General Dynamics vs Huntington Ingalls Industries
GD and HII side by side, both in transportation equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How GD and HII compare
General Dynamics is the larger company, worth 8.1 times as much as Huntington Ingalls Industries ($101B against $12.5B).
On earnings, Huntington Ingalls Industries is cheaper: it trades at 17.0× trailing earnings, against 21.9× for General Dynamics.
Huntington Ingalls Industries grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (12.6% versus 9.7% for General Dynamics).
General Dynamics keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 8.2% compared with 5.4% at Huntington Ingalls Industries.
Both pay dividends: General Dynamics yields 1.7% and Huntington Ingalls Industries 1.7%.
General Dynamics scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 14 for Huntington Ingalls Industries), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | GD | HII |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $101B | $12.5B |
| Share price | $372.59 | $316.88 |
| Change, 1 year | 8.5% | 6.2% |
| Change, 5 years | 85.4% | 63.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.57 | 0.69 |
| Employees | 40K | 44K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 (better) | 14 |
| Valuation score | 1 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 5 (better) | 3 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 21.9× | 17.0× (better) |
| P/S | 1.8× | 0.9× (better) |
| P/B | 3.7× | – |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.2× | 13.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 17.4× (better) | 38.2× |
| PEG | 2.67 (better) | 7.94 |
| FCF yield | 5.7% (better) | 2.6% |
| Fair value | $311.28 | $304.42 |
| Margin of safety | −19.7% | −4.1% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.7% | 12.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.7% (better) | 5.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 10.5% | 28.8% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 10.2% | 28.4% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 7.0% (better) | −2.1% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 10.4% (better) | 5.8% |
| Net margin | 8.2% (better) | 5.4% |
| FCF margin | 10.2% (better) | 2.4% |
| Return on equity | 18.0% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 16.1% | – |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.26 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.39 (better) | 2.11 |
| Interest coverage | – | 7.8× |
| Current ratio | 1.43 (better) | 1.26 |
| Altman Z-score | 4.33 (better) | 2.94 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 1.7% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 35.8% | 29.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 13 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 5.1% |
| Buyback yield | 0.64% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.3% (better) | 1.7% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 86.6% | 88.9% |
| Held by insiders | 9.7% | 0.95% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$95.2M | −$18.8M (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 0.89% | 3.8% |
Go deeper
- GD stock overview
- GD income statement
- GD valuation and score
- HII stock overview
- HII income statement
- HII valuation and score
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