Buyback yield (TTM)
0.29%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
1.72%
5Y share count change
-3.2%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$43.00M
Cumulative buybacks
$2.45B
Key takeaways
- Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) repurchased about $43.00M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 3.2% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 0.84× — repurchases only partially offset SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at -100.0% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 5% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
Latest: $0.00
Overview
2025's annual buyback spend for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) came in at $0.00 – plunged 100.0% year-over-year.
Through 2020–2025 (5 years), Huntington Ingalls Industries buyback spend delivered a -100.0% annualised rate; with a net decline across the window.
Huntington Ingalls Industries buyback spend peaked at $742.00M in 2018; the latest annual figure is $0.00 in 2025 (100.0% below peak).
$742.00M stands as the all-time-high annual buyback spend, posted in 2018, against a low of $0.00 during 2010.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Buyback Spend 2025: $0.00
2025's buyback spend for Huntington Ingalls Industries came in at $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2024.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Buyback Spend 2024: $162.00M
Huntington Ingalls Industries posted buyback spend of $162.00M in 2024, surged 116.0% from 2023.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Buyback Spend 2023: $75.00M
In 2023, Huntington Ingalls Industries reported buyback spend of $75.00M, surged 44.2% from 2022.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Buyback Spend 2022: $52.00M
Huntington Ingalls Industries buyback spend in 2022 was $52.00M, plunged 48.5% below 2021.
Huntington Ingalls Industries Buyback Spend 2021: $101.00M
Huntington Ingalls Industries buyback spend in 2021 was $101.00M.
See more financial history for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $0.00 | $54.00M | −$54.00M | — | 0.04B | -0.3% | |
| 2024 | $162.00M | $23.00M | $139.00M | 2.19% | 0.04B | -1.3% | |
| 2023 | $75.00M | $34.00M | $41.00M | 0.73% | 0.04B | -0.5% | |
| 2022 | $52.00M | $36.00M | $16.00M | 0.56% | 0.04B | -0.5% | |
| 2021 | $101.00M | $33.00M | $68.00M | 1.35% | 0.04B | -0.7% | |
| 2020 | $84.00M | $23.00M | $61.00M | 1.21% | 0.04B | -1.9% | |
| 2019 | $262.00M | $30.00M | $232.00M | 2.57% | 0.04B | -5.5% | |
| 2018 | $742.00M | $36.00M | $706.00M | 9.42% | 0.04B | -4.4% | |
| 2017 | $286.00M | $34.00M | $252.00M | 2.71% | 0.05B | -3.0% | |
| 2016 | $194.00M | $36.00M | $158.00M | 2.28% | 0.05B | -2.3% | |
| 2015 | $232.00M | $43.00M | $189.00M | 3.92% | 0.05B | -2.0% | |
| 2014 | $138.00M | $34.00M | $104.00M | 2.54% | 0.05B | -2.2% | |
| 2013 | $119.00M | $44.00M | $75.00M | 2.69% | 0.05B | +0.6% | |
| 2012 | $1.00M | $41.00M | −$40.00M | 0.05% | 0.05B | +2.7% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $42.00M | −$42.00M | — | 0.05B | +0.1% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.05B | — |
- 2025$0.00
- 2024$162.00M
- 2023$75.00M
- 2022$52.00M
- 2021$101.00M
- 2020$84.00M
- 2019$262.00M
- 2018$742.00M
- 2017$286.00M
- 2016$194.00M
- 2015$232.00M
- 2014$138.00M
- 2013$119.00M
- 2012$1.00M
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 0.84×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)
How Huntington Ingalls Industries splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as Huntington Ingalls Industries, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $7.55B | |
| $5.19B | |
| $2.68B | |
| $1.86B | |
| $1.14B | |
| $1.13B | |
| $50.00M | |
| $0.00 |
- $7.55B
- $5.19B
- $2.68B
- $1.86B
- $1.14B
- $1.13B
- $50.00M
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $846.00M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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