HII Reports First Quarter 2026 Results

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., May 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII (NYSE: HII) today reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2026.

Highlights

• First quarter revenues were $3.1 billion
• First quarter net earnings were $149 million or $3.79 diluted earnings per share
• Completed builder’s sea trials for aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)
• New collective bargaining agreements ratified at Ingalls Shipbuilding that extend through 2031
• Company reaffirms previously issued FY26 financial guidance1
  
  

First Quarter Results
First quarter 2026 revenues of $3.1 billion were up 13.4% from the first quarter of 2025, driven by growth at Newport News Shipbuilding, Ingalls Shipbuilding and Mission Technologies.

Operating income in the first quarter of 2026 was $155 million and operating margin was 5.0%, compared to $161 million and 5.9%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2025.

Segment operating income2 in the first quarter of 2026 was $172 million and segment operating margin2 was 5.6%, compared to $171 million and 6.3%, respectively, in the first quarter of 2025.

Net earnings in the first quarter of 2026 were $149 million, compared to $149 million in the first quarter of 2025. Diluted earnings per share in the quarter was $3.79, compared to $3.79 in the first quarter of 2025.

Net cash used in operating activities in the quarter was $390 million and free cash flow2 was negative $461 million, compared to net cash used in operating activities of $395 million and free cash flow2 of negative $462 million in the first quarter of 2025.

New contract awards in the first quarter of 2026 were $4.0 billion, bringing total backlog to 54.0 billion as of March 31, 2026.

“We made good progress on our 2026 operational initiatives in the first quarter. Shipbuilding throughput has continued to improve with meaningful year over year growth in the first quarter as our team remains focused on driving efficiency and expanding the industrial base network," said Chris Kastner, HII’s president and CEO.

¹The financial outlook, expectations and other forward looking statements provided by the company for 2026 and beyond reflect the company's judgment based on information available at the time of this release. Please see the "Forward-looking Statements" section in this release and our Form 10-Q for factors that may impact the company's ability to meet expectations.
²Non-GAAP measures. See Exhibit B for definitions and reconciliations.

Results of Operations

  Three Months Ended      March 31    ($ in millions, except per share amounts)  2026   2025  $ Change % ChangeSales and service revenues $3,099  $2,734  $365  13.4%Operating income  155   161   (6) (3.7)%Operating margin %  5.0%  5.9%   (89) bpsSegment operating income1  172   171   1  0.6%Segment operating margin %1  5.6%  6.3%   (70) bpsNet earnings  149   149   —  —%Diluted earnings per share $3.79  $3.79  $—  —%

¹Non-GAAP measures that exclude non-segment factors affecting operating income. See Exhibit B for definitions and reconciliations.

Segment Operating Results

Ingalls Shipbuilding

  Three Months Ended      March 31    ($ in millions)  2026   2025  $ Change % ChangeRevenues $725  $637  $88 13.8%Segment operating income  49   46   3 6.5%Segment operating margin %  6.8%  7.2%   (46) bps 

Ingalls Shipbuilding revenues for the first quarter of 2026 were $725 million, an increase of $88 million, or 13.8%, from the same period in 2025, primarily driven by higher volumes in surface combatants.

Ingalls Shipbuilding segment operating income for the first quarter of 2026 was $49 million, an increase of $3 million from the same period in 2025. Segment operating margin in the first quarter of 2026 was 6.8%, compared to 7.2% in the same period last year. The increase in segment operating income was driven by higher volumes in surface combatants, partially offset by lower performance in amphibious assault ships.

Key Ingalls Shipbuilding milestone for the quarter:

• Completed builder’s sea trials for USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)
• Authenticated the keel of amphibious transport dock Philadelphia (LPD 32)
• Ratified new collective bargaining agreements that extend through 2031
  
  

Newport News Shipbuilding

  Three Months Ended      March 31    ($ in millions)  2026   2025  $ Change % ChangeRevenues $1,665  $1,396  $269 19.3%Segment operating income  88   85   3 3.5%Segment operating margin %  5.3%  6.1%   (80) bps 

Newport News Shipbuilding revenues for the first quarter of 2026 were $1.7 billion, an increase of $269 million, or 19.3%, from the same period in 2025. The increase was primarily driven by higher volumes in aircraft carriers, submarines and naval nuclear support services.

