Huntington Ingalls Industries
HII · Aerospace & Defense
$274.08
1.7%Howmet Aerospace
HWM · Aerospace & Defense
$185.91
3.8%The short version
- Huntington Ingalls Industries is the larger business, with $12.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $8.3B for Howmet Aerospace, about 1.5 times as much.
- Howmet Aerospace grew revenue faster (11.1%, against 8.2%).
- Howmet Aerospace kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (24.8% operating margin, against 5.3% operating margin).
- Howmet Aerospace turned more of its sales into free cash flow (17.3% FCF margin, against 6.4% FCF margin).
- Howmet Aerospace earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (22.4%, against 7.3%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Howmet Aerospace’s earnings: a P/E of 40.1x against 16.3x for Huntington Ingalls Industries.
| Latest fiscal year | HII · FY25 | HWM · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $10.8B | $74.7B |
| Revenue | $12.5B | $8.3B |
| Free cash flow | $794M | $1.4B |
| Net income | $605M | $1.5B |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 8.2% | 11.1% |
| 5-year growth | 5.9% | 9.4% |
| Share count change | −0.3% | −1.0% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 5.3% | 24.8% |
| Net margin | 4.9% | 18.3% |
| FCF margin | 6.4% | 17.3% |
| Return on capital | 7.3% | 22.4% |
| Return on equity | 12.4% | 30.4% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.9B | $2.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.0x | 1.0x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $213M | $881M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 16.3x | 40.1x |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 |
FY16
HII $7.1B
HWM $12.4B
FY17
HII $7.4B
HWM $13.0B
FY18
HII $8.2B
HWM $6.8B
FY19
HII $8.9B
HWM $7.1B
FY20
HII $9.4B
HWM $5.3B
FY21
HII $9.5B
HWM $5.0B
FY22
HII $10.7B
HWM $5.7B
FY23
HII $11.5B
HWM $6.6B
FY24
HII $11.5B
HWM $7.4B
FY25
HII $12.5B
HWM $8.3B
HII
HWM
FY16
HII 12.4%
HWM 7.7%
FY17
HII 11.8%
HWM 3.7%
FY18
HII 11.6%
HWM 11.4%
FY19
HII 8.3%
HWM 8.2%
FY20
HII 8.5%
HWM 11.9%
FY21
HII 5.4%
HWM 15.0%
FY22
HII 5.3%
HWM 16.2%
FY23
HII 6.8%
HWM 18.1%
FY24
HII 4.6%
HWM 22.0%
FY25
HII 5.3%
HWM 24.8%
HII
HWM
FY16
HII $537M
HWM −$1.0B
FY17
HII $432M
HWM −$635M
FY18
HII $451M
HWM −$551M
FY19
HII $366M
HWM −$180M
FY20
HII $740M
HWM −$258M
FY21
HII $429M
HWM $250M
FY22
HII $482M
HWM $540M
FY23
HII $678M
HWM $682M
FY24
HII $26.0M
HWM $977M
FY25
HII $794M
HWM $1.4B
HII
HWM
FY16
HII 31.4%
HWM 2.9%
FY17
HII 24.0%
HWM 2.3%
FY18
HII 33.5%
HWM 5.7%
FY19
HII 22.1%
HWM 3.5%
FY20
HII 23.4%
HWM 7.2%
FY21
HII 10.5%
HWM 8.3%
FY22
HII 8.0%
HWM 10.2%
FY23
HII 10.4%
HWM 13.4%
FY24
HII 7.0%
HWM 18.9%
FY25
HII 7.3%
HWM 22.4%
HII
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