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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

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Item 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "HII".

Stockholders

The approximate number of our common stockholders was 11,239 as of January 30, 2026.

Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Our Annual Meeting of Stockholders is currently scheduled to be held on April 29, 2026.

Dividend

For the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, we declared dividends on common stock totaling $5.43 and $5.25 per share, respectively. While we expect to continue paying dividends, the declaration of cash dividends is at the discretion of our board of directors, considered in the context of the current conditions, including our earnings, other operating results, capital requirements, and applicable laws and regulations.

Stock Performance Graph

The following graph compares the total return on a cumulative basis of $100 invested in our common stock on December 31, 2020, to the Standard & Poor's ("S&P") 500 Index and the S&P Aerospace and Defense Select Index.

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◦The cumulative total return assumes reinvestment of dividends.

◦The S&P Aerospace & Defense Select Index is comprised of The Boeing Company, General Dynamics Corporation, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., L3 Harris Technologies, Inc., Lockheed Martin Corporation, Northrop Grumman Corporation, RTX Corporation, Textron, Inc., and TransDigm Group Incorporated, among other companies.

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

Repurchases under our stock repurchase program are made from time to time at management's discretion in accordance with applicable federal securities laws. All repurchases of HII common stock have been recorded as treasury stock. The following table summarizes information relating to purchases made by or on behalf of the Company of shares of the Company's common stock during the quarter ended December 31, 2025.

PeriodTotal Number of Shares PurchasedAverage Price Paid per ShareTotal Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced ProgramApproximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program (in millions)****(1),(2)
October 1, 2025 to October 31, 2025—$——$1,352.3
November 1, 2025 to November 30, 2025———1,352.3
December 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025———1,352.3
Total—$——$1,352.3

(1) From the stock repurchase program's inception through December 31, 2025, we have purchased 14,584,709

shares at an average price of $167.82 per share for a total of $2.4 billion.

(2) In November 2012, we announced the establishment of our stock repurchase program. In January 2024, our

board of directors authorized an increase in the stock repurchase program to $3.8 billion and an extension of the term to December 31, 2028.

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