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.
Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $11.1B · 44,000 employees
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
FAIL · Does not pass the screenAt 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
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.
| Phase | Markdown · caution |
| Quantitative state | The statistical read favours the buyers, held for 14 days |
| Price at the screen | $281.67 |
| Valuation | 16.78 trailing · 13.52 forward price to earnings |
| Values screen | FAIL · score 10.0 |
| Beta | 0.23 |
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Does not pass. Business activity screen
| Test | Figure | Limit | What it means | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 OverlayThe 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.
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.
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.
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 & ProjectionsWhere 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 WordsWarship 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.
| Forward P/E | 13.5xpriced for continued growth |
| Trailing P/E | 16.8xreasonably valued |
| EPS, trailing | 16.79 |
| EPS, forward | 20.83 |
| Revenue growth | +10.9%steady growth |
| Profit margin | 5.0%thin but positive margins |
| Return on equity | 13.0%a solid return on shareholder capital |
| FCF yield | -2.71% |
| Dividend yield | 175.00% |
| Debt to equity | 0.55moderate, manageable leverage |
| Current ratio | 1.23adequate liquidity, worth monitoring |
| Beta | 0.23barely tracks the market's swings |
| Short interest, float | 0.03% |
| 52-week range | 263.62 - 460.00 |
| Moat | WEAK |
| Market cap | $11.1B |
| Employees | 44,000 |
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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Every Entry, As Written
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.
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.
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.
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.
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| Date | Insider | Title | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Date | Politician | Party | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | Brian Babin | Republican | Sale | 15K–50K |
| Period | Price then | Price return | Divs per share | $1,000 became | Total 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.
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