Huntington Ingalls Indust. Dividend yield

Huntington Ingalls Indust. is part of Aerospace and Defense business, which is part of Industrials industry. Huntington Ingalls Indust. is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

Huntington Ingalls Indust. stock dividend

Huntington Ingalls Indust. paid a total dividend of 198 million USD last year, for a market value of 8,813 millions (Market Cap 8,615 millions). Huntington Ingalls Indust. dividend per share is 4.96 USD, and his stock market price 220.32 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, Huntington Ingalls Indust. has a dividend yield of 2.25%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Industrials industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare Huntington Ingalls Indust. stocks dividend with other Aerospace and Defense companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

Huntington Ingalls Indust. Dividend Payout

About the ability of Huntington Ingalls Indust. to maintain his current dividend of USD 4.96 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.25%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). Huntington Ingalls Indust. payout on ernings is currently 27.46%, which is lower than the market average and companies of Industrials industry, which are 39.34% and 37.26% respectively. Both figures lead us to believe that there is confidence that Huntington Ingalls Indust.can maintain his current dividend.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of Huntington Ingalls Indust. is USD 19.16 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 4.96, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of Huntington Ingalls Indust., compared againt world market average, USA companies, Industrials industry and Aerospace and Defense sector companies.

Huntington Ingalls Industries Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of Huntington Ingalls Industries's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.25%	4.96	27.46%	40
2022	2.15%	4.96	31.61%	40
2021	2.53%	4.72	25.28%	40
2020	2.67%	4.55	30.95%	41
2019	1.64%	4.11	19.33%	41
2018	1.59%	3.03	22.76%	43

*In millions

Huntington Ingalls Indust. Stock performance

Finally, last moth Huntington Ingalls Indust. showed a return of -4.10% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.39% of Industrials firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -4.30% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Aerospace and Defense firms.