Boeingvs.Huntington Ingalls Industries
BA vs HII · both in Military platforms, part of the Defense, security & space value chain: Aircraft, ships and vehicles, the physical platforms defense systems are built on.
Boeing is about 14× larger than Huntington Ingalls Industries by market cap; Huntington Ingalls Industries trades at the lower P/E (19.4 vs 75.3); year to date, Boeing leads (−3.1% vs −13.4%).
Side by side
| BA | HII | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $183B | $12.8B |
| Price | $211.08 | $291.15 |
| Today | +0.3% | −1.2% |
| Return YTD | −3.1% | −13.4% |
| Return 1Y | −8.5% | +9.1% |
| P/E | 75.3 | 19.4 |
| P/S | 1.9 | 1.0 |
| P/B | 30.0 | 2.4 |
Data as of 2026-08-26 · updates daily after U.S. close
The two companies
BoeingBA
Passenger jets are the public face of Boeing. Behind them sits a large military business: combat aircraft and helicopters, plus satellites and other space hardware.
Full BA profile →Huntington Ingalls IndustriesHII
Aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines for the US Navy, built at the country's biggest military shipyard, with a technology and services arm alongside.
Full HII profile →More BA & HII comparisons
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