Newport News Shipbuilding segment operating income for the first quarter of 2026 was $88 million, an increase of $3 million from the same period in 2025. Segment operating margin in the first quarter of 2026 was 5.3% compared to 6.1% in the same period last year. The increase in segment operating income was primarily driven by the higher volumes described above, partially offset by contract adjustments and incentives in the first quarter of 2025 on the Virginia-class submarine program, as well as lower performance in aircraft carrier construction.

Key Newport News Shipbuilding milestones for the quarter:

• Completed builder’s sea trials for aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)
  
  

Mission Technologies

  Three Months Ended      March 31    ($ in millions)  2026   2025  $ Change % ChangeRevenues $748  $735  $13  1.8%Segment operating income  35   40   (5) (12.5)%Segment operating margin %  4.7%  5.4%   (76) bps        

Mission Technologies revenues for the first quarter of 2026 were $748 million, an increase of $13 million, or 1.8%, from the same period in 2025. The increases were primarily due to higher volumes in All-Domain Operations, Unmanned Systems, and Global Security, partially offset by lower volumes in Warfare Systems.

Mission Technologies segment operating income for the first quarter of 2026 was $35 million, a decrease of $5 million from the same period in 2025. Segment operating margin in the first quarter of 2026 was 4.7%, compared to 5.4% in the same period last year. The decrease in segment operating income was primarily due to lower equity income from nuclear and environmental joint ventures, partially offset by higher performance in Warfare Systems.

Mission Technologies results included approximately $18 million of amortization of purchased intangible assets in the first quarter of 2026, compared to approximately $22 million in the same period last year.

Mission Technologies EBITDA margin1 in the first quarter of 2026 was 7.8%, compared to 9.1% in the first quarter of 2025.

Key Mission Technologies milestones for the quarter:

• Completed the expansion of our U.K. unmanned operations facility, which significantly enhances and strengthens the company’s presence in the U.K. and increases capacity and support for the U.K. Royal Navy and European partners
• Selected to compete on $25.4 billion Advanced Technology Support Program V (ATSP5) microelectronics multi-award contract
  
  

¹Non-GAAP measures. See Exhibit B for definitions and reconciliations.

HII Financial Outlook1

• Reaffirming FY26 and medium term outlook
• Medium term2 HII revenue growth of approximately 6%
• Medium term2 shipbuilding revenue growth of approximately 6%
• Medium term2 Mission Technologies revenue growth of approximately 5%
• FY26 shipbuilding revenue between $9.7 and $9.9 billion; expect shipbuilding operating margin3 between 5.5% and 6.5%
• FY26 Mission Technologies revenue between $3.0 and $3.2 billion,
• FY26 Mission Technologies segment operating margin of approximately 5%; and Mission Technologies EBITDA margin3 between 8.4% and 8.6%
• FY26 free cash flow3 between $500 and $600 million
  
  

  FY26 Outlook1Shipbuilding Revenue $9.7B - $9.9BShipbuilding Operating Margin3 5.5% - 6.5%Mission Technologies Revenue $3.0B - $3.2BMission Technologies Segment Operating Margin ~5%Mission Technologies EBITDA Margin3 8.4% - 8.6%   Operating FAS/CAS Adjustment ($44M)Non-current State Income Tax Expense4 ~($20M)Interest Expense ($105M)Non-operating Retirement Benefit $213MEffective Tax Rate ~17%   Depreciation & Amortization ~$330MCapital Expenditures 4% - 5% of SalesFree Cash Flow3 $500M - $600M

¹The financial outlook, expectations, and other forward-looking statements provided by the company for 2026 and beyond reflect the company's judgment based on the information available at the time of this release. Please see the "Forward-looking Statements" section in this release and our Form 10-Q for factors that may impact the company's ability to meet expectations.
²Medium term growth represents our expected compound annual growth rate over the next three to five years.
³Non-GAAP measures. See Exhibit B for definitions. In reliance upon Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K, reconciliations of forward–looking GAAP and non–GAAP measures are not provided because of the unreasonable effort associated with providing such reconciliations due to the variability in the occurrence and the amounts of certain components of GAAP and non-GAAP measures. For the same reasons, we are unable to address the significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.
⁴Outlook is based on current tax law. Variability exists based on how and when individual states conform to recent federal tax law changes.

