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 (15.8 vs 61.5); year to date, Boeing leads (−13.5% vs −22.1%).
Side by side
| BA | HII | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $150B | $10.4B |
| Price | $190.37 | $264.80 |
| Today | +1.4% | −0.1% |
| Return YTD | −13.5% | −22.1% |
| Return 1Y | −16.7% | −8.9% |
| Since June 26, 2026 | −12.4% | −6.1% |
| P/E | 61.5 | 15.8 |
| P/S | 1.6 | 0.8 |
| P/B | 24.6 | 2.0 |
Data as of 2026-10-09 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since June 26, 2026: the change in the closing price, from the daily closes Sectivia records itself since that date.
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.
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