Industrials
Northrop Grumman Corporation(NOC)
Live Price
Offline$521.50
-5.21% today
1Y Change
+5.64%
Window
Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $80.69B
- Revenue Growth
- +2.2%
- EPS Growth
- +2.6%
- Dividend Yield
- 1.6%
Coverage: 246 bars ยท Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) is a Industrials stock with a market cap of $80.69B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $521.50 and up 5.6% across the available one-year price window (Jun 26, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +2.2%, EPS growth of +2.6%, a dividend yield of 1.6%. What stands out right now is revenue +2.2%, EPS +2.6%, free cash flow +26.2% with operating margin 11.1% and ROIC 10.3%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 1.6%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 17.6 and price/sales 1.9. Stock Foundry combines NOC price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Industrials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
+2.2% vs +6.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Below sector median
+11.1% vs +16.9% peer median
P/E
Below sector median
17.6 vs 36.7 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 21, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +2.2% and EPS at +2.6%, with operating margin around 11.1%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 1.6%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -0.8% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 21, 2026 | โ | -3.5% | -5.5% | -9.0% |
2026 Jan 27, 2026 | +3.6% | +1.5% | +3.9% | +3.7% |
2025 Oct 21, 2025 | +19.1% | -0.5% | -0.7% | -5.4% |
Benchmark Edge
NOC vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
NOC
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
NOC Max Drawdown
-32.10%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for NOC and SPY.
Company Overview
Northrop Grumman Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense company worldwide. The company's Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic ISR systems and vertical take-off and landing tactical ISR systems; and strategic long-range strike aircraft, tactical fighter and air dominance aircraft, and airborne battle management and command and control systems. Its Defense Systems segment designs, develops, and produces weapons and mission systems. It offers products and services, such as integrated battle management systems, weapons systems and aircraft, and mission systems. This segment also provides command and control and weapons systems, including munitions and missiles; precision strike weapons; propulsion, such as air-breathing and hypersonic systems; gun systems and precision munitions; life cycle service and support for software, weapons systems, and aircraft; and logistics support, sustainment, operation, and modernization for air, sea, and ground systems. The company's Mission Systems segment offers cyber, command, control, communications and computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; cyber solutions; intelligence processing systems; navigation; and maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems. This segment also provides airborne multifunction sensors; maritime/land systems and sensors; navigation, targeting, and survivability solutions; and networked information solutions. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; and strategic missiles. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
- Leadership
- Kathy J. Warden
- IPO Date
- Dec 31, 1981
- Employees
- 97.0k
- Street Address
- 2980 Fairview Park Drive
- Mailing
- Falls Church, VA, 22042
- Region
- Falls Church, VA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 703 280 2900
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 17.6
- EV/EBITDA
- 12.8
- Price/Sales
- 1.9
- Price/Book
- 4.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +2.2%
- EPS
- +2.6%
- Free Cash Flow
- +26.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 20.5%
- Operating Margin
- 11.1%
- Net Margin
- 10.8%
- ROE
- 28.1%
- ROIC
- 10.3%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 1.00
- Current Ratio
- 1.15
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
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