Huntington Ingalls Industriesvs.Howmet Aerospace
HII vs HWM · both in Military platforms, part of the Defense, security & space value chain: Aircraft, ships and vehicles, the physical platforms defense systems are built on.
Howmet Aerospace is about 8.6× larger than Huntington Ingalls Industries by market cap; Huntington Ingalls Industries trades at the lower P/E (15.5 vs 47.4); year to date, Howmet Aerospace leads (+8.6% vs −23.3%).
Side by side
| HII | HWM | |
|---|---|---|
| Market cap | $10.3B | $88.6B |
| Price | $265.02 | $222.56 |
| Today | +1.7% | −0.1% |
| Return YTD | −23.3% | +8.6% |
| Return 1Y | −8.7% | +16.3% |
| Since July 2, 2026 | −9.1% | −17.7% |
| P/E | 15.5 | 47.4 |
| P/S | 0.8 | 9.7 |
| P/B | 1.9 | 15.5 |
Data as of 2026-10-08 · updates daily after U.S. close
Since July 2, 2026: the change in the closing price from the first session with a close for both companies. Sectivia records these closes itself, starting June 26, 2026.
The two companies
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 →Howmet AerospaceHWM
Turbine blades come out of Howmet's precision casting lines, along with aerospace fasteners and titanium structures. GE, RTX and Boeing all depend on them.
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