HII vs NGTF vs DCO Stock Comparison

Huntington Ingalls Industries, NightFood Holdings and Ducommun Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
DCO Ducommun Inc /De/
$163.74 -4.9% 1M +62.6% 1Y
Market cap
$2.49B
P/E
–
Revenue (TTM)
$861.87M
Div. yield
–
Defense Industrials

Head to Head

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Huntington Ingalls Industries leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Huntington Ingalls Industries 6, NightFood Holdings 4). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionHIINGTFDCOLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $11.04B $852.59M $2.49B HII
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 16.7x -10.1x -93.4x –
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 14.6x — 36.5x HII
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +14.0% +1,462.5% +8.8% NGTF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 5.0% -1,039.0% -3.1% HII
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.9% — -1.7% HII
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.6x -0.4x 11.9x NGTF
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% — 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -6.3% +3,040.0% +62.6% NGTF
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +6.8%/yr +73.5%/yr +28.5%/yr NGTF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 38.5% 526.8% 39.2% HII
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 26/100 34/100 HII

Percentile Scorecard

HIINGTFDCO

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisHIINGTFDCO
Valuation 73 #28 of 100 42 #8 of 13 39 #61 of 100
Growth 27 #71 of 97 0 #12 of 12 4 #93 of 97
Profitability 62 #37 of 96 46 #7 of 12 40 #58 of 96
Financial Health 31 #73 of 105 17 #11 of 13 51 #52 of 105
Shareholder Returns 52 #31 of 64 – –
Overall 49 26 34
  • HII ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense
  • NGTF ranked among 14 companies in Robotics and Automation
  • DCO ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodHIINGTFDCOSPY
1 month +6.5%+10,366.7%-4.9% -0.8%
3 months -2.5%+10,366.7%-10.8% +3.5%
6 months -21.6%+10,366.7%+15.8% +7.0%
Year to date -17.4%+6,180.0%+72.1% +12.2%
1 year -6.3%+3,040.0%+62.6% +13.0%
3 years +31.9%+15,600.0%+249.8% +86.3%
3 years, per year +9.7%+440.1%+51.8% +23.1%
5 years +38.7%+1,470.0%+249.6% +68.6%
5 years, per year +6.8%+73.5%+28.5% +11.0%
10 years +76.4%+3,040.0%+737.5% +258.0%
10 years, per year +5.8%+41.2%+23.7% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureHIINGTFDCOSPY
Volatility, 1Y 38.5%526.8%39.2% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.7%438.1%38.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.721.691.42 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.165.771.60 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -46.1%-95.5%-30.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -38.1%-3.4%-20.9% -1.8%
52-week high $453.73$3.25$206.98 $779.14
52-week low $257.01$0.02$86.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleHIINGTFDCO
P/E now vs peer median 16.8xmedian 26.8x -10.1x -92.9xmedian 26.8x
P/S now vs peer median 0.8xmedian 2.9x 104.6xmedian 17.8x 2.9xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 13.5xmedian 15.2x -12.0x 136.6xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median -130.3xmedian 25.5x -99.6xmedian 14.0x -101.0xmedian 25.5x
P/B now vs peer median 2.1xmedian 2.5x 72.3xmedian 1.0x 3.6xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 1.95median 0.94 0.15 2.13median 0.94

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsHIINGTFDCO
Revenue $13.19B $8.15M $861.87M
Gross profit $5.53B $5.34M $235.41M
Operating income $698.00M -$77.62M -$22.00M
Net income $661.00M -$84.65M -$26.69M
Free cash flow -$85.00M -$8.56M -$24.47M
EPS (diluted) $16.73 $-0.31 $-1.72
Cash & equivalents $12.00M $865.89K $39.80M
Total debt $10.67B $136.49M $276.43M
Shares (diluted) 39.50M 271.53M 15.56M
Enterprise value $9.73B $849.30M $2.32B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricHIINGTFDCO
P/E 16.8x -10.1x -92.9x
P/FCF -130.3x -99.6x -101.0x
P/Operating cash flow 31.9x -105.9x -209.5x
P/S 0.8x 104.6x 2.9x
P/B 2.1x 72.3x 3.6x
P/Tangible book 2.4x 146.3x 4.4x
EV/EBITDA 13.5x -12.0x 136.6x
EV/EBIT 19.7x -11.4x -123.1x
EV/Revenue 1.0x 108.1x 3.1x
EV/FCF -161.9x -102.9x -110.7x
EV/Operating cash flow 39.7x -109.4x -229.6x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.95 0.15 2.13