About HII

HII is America’s largest shipbuilder, delivering the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain mission technologies, including unmanned systems, to U.S. and allied defense customers. HII is the largest producer of unmanned underwater vehicles for the U.S. Navy and the world.

With a more than 140-year history of advancing U.S. national security, HII builds and integrates defense capabilities extending from the core fleet to C6ISR, AI/ML, EW and synthetic training. Headquartered in Virginia, HII’s workforce is 44,000 strong. For more information, visit www.HII.com.

Conference Call Information

HII will webcast its earnings conference call at 9 a.m. Eastern time today. A live audio broadcast of the conference call and supplemental presentation will be available on the investor relations page of the company’s website: www.HII.com. A replay of the call will be available on the website for a limited time.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Projections

Statements in this earnings release and in our other filings with the SEC, as well as other statements we may make from time to time, other than statements of historical fact, constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "intends," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "guidance," "outlook," "predicts," "potential," "continue," and similar words or phrases or the negative of these words or phrases. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable when made, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. There are a number of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results anticipated by our forward-looking statements, which include, but are not limited to:

• our dependence on the U.S. Government for substantially all of our business;
• significant delays or reductions in appropriations for our programs and/or changes in customer priorities and requirements (including government budgetary constraints, government shutdowns, shifts in defense spending, and changes in customer short-range and long-range plans);
• our ability to estimate our future contract costs, including cost increases due to inflation, labor challenges, changes in trade policy, or other factors and our efforts to recover or offset such costs and/or changes in estimated contract costs, and perform our contracts effectively;
• changes in business practices, procurement processes and government regulations, including changes through executive orders, contract terms, or other policies or practices applicable to our industry, and our ability to comply with such requirements;
• adverse economic conditions in the United States and globally;
• our level of indebtedness and ability to service our indebtedness;
• our ability to deliver our products and services at an affordable life cycle cost and compete within our markets;
• our ability to attract, retain, and train a qualified workforce;
• subcontractor and supplier performance and the availability and pricing of raw materials and components;
• our ability to execute our strategic plan, including with respect to share repurchases, dividends, capital expenditures, and strategic acquisitions;
• investigations, claims, disputes, enforcement actions, litigation (including criminal, civil, and administrative), and/or other legal proceedings, and improper conduct of employees, agents, subcontractors, suppliers, business partners, or joint ventures in which we participate, including the impact on our reputation or ability to do business;
• changes in key estimates and assumptions regarding our pension and retiree health care costs;
• security threats, including cyber security threats, and related disruptions;
• natural and environmental disasters and political instability;
• health epidemics, pandemics and similar outbreaks; and
• other risk factors discussed herein and in our other filings with the SEC.
  
  

There may be other risks and uncertainties that we are unable to predict at this time or that we currently do not expect to have a material adverse effect on our business, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements that we may make.

This release also contains non-GAAP financial measures and includes a GAAP reconciliation of these financial measures. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be construed as being more important than comparable GAAP measures.

Exhibit A: Financial Statements

HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (UNAUDITED)

  Three Months Ended March 31(in millions, except per share amounts)  2026   2025 Sales and service revenues    Product sales $2,004  $1,713 Service revenues  1,095   1,021 Sales and service revenues  3,099   2,734 Cost of sales and service revenues    Cost of product sales  1,741   1,451 Cost of service revenues  950   889 Income from operating investments, net  5   13 General and administrative expenses  258   246 Operating income  155   161 Other income (expense)    Interest expense  (22)  (28)Non-operating retirement benefit  53   48 Other, net  2   6 Earnings before income taxes  188   187 Federal and foreign income tax expense  39   38 Net earnings $149  $149      Basic earnings per share $3.79  $3.79 Weighted-average common shares outstanding  39.3   39.3      Diluted earnings per share $3.79  $3.79 Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding  39.3   39.3      Dividends declared per share $1.38  $1.35      Net earnings from above $149  $149 Other comprehensive income    Change in unamortized benefit plan costs  2   1 Tax expense for items of other comprehensive income  (1)  — Other comprehensive income, net of tax  1   1 Comprehensive income $150  $150          

HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION (UNAUDITED)

($ in millions) March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025Assets    Current Assets    Cash and cash equivalents $216  $774 Accounts receivable, net of allowance for expected credit losses of $3 million as of 2026 and $2 million as of 2025 406   339 Contract assets  1,989   1,758 Inventoried costs  230   219 Income taxes receivable  278   284 Prepaid expenses and other current assets  98   77 Total current assets  3,217   3,451 Property, Plant, and Equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $2,799 million as of 2026 and $2,754 million as of 2025  3,742   3,726 Operating lease assets  274   267 Goodwill  2,650   2,650 Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $1,243 million as of 2026 and $1,222 million as of 2025  673   694 Pension plan assets  1,586   1,544 Miscellaneous other assets  391   417 Total assets $12,533  $12,749 Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity    Current Liabilities    Trade accounts payable  692   556 Accrued employees’ compensation  345   443 Current portion of postretirement plan liabilities  119   119 Current portion of workers’ compensation liabilities  219   217 Contract liabilities  822   1,220 Other current liabilities  505   490 Total current liabilities  2,702   3,045 Long-term debt  2,701   2,700 Pension plan liabilities  155   155 Other postretirement plan liabilities  195   200 Workers’ compensation liabilities  446   442 Long-term operating lease liabilities  230   223 Deferred tax liabilities  615   572 Other long-term liabilities  342   339 Total liabilities  7,386   7,676 Commitments and Contingencies    Stockholders’ Equity    Common stock, $0.01 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized; 53,962,478 shares issued and 39,377,769 shares outstanding as of 2026, and 53,826,236 shares issued and 39,241,527 shares outstanding as of 2025  1   1 Additional paid-in capital  2,070   2,087 Retained earnings  5,577   5,487 Treasury stock  (2,449)  (2,449)Accumulated other comprehensive loss  (52)  (53)Total stockholders’ equity  5,147   5,073 Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $12,533  $12,749          

HUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

 Three Months Ended March 31($ in millions) 2026   2025 Operating Activities   Net earnings$149  $149 Adjustments to reconcile net cash used in operating activities:   Depreciation 55   54 Amortization of purchased intangibles 21   25 Stock-based compensation 21   24 Deferred income taxes 43   (11)Loss (gain) on investments in marketable securities 3   (3)Other non-cash transactions, net 3   3 Change in   Accounts receivable (67)  (175)Contract assets (231)  (334)Inventoried costs (11)  (7)Prepaid expenses and other assets 7   44 Accounts payable and accruals (338)  (126)Retiree benefits (45)  (38)Net cash used in operating activities (390)  (395)Investing Activities:   Capital expenditures   Capital expenditure additions (74)  (67)Grant proceeds for capital expenditures 3   — Acquisitions of businesses —   (133)Proceeds from disposition of assets —   1 Net cash used in investing activities (71)  (199)Financing Activities:   Proceeds from line of credit borrowings 15   — Repayment of line of credit borrowings (15)  — Dividends paid (54)  (53)Employee taxes on certain share-based payment arrangements (43)  (14)Other financing activities, net —   (3)Net cash used in financing activities (97)  (70)Change in cash and cash equivalents (558)  (664)Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 774   831 Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$216  $167 Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosure   Cash paid for interest$35  $8 Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities   Capital expenditures accrued in accounts payable$13  $16         

Exhibit B: Non-GAAP Measures Definitions & Reconciliations

This earnings release contains non-GAAP (accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America) financial measures as defined by SEC Regulation G and indicated by a footnote in the text of this release. Definitions for the non-GAAP measures, and related reconciliations, are provided below. Because not all companies use identical definitions or calculations, our presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

Segment Operating Income and Segment Operating Margin. We internally manage our operations by reference to segment operating income and segment operating margin and use these measures to evaluate our core operating performance. We believe that segment operating income and segment operating margin reflect additional ways of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with our GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. These measures should be considered in addition to, and not as alternatives for, operating income and operating margin or any other performance measure presented in accordance with GAAP.

