Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) earnings on July 30, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Huntington Ingalls shares jumped after the company reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results and raised its sales outlook.

HII price around the earnings

319.90

Change: +14.1%

2026-07-30, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
280.40 293.69 306.99 320.28 280.40
Price series around the eventClosing price per minute from before the event to the end of the measured window.
July 30, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published
Results released

100% beat rate, $76.6B Navy contract catalyst, Buy consensus +29.8% upside; PT cut and extreme social bullishness warrant caution.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Sharp improvement 37.2→84.2 over 6 days; contract catalyst and beat history drive trend strength; profit-taking risk elevated.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
2.25
Analysts covering the stock
11
Average price target
364
Lowest price target
280
Highest price target
431
Upside to price target
29.8%
Quarterly earnings growth
0%
Revenue growth
13.4%
Forward EPS
20.17
Trailing EPS
14.38
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
2
  • Strong buy: 1
  • Buy: 4
  • Hold: 7
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
1
Buy
4
Hold
7
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • July 13, 2026 · TD Cowen: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • July 1, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (6)

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
280.56
Average true range (ATR)
3.7%
Distance to 52-week high
-37.9%
14-day change (14d)
+0.9%
30-day change (30d)
+1.0%
30-day relative strength
+2.6%
SPY change (30d)
-1.5%
Nearest support
278.69
Distance to nearest support
0.7%
Nearest resistance
284.11
Distance to nearest resistance
1.3%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
1.07
  • Mid: 278.69 (0.7% away, 0.18 ATR, 16 touches)
  • Major: 275.16 (1.9% away, 0.51 ATR, 24 touches)
  • Major: 270.17 (3.7% away, 0.99 ATR, 40 touches)
  • Major: 284.11 (1.3% away, 0.34 ATR, 36 touches)
  • Major: 286.7 (2.2% away, 0.59 ATR, 27 touches)
  • Mid: 288.92 (3% away, 0.8 ATR, 22 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+6.9%
  • May 5, 2026: actual EPS 3.79 vs estimate 3.73 (surprise +1.7%)
  • February 5, 2026: actual EPS 4.04 vs estimate 3.85 (surprise +5.0%)
  • October 30, 2025: actual EPS 3.68 vs estimate 3.4 (surprise +8.3%)
  • July 31, 2025: actual EPS 3.86 vs estimate 3.43 (surprise +12.5%)

Expected move

Implied move
+2.7%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
4.5%
75th percentile move
8.6%
90th percentile move
12.1%
Up / down moves
6 / 14
Average up move
+5.0%
Average down move
-7.2%

Monitoring and close

What Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS5.27
EPS estimate3.8
EPS surprise+38.7%
Revenue$3,418 million
Revenue estimate$3,164 million
Revenue surprise+8.0%

HII beat Q2 estimates with revenue of $3.42B and EPS of $5.27, raised guidance, and shares jumped 12.3%. New awards lift backlog to $57.3B. Rated Hold with limited growth.

Sources (10)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, results beat expectations on both earnings and revenue and the price is indicating +12.3% pre-market, a move 3x the stock's usual reaction (about 4%). The figures confirm the optimistic scenario. Across our market history, in the 1,045 similar cases the close held that direction 96% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Accurate
Consolidated
+14.1%
Max favorable move (MFE)
14.3%
Max adverse move (MAE)
0%