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Vol. II · No. 257Monday, 14 September 2026
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The Screen · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

Huntington Ingalls Industries logoHuntington Ingalls Industries

HII · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $11.1B · 44,000 employees

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

FAIL · Does not pass the screen
281.67 USD

At the last full screen
2026-09-10

Screened 2026-09-10 · the tape above runs as of 10:31 UTC · 13 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed

The Label · The Season, Not the Day

This name holds its markdown label.

Huntington Ingalls Industries holds its Markdown at $281.67. The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 14 days.

As held on the ledger · 2026-09-10
PhaseMarkdown · caution
Quantitative stateThe statistical read favours the buyers, held for 14 days
Price at the screen$281.67
Valuation16.78 trailing · 13.52 forward price to earnings
Values screenFAIL · score 10.0
Beta0.23
The Workings

Five Screens, Shown in Full

Does not pass. Business activity screen

TestFigureLimitWhat it meansStatus
Business activity Excluded Core business clean Business activity: Aerospace & Defense Fail

Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.

The Conscience Overlay
Conscience flag · AFSC Divest List

The quantitative screen above is arithmetic. Separately, community boycott lists cite this company: Cited by AFSC divest list as a major naval defense contractor supplying warships and military vessels used in military operations. The desk records that flag here without folding it into the verdict: the screen measures the balance sheet, the overlay informs the conscience, and they are different judgements that belong to different owners. The second one is yours.

What the Numbers Say It Is Worth

The Fair Value Range

Our framework reads AVOID: it trades at roughly a 39% discount to our $391.85 fair value, weak competitive moat, 10.90% revenue growth.

312.52Conservative391.85Base case520.87Growth case 281.67Price

Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-10 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 39.1% margin of safety to the base estimate.

The Street's Range
304.00Street low 367.00Street average 439.00Street high 281.67Price

Third-party analyst targets: 12 covering, consensus None. The average target sits +30% from the screen price.

Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.

Price History & Projections
$458$319$179TODAY5y agoPROJECTIONStreet high$439.00 +52%Our fair value$391.85 +35%Street avg$367.00 +27%Conservative$312.52 +8%

Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-10 screen.

Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.

The Business, in Plain Words

Warship Builder Trips Hard Ethical Screen

Every time Congress votes through another carrier or destroyer, the work lands at Huntington Ingalls. The company turns those budgets into steel hulls and combat systems, yet the ethical screen rules it out on business activity grounds alone.

We pass for the same reason we passed on other defence names that clear the numbers test. Revenue is growing 13 percent, the forward multiple sits at 13.3 times, and margins are thin at 5 percent with a weak moat. None of that matters once the screen lights up red.

The 12 percent return on equity and buy-rated analyst targets do not change the call. This screen exists to keep certain exposures off the desk, full stop. Analysis, not advice.

The fundamentals · plain-English read
Forward P/E13.5xpriced for continued growth
Trailing P/E16.8xreasonably valued
EPS, trailing16.79
EPS, forward20.83
Revenue growth+10.9%steady growth
Profit margin5.0%thin but positive margins
Return on equity13.0%a solid return on shareholder capital
FCF yield-2.71%
Dividend yield175.00%
Debt to equity0.55moderate, manageable leverage
Current ratio1.23adequate liquidity, worth monitoring
Beta0.23barely tracks the market's swings
Short interest, float0.03%
52-week range263.62 - 460.00
MoatWEAK
Market cap$11.1B
Employees44,000

The risks · The main risks here are ordinary market swings and the chance our fair-value read proves too optimistic.

Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.

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The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited

Every Entry, As Written

2026-08-31 Markdown · changed $298.20 -0.6% Entry 5

The framework has shifted from distribution to markdown since the last review. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 0.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 6% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (11 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $388.

2026-08-01 Distribution $299.90 +2.3% Entry 4

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved up 2.3% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 6% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (11 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $388.

2026-07-18 Distribution $293.04 +0.0% Entry 3

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is holding around 6% above its long-term trend line with momentum reading neutral. Over the past year the shares are up 32%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 28%. The street (11 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $388.

2026-07-03 Distribution $293.04 +0.0% Entry 2

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.

2026-07-02 Distribution $293.04 Entry 1

The framework reads distribution. Smart money appears to be selling into strength. Institutional holders may be rotating out. Ethical screening: FAIL. This security does not pass our values-based screening criteria. The risk-adjusted return profile shows good risk-adjusted returns.

Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.

Related Securities · Others in HII's Space

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The Insider Ledger · Form 4 Filings, As Filed
Most recent filings · HII
DateInsiderTitleTypeSharesValue
2026-04-01 KELLY ANASTASI D Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 DENAULT LEO PAUL Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 COLLINS AUGUSTUS L. Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 MCKIBBEN TRACY B. Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 DONALD KIRKLAND H Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 HARKER VICTORIA D Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 JIMENEZ FRANK R Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 STANAGE NICKIE LEE Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 O'SULLIVAN STEPHANIE L. Director 123 $48,378
2026-04-01 FALLER CRAIG S Director 123 $48,378

Public filings, recorded as found. The full tape lives at Insider Intelligence.

The Political Ledger · Congressional Disclosures
Disclosures naming HII
DatePoliticianPartyTypeAmount
2026-05-05 Brian Babin Republican Sale 15K–50K
What Holding Actually Paid · Price Plus Dividends
If $1,000 had been placed · historical, not a promise
PeriodPrice thenPrice returnDivs per share$1,000 becameTotal return
1 month $316.38 -8.6% $1.38 $919 -8.1%
2 months $392.71 -26.3% $1.38 $740 -26.0%
3 months $412.78 -29.9% $1.38 $704 -29.6%
6 months $324.30 -10.8% $2.76 $901 -9.9%
1 year $219.59 +31.7% $5.49 $1,342 +34.2%
2 years $237.75 +21.7% $10.84 $1,262 +26.2%
3 years $202.21 +43.1% $15.98 $1,510 +51.0%
5 years $198.22 +45.9% $25.56 $1,588 +58.8%

Historical returns from market close data. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

The Ledger's Promise

This entry now belongs to the ledger. Whatever HII does next, these words stay.

Huntington Ingalls Industries · HII · Markdown · $281.67
Recorded 2026-09-10 · before the outcome · scored mechanically

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