Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Christopher D. Kastner, President and Chief Executive Officer, was paid $13.8M in fiscal 2025, down 5% from $14.6M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 161:1, on median employee pay of $85,536.

Filed
March 20, 2026
Annual meeting
April 29, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$13.8M-5% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
161:1median $85,536
CEO pay in equity
62%$8.5M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
97%of votes cast
CEO Target Bonus
$1,950,000Annual Incentive Plan target
Total Stockholder Return
84.2%For fiscal year 2025
Revenues
$12,484MTotal 2025 revenue
Free Cash Flow
$800MNon-GAAP financial measure

How Kastner was paid

$13.8M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary9%Stock awards62%Non-equity incentive20%Pension and deferred comp8%All other compensation1%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Christopher D. KastnerPresident and Chief Executive Officer$13,809,406
Thomas E. StiehleExecutive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer$3,813,957
Chad N. BoudreauxExecutive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer$3,239,618
Edgar A. Green IIIExecutive Vice President and President, Mission Technologies$3,142,353
Brian D. BlanchetteExecutive Vice President and President, Ingalls Shipbuilding$3,034,699

What changed and why

  • $13.8MCEO Christopher D. Kastner received total compensation of $13,809,406 in 2025, representing a decrease from the prior year.
  • $12,484MThe company achieved revenues of $12,484 million and operating income of $657 million for fiscal 2025.
  • 97%Stockholders demonstrated strong support for the executive compensation program with a 97% approval vote at the previous annual meeting.
  • $213MTotal stockholder return for HII reached 84.2% in 2025 alongside $213 million returned to stockholders through dividends.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.