Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII) vs Woodward, Inc. (WWD)

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. and Woodward, Inc. are both Aerospace & Defense companies. Woodward, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $19.6B against $12.5B — 1.6× the size. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 17.0× against 35.9×. Woodward, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 22.4% against 12.6%. Woodward, Inc. has the higher net margin (13.2% vs 5.42%) and the higher return on invested capital (12.3% vs 6.27%). Both pay a dividend; Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. yields more (1.74% vs 0.47%). Across the 23 metrics below, Woodward, Inc. leads on 13 and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric HII WWD Aerospace & Defense median
P/E 17.03 35.89 31.60
P/S 0.93 4.71 3.36
P/B 2.28 7.98 2.99
Price to free cash flow 38.28 52.41 33.23
EV/EBITDA 12.74 26.55 19.00
EV/Sales 1.10 4.91 3.37
Earnings yield 5.87% 2.79% 0.90%
Free cash flow yield 2.61% 1.91% 0.00%

Profitability

Metric HII WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Gross margin 12.72% 29.47% 25.95%
Operating margin 6.27% 15.64% 1.21%
Net margin 5.42% 13.17% 2.11%
Free cash flow margin 2.42% 8.98% 0.00%
Return on equity 13.99% 22.34% 2.67%
Return on assets 5.80% 11.14% 1.90%
Return on invested capital 6.27% 12.27% 0.25%

Growth

Metric HII WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Revenue growth (TTM) 12.64% 22.35% 18.25%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 10.24% 19.63% 24.80%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.93% 7.41% 9.73%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (2.76%) 12.96% 0.00%

Health

Metric HII WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Debt to equity 0.49 0.54 0.18
Current ratio 1.26 1.65 2.85
Net debt to EBITDA 1.87 0.63 1.29

Dividend

Metric HII WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Dividend yield 1.74% 0.47% 0.87%
Payout ratio 0.30 0.17 0.30

Size

Metric HII WWD Aerospace & Defense median
Market cap 12.49b 19.64b 1.94b

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