Huntington Ingalls (HII) reported $3.48 billion in revenue for the quarter ended December 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 15.7%. EPS of $4.04 for the same period compares to $3.15 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.06 billion, representing a surprise of +13.73%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +8.53%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $3.72.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how Huntington Ingalls performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales and Service Revenues- Mission Technologies: $731 million compared to the $763.02 million average estimate based on nine analysts. The reported number represents a change of +2.5% year over year.
- Sales and Service Revenues- Ingalls: $889 million versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $702.19 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +20.8%.
- Sales and Service Revenues- Newport News: $1.89 billion compared to the $1.63 billion average estimate based on nine analysts. The reported number represents a change of +19.1% year over year.
- Sales and Service Revenues- Intersegment eliminations: $-35 million compared to the $-43.48 million average estimate based on eight analysts. The reported number represents a change of +6.1% year over year.
- Segment Operating Income (loss)- Ingalls: $68 million versus the nine-analyst average estimate of $52.95 million.
- Segment Operating Income (loss)- Newport News: $84 million versus $86.76 million estimated by nine analysts on average.
- Segment Operating Income (loss)- Mission Technologies: $43 million compared to the $29.26 million average estimate based on nine analysts.
- Operating income (loss)- Operating FAS/CAS Adjustment: $10 million compared to the $-10.46 million average estimate based on eight analysts.
- Operating income (loss)- Non-current state income taxes: $13 million versus the seven-analyst average estimate of $-3 million.
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Shares of Huntington Ingalls have returned +15.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.
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