Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)

NYSE: NOC · USD

$542

+8.75 (+1.6%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-05-13

Our latest published analysis: NOC rated Strong Buy

NOC is rated Strong Buy at $558.30 versus the reconciled fair value midpoint of $725.65, implying +29.97% upside/downside. Confidence is separately disclosed at 88/100.

Fair value (mid)

$726 / share

$486 – $966

Upside to FV

+30.0%

from $542

Confidence

88/100

Moat

9/10

Market cap	$79.3B
Revenue (ttm)	42.9B
Net income (ttm)	4.5B
EPS (ttm)	$31.5
Shares out	142.1M
P/E (trailing)	17.2x
P/E (forward)	18.5x
Dividend	$9.88 (1.82%)
Volume	655,104
Beta	-0.10
Price target	$643	+18.7%

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 42.9B
Net income (ttm): 4.5B
EPS (ttm): $31.5
P/E (trailing): 17.2x
P/E (forward): 18.5x
Market cap: $79.3B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	Trend
Period	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Trend
Revenue	$36.60B	$39.29B	$41.03B	$41.95B	+4.7%
Gross profit	$7.47B	$6.55B	$8.36B	$8.31B	+3.6%
Operating income	$3.60B	$2.54B	$4.37B	$4.28B	+5.9%
Net income	$4.90B	$2.06B	$4.17B	$4.18B	-5.1%
EPS (diluted)	$31.47	$13.53	$28.34	$29.08	-2.6%
EBITDA	$7.68B	$4.23B	$7.01B	$7.21B	-2.1%
R&D	—	—	—	—	—
SG&A	$3.87B	$4.01B	$3.99B	$4.03B	+1.4%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001133421
Company name	Northrop Grumman Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	666807102
Employees	95,000
Employees Change	-2,000%
Employees Change Percent	-2.06
Enterprise value	$91.3B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Aerospace & Defense
Industry PE	99.85
Industry PE Fwd	54.96
Isin	US6668071029
Last refreshed	2026-07-27
Market cap	$77B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$542
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	451,494.74x
Sector	Industrials
Sector PE	43.86
Sector PE Fwd	30.15
Sic	3812
Symbol	NOC
Tags	drones
Website	https://www.northropgrumman.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	5.84%
EV Earnings	20.32x
EV Sales Forward	2.01x
EV/EBIT	19.87x
EV/EBITDA	14.92x
EV/FCF	25.05x
EV/Sales	2.13x
FCF yield	4.73%
Forward P/E	18.6x
P/B ratio	4.31x
P/E ratio	17.21x
P/S ratio	1.8x
PE Ratio10 Y	18.6x
PE Ratio3 Y	22.97x
PE Ratio5 Y	19.1x
PEG ratio	3.12x
PS Forward	1.69x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	10.72%
EBITDA Margin	14.27%
FCF margin	8.5%
Gross margin	20.06%
Gross Profit	$8.6B
Gross Profit Growth	9.91%
Gross Profit Growth Q	-4.03%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	3.92%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	2.21%
Net Income	$4.5B
Net Income Growth	13.97%
Net Income Growth Q	-6.81%
Net Income Growth Years	2%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-1.11%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-0.23%
Pretax Margin	12.27%
Profit Margin	10.48%
Profit Per Employee	$47,326
Profitable Quarters	$10
Profitable Years	17
ROA	7.15
Roa5y	7.47
ROCE	12.29
ROE	26.96
Roe5y	32.37
ROIC	15.02
Roic5y	17.01

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	11.23%
Cagr15y	17.4%
Cagr1y	-3.13%
Cagr20y	14.09%
Cagr3y	7.92%
Cagr5y	10.23%
Div CAGR10	11.04%
Div CAGR3	10.01%
Div CAGR5	9.69%
EPS Growth	16.03
EPS Growth Q	-5.77
EPS Growth Years	2
EPS Growth3 Y	1.38
EPS Growth5 Y	2.69
FCF Growth	178.75%
FCF Growth Q	53.53%
FCF Growth3 Y	17.25%
FCF Growth5 Y	6.92%
OCF Growth	70.86%
OCF Growth Q	47.47%
OCF Growth10 Y	6.39%
OCF Growth3 Y	10.12%
OCF Growth5 Y	5.3%
Revenue Growth	5.9x
Revenue Growth Q	5.07x
Revenue Growth Quarters	5x
Revenue Growth Years	4x
Revenue Growth3 Y	4.23x
Revenue Growth5 Y	2.67x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.86
Assets	$50.8B
Cash	$2.3B
Current Assets	$15.6B
Current Liabilities	$13.3B
Debt	$17.1B
Debt EBITDA	$2.79
Debt Equity	$0.95
Debt FCF	$4.68
Equity	$17.9B
Interest Coverage	6.98
Liabilities	$32.9B
Long Term Assets	$35.2B
Long Term Liabilities	$19.5B
Net Cash	$-14.3B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-18.59
Net Debt EBITDA	$2.34
Net Debt Equity	$0.8
Net Debt FCF	$3.93
Tangible Book Value	$445M
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$3.13
WACC	3.62

