On October 31, 2024, Huntington Ingalls released its third quarter 2024 financial results. In this announcement, Huntington Ingalls’ CEO stated in part that “our assumptions of performance improvement and risk reduction have not been achieved, due to late critical material deliveries from the supply chain and reduced experiences levels within our teams, both in production touch labor and supervision. This leads to labor inefficiency, and in some cases to rework, which can affect program schedules.”
On this news, Huntington Ingalls’ stock price fell $65.53, or 26%, to close at $184.96 per share on October 31, 2024, thereby injuring investors.