Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc shares valued at $247,216 were sold by Boudreaux Chad N. on Nov 26 ’25. At $314.17 per share, Boudreaux Chad N. sold 787 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 20,441 shares worth approximately $8.64 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Boudreaux Chad N. purchased 787 shares, netting a total of over 247,217 in proceeds.
Before that, Hughes Edmond E. Jr. had sold 850 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $268,124, the Ex VP & Chief HR Officer traded Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc shares for $315.44 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 850 shares, worth approximately $3.69 million.
As published in a research note from Melius on January 05, 2026, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc [HII] has been rated up from a Hold to a Buy. Analysts at Citigroup started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in mid December. As of July 10, 2025, TD Cowen has increased its “Hold” rating to a “Buy” for HII. Earlier on May 15, 2025, Alembic Global Advisors upgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Overweight” for HII stock which previously was a “a Neutral”.
Analyzing HII Stock Performance
On last trading session, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc [NYSE: HII] rose 1.71% to $422.68. The stock’s lowest price that day was $410.6101, but it reached a high of $426.79 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.68%. Over the course of the year, Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc shares have jumped approximately 108.68%.
Is Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.48 million shares to 1.28 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 1.76 million shares. A decline of -37.36% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.74 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.74.
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In terms of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 412 in the next 12 months, down nearly -0.86% from the previous closing price of $415.58. Analysts anticipate Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc stock to reach 425 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 264. In spite of this, 5 analysts ranked Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc stock as Hold at the end of 2026. On April 11, 2025, Goldman assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and upgraded coverage with a $234.