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.17
Inventory Turnover	23.11
Net Working Capital	$701M
Quick ratio	1.01
Working Capital	$2.2B
Working Capital Turnover	$30.51

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	1.76%
Dividend Growth	10.72%
Dividend Growth Years	22%
Dividend per share	$9.88
Dividend Years	56
Dividend Yield	1.82%
Ex Div Date	2026-06-01
Last Dividend	$2.47
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Payout Ratio	29.84%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	189.87%
1Y total return	-3.12%
200-day SMA	608.5
3Y total return	25.7%
50-day SMA	536.3
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
5Y total return	62.72%
All Time High	774
All Time High Change	-29.94%
All Time High Date	2026-03-03
All Time Low	0.78
All Time Low Change	69,614.58%
All Time Low Date	1973-12-06
ATR	16.55
Beta	-0.1
Beta1y	0.19
Beta2y	0.23
Ch YTD	-4.91
High	544.7
High52	774
High52 Date	2026-03-03
High52ch	-29.94%
Low	534.5
Low52	479
Low52 Date	2026-07-21
Low52ch	13.2%
Ma50ch	1.11%
Premarket Change Percent	0.47
Premarket Price	$536
Premarket Volume	1,481
Price vs 200-day SMA	-10.89%
RSI	55.08
RSI Monthly	49.17
RSI Weekly	41.94
Sharpe ratio	-0.15x
Sortino ratio	0.01
Total Return	3.58%
Tr YTD	-4.18
Tr15y	1,009.8%
Tr1m	5.65%
Tr1w	3.96%
Tr3m	-7.32%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	23
Analyst Count Top	16
Analyst Price Target Top	$642
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$6.81
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-4.22
Earnings Revenue Estimate	10,791,658,432x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	4.27x
Operating Income	$5.7B
Operating Income Growth	14.46
Operating Income Growth Q	-5.18
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-1.04
Operating Income Growth5 Y	5.84
Operating margin	13.36
Price target	$643
Price Target Change	$18.65
Price Target Change Top	$18.39

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	141,627,065%
Float Percent	99.69%
Net Borrowing	-1,093,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.18%
Shares Institutions	83.89%
Shares Out	142,063,026
Shares Qo Q	-0.07%
Shares Yo Y	-1.76%
Short Float	1.64%
Short Ratio	2.25
Short Shares	1.64

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$3.5B
Average Volume	1,070,172.85x
Bv Per Share	125.9
CAPEX	$-1.4B
Ch10y	146.9
Ch15y	730.8
Ch1m	5.65
Ch1w	3.96
Ch1y	-4.62
Ch20y	728
Ch3m	-7.73
Ch3y	19.59
Ch5y	50.08
Ch6m	-19.42
Change	1.64%
Change From Open	1.26
Close	533.5
Days Gap	0.38
Depreciation Amortization	1,524,000,000
Dollar Volume	355,223,593
Earnings Date	2026-07-21
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$4.6B
EBITDA	$6.1B
EPS	$31.5
F Score	8
FCF	$3.6B
FCF EV Yield	3.99x
FCF Per Share	$25.66
Financing CF	-3,342,000,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,939
Goodwill	17,439,000,000
Graham Number	298.70071
Graham Upside	-44.91
Income Tax	$765M
Investing CF	-1,328,000,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-07-21
Last Report Date	2026-06-30
Last Split Date	2004-06-22
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-01-27
Lynch Fair Value	$157
Lynch Upside	-70.95
Ma150	618.2
Ma150ch	-12.29%
Ma20	528.1
Ma20ch	2.68%
Net CF	408,000,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-10-20
Open	535.5
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	21.13
P OCF Ratio	15.17
Payment Date	2026-06-17
Position In Range	76.22
Post Close	542.2
Postmarket Change Percent	0.14
Postmarket Price	$543
Ppne	12,198,000,000
Pre Close	533.5
Price Date	2026-07-24
Price EBITDA	$12.58
Ptbv Ratio	173.1
Relative Volume	0.61x
Revenue	42,892,000,000x
SBC By Revenue	0.3x
Share Based Comp	128,000,000
Tax By Revenue	1.78x
Tax Rate	14.54%
Tr20y	1,296.55%
Tr6m	-18.81%
Us State	Virginia
Views	93
Volume	655,104
Z Score	3.33

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Northrop Grumman Corporation is shown with strong buy in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-13. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

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The latest published report analyzed 2026-05-13 frames NOC around USD 486 to USD 966. This is a dated valuation range, not a live market price; check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making a decision.

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