Growth

14 metrics
MetricHIINGTFDCO
Revenue growth (1Y) 14.0% 1,463% 8.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 6.6% 293.8% 5.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 8.6% – 16.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 7.5% – 15.2%
Operating income growth (1Y) 35.3% -1,607% -145.5%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 9.4% -234.8% -38.2%
Net income growth (1Y) 25.9% -1,032% -185.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 8.3% -140.7% -45.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.6% -398.7% -184.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 8.6% -65.0% -43.7%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -66.4% -786.1% -121.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -19.1% -88.4% -39.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -112.7% -808.6% -160.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -30.7% -92.3% -73.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricHIINGTFDCO
Gross margin 41.9% 65.5% 27.3%
EBITDA margin 7.7% -901.7% 2.3%
Operating margin 5.3% -952.6% -2.6%
Pretax margin 6.4% -1,039% -4.2%
Net margin 5.0% -1,039% -3.1%
FCF margin -0.6% -105.1% -2.8%
Operating cash flow margin 2.6% -98.8% -1.4%
Return on equity 12.6% -179.3% -3.9%
Return on assets 5.2% -87.5% -2.2%
Return on invested capital 6.9% – -1.7%
Return on capital employed 7.0% -119.7% -2.2%
Asset turnover 1.0x 0.1x 0.7x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.5x 0.1x 0.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 24.6% 2.4%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricHIINGTFDCO
Debt / assets 21.3% 45.3% 22.6%
Debt / equity 0.5x 2.5x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.6x -0.4x 11.9x
Debt / FCF -31.8x -3.4x -11.3x
Liabilities / assets 58.1% 81.7% 43.6%
Equity / assets 41.9% 18.3% 56.4%
Interest coverage 7.1x -12.3x –
Current ratio 1.2x 0.1x 3.4x
Quick ratio 0.2x 0.0x 2.3x
Cash ratio 0.0x 0.0x 0.2x
Altman Z-score 2.81 2.45 4.38

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricHIINGTFDCO
Dividend yield 2.0% – –
Net buyback yield – 0.0% –
Shareholder yield 2.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Payout ratio (earnings) 32.7% – –
Payout ratio (FCF) -254.1% – –
Dividend growth (1Y) 2.9% – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 3.1% – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusHIINGTFDCO
Forward P/E 14.6xFY2026 – 36.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $19.23FY2026 – $4.49FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +25.0%FY2026 – +19.7%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +16.1% – +25.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $13.12BFY2026 – $848.72MFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +5.2%FY2026 – +2.9%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +1.3% – +18.5%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersHIINGTFDCO
Held by institutions 88.5% – 95.8%
Institutions holding 806 – 267
Change in shares held, QoQ -1.2% – +6.2%
Institutions buying 354 – 156
Institutions selling 301 – 83
Buyers to sellers 1.18 – 1.88

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

HIINGTFDCO
HII 1.00 0.03 0.38
NGTF 0.03 1.00 -0.04
DCO 0.38 -0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, HII, NGTF and DCO?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is the largest by market capitalisation: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) $11.04B, NightFood Holdings (NGTF) $852.59M, Ducommun (DCO) $2.49B.

Which company is growing faster?

NightFood Holdings (NGTF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +14.0%, NightFood Holdings (NGTF) +1,462.5%, Ducommun (DCO) +8.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has the highest net margin (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 5.0%, NightFood Holdings (NGTF) -1,039.0%, Ducommun (DCO) -3.1%). On return on invested capital, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) leads (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 6.9%, Ducommun (DCO) -1.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year NightFood Holdings (NGTF) returned the most: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) -6.3%, NightFood Holdings (NGTF) +3,040.0%, Ducommun (DCO) +62.6%. Over five years, NightFood Holdings (NGTF) compounded fastest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) +6.8%/yr, NightFood Holdings (NGTF) +73.5%/yr, Ducommun (DCO) +28.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 0.02%, Ducommun (DCO) 0.00%. NightFood Holdings (NGTF) and Ducommun (DCO) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has been the steadiest (Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) 38.5%, NightFood Holdings (NGTF) 526.8%, Ducommun (DCO) 39.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, HII, NGTF and DCO?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.