Segment operating income is defined as operating income for the relevant segment(s) before the Operating FAS/CAS Adjustment and non-current state income taxes.

Segment operating margin is defined as segment operating income as a percentage of sales and service revenues.

Shipbuilding operating margin, Mission Technologies EBITDA and Mission Technologies EBITDA margin. We use shipbuilding operating margin, Mission Technologies EBITDA and Mission Technologies EBITDA margin to evaluate our core operating performance. We believe these measures reflect additional ways of viewing aspects of our operations that, when viewed with our GAAP results, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business. These measures should be considered in addition to, and not as alternatives for, operating income and operating margin or any other performance measure presented in accordance with GAAP.

Shipbuilding operating margin is defined as the combined segment operating income of our Newport News Shipbuilding segment and Ingalls Shipbuilding segment as a percentage of shipbuilding revenue. Shipbuilding revenue is the sum of revenues of our Newport News Shipbuilding segment and Ingalls Shipbuilding segment.

Mission Technologies EBITDA is defined as Mission Technologies segment operating income before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

Mission Technologies EBITDA margin is defined as Mission Technologies EBITDA as a percentage of Mission Technologies revenues.

Free cash flow. We use free cash flow as a key operating metric in assessing the performance of our business and as a key performance measure in evaluating management performance and determining incentive compensation. We believe free cash flow is an important measure that may be useful to investors and other users of our financial statements because it provides insight into our current and period-to-period performance and our ability to generate cash from continuing operations. Free cash flow has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, net income as a measure of our performance or net cash provided by operating activities as a measure of our liquidity.

Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less capital expenditures net of related grant proceeds.

In reliance upon Item 10(e)(1)(i)(B) of Regulation S-K, reconciliations of forward-looking GAAP and non-GAAP measures are not provided because of the unreasonable effort associated with providing such reconciliations due to the variability in the occurrence and the amounts of certain components of GAAP and non-GAAP measures. For the same reasons, we are unable to address the significance of the unavailable information, which could be material to future results.

Reconciliations of Segment Operating Income and Segment Operating Margin

  Three Months Ended  March 31($ in millions)  2026   2025 Ingalls revenues $725  $637 Newport News revenues  1,665   1,396 Mission Technologies revenues  748   735 Intersegment eliminations  (39)  (34)Sales and Service Revenues  3,099   2,734      Operating Income  155   161 Operating FAS/CAS Adjustment  9   10 Non-current state income taxes  8   — Segment Operating Income  172   171 As a percentage of sales and service revenues  5.6%  6.3%Ingalls segment operating income  49   46 As a percentage of Ingalls revenues  6.8%  7.2%Newport News segment operating income  88   85 As a percentage of Newport News revenues  5.3%  6.1%Mission Technologies segment operating income  35   40 As a percentage of Mission Technologies revenues  4.7%  5.4%         

Reconciliation of Free Cash Flow

  Three Months Ended  March 31($ in millions)  2026   2025 Net cash used in operating activities $(390) $(395)Less capital expenditures:    Capital expenditure additions  (74)  (67)Grant proceeds for capital expenditures  3   — Free cash flow $(461) $(462)         

Reconciliation of Mission Technologies EBITDA and EBITDA Margin

  Three Months Ended  March 31($ in millions)  2026   2025 Mission Technologies sales and service revenues $748  $735      Mission Technologies segment operating income $35  $40 Mission Technologies depreciation expense  3   3 Mission Technologies amortization expense  18   22 Mission Technologies state tax expense  2   2 Mission Technologies EBITDA $58  $67 Mission Technologies EBITDA margin  7.8%  9.1%         

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