Finally, Huntington Ingalls offers passive income, with a forward yield of 2.79%. What’s more, the payout ratio sits at 32.72%, suggesting greater reliability of the dividend. As well, the company enjoys 13 years of consecutive dividend increases, a streak management is unlikely to give up without a fight.

Shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) missed quarterly estimates and warned that there are no easy fixes to its execution issues. Investors abandoned ship, sending Huntington Ingalls' shares down 11% for the month of February,

Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries were sailing higher after President Donald Trump announced plans for the shipbuilding industry in his address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. Shares of shipbuilder Huntington gained 11% to $190.

Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. HII advanced 1.53% to $175.58 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.59% to 5,954.50 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 1.39% to 43,840.91.

Huntington Ingalls (NYSE:HII) +11.1% in Wednesday's trading to lead all gainers on the S&P 500 after President Trump announced plans to invest in the shipbuilding industry in last night's address to a joint session of Congress.

Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. surged 12.36% to $193.59 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 1.12% to 5,