What Should Investors Know About Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Stock?

By Tamara Parker • Monday, February 06 15:00 • Permanent Link

Huntington Ingalls Industries marked a 1.6% change today, compared to -0.5% for the S&P 500. Is it a good value at today's price of $220.49? Only an in-depth analysis can answer that question, but here are some facts that can give you an idea:

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. engages in designing, building, overhauling, and repairing military ships in the United States.
Huntington Ingalls Industries belongs to the Industrials sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.46 and an average price to book (P/B) of 3.7
The company's P/B ratio is 2.9
Huntington Ingalls Industries has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 15.4 based on its trailing 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $14.35 per share
Its forward P/E ratio is 14.6, based on its forward earnings per share (EPS) of $15.13
HII has a Price to Earnings Growth (PEG) ratio of 1.36, which shows the company has a fair value when we factor growth into the price to earnings calculus.
Over the last four years, Huntington Ingalls Industries has averaged free cash flows of $511,666,666.70, which on average grew 30.1%
HII's gross profit margins have averaged 16.5 % over the last four years and during this time they had a growth rate of -7.9 % and a coefficient of variability of 11.2 %.
Huntington Ingalls Industries has moved 17.9% over the last year compared to -7.7% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 25.7%
HII has an average analyst rating of hold and is -15.33% away from its mean target price of $260.4 per share

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