HII - Latest News
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII), operates in Industrials / Aerospace & Defense, trades on NYSE.
Market capitalization stands near $12.91B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 19.58. Beta to the broader market is 0.24.
The article list below shows the most recent HII headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent HII Headlines
HII's Newport News Shipbuilding Completes Successful Acceptance Sea Trials of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)
globenewswire.com - Aug 15, 2026
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. , Aug.
HII Awarded $2.2 Billion Contract to Advance U.S. Surveillance and Intelligence Capabilities for the Western Hemisphere
globenewswire.com - Aug 11, 2026
MCLEAN, Va. , Aug.
HII/MetalCraft Marine Autonomous ROMULUS USV with HII Autonomy Successfully Passed a Critical DoW Test
globenewswire.com - Aug 11, 2026
MCLEAN, Va. , Aug.
Contravisory Investment Management Inc. Sells 2,609 Shares of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. $HII
defenseworld.net - Aug 11, 2026
Contravisory Investment Management Inc. reduced its holdings in Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
Huntington Ingalls: The Submarine Boom Is Not Priced In
seekingalpha.com - Aug 10, 2026
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) delivered strong Q2 2026 results with 10. 9% revenue growth and 30.
How News Affects HII Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track HII's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked HII news questions
- What is the latest HII news headline?
- The most recent HII headline (Aug 15, 2026) is "HII's Newport News Shipbuilding Completes Successful Acceptance Sea Trials of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79)". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the HII news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What HII news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual HII options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.