34% of its family); the newest year grew 8.2% (top 36%); research spending grew -13.4% a year (bottom 10%); capital spending grew 12.3% a year (top 22%) (its annual reports). Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $8.1 billion (65%), Service at $4.4 billion (35%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.2 points a yeartop 34% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth8.2%top 36% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending-13.4%bottom 10% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending12.3%top 22% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
5.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 42% of 28 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 58th percentile among 28 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $12 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.1% above the $12 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 45% of its family); net income of $605 million against a prior three-year average of $603 million (top 41%); a net margin of 4.8% against 5.4% before (top 41%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.1%top 45% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+0%top 41% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.5 pointstop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HII · research, not advice