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Ticker
NOC

Price
701.12
Stock movement down
-1.45 (-0.21%)
Company name
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Exchange
(NYSE
,
Currency
USD
)
Sector
Industrials >
Aerospace & Defense
Market cap
99.50B
Ent value
129.80B
Price/Sales
2.37
Price/Book
5.97
Div yield
1.32%
Div growth
3.03%
Growth years
17
FCF payout
39.10%
Trailing P/E
23.79
Forward P/E
23.35
PEG
2.76
EPS growth
8.86%
1 year return (CAGR)
54.07%
3 year return (CAGR)
15.60%
5 year return (CAGR)
18.21%
10 year return (CAGR)
14.21%
Last updated: 2026-02-24

DIVIDENDS

Dividend yield - 5y

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Dividend yield data
Dividend per share9.24
Dividend yield1.32%
Payout frequency-
Maximum yield2.15%
Average yield1.62%
Minimum yield1.26%
Discount to avg yield-23.14%
Upside potential-18.79%
Yield as % of max yield61.21%

Yield distribution (inverse percentile) - 5y

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Yield distribution data
Dividend yield1.32%
Current yield distribution96.35%
Yield at 100% (Min)1.26%
Yield at 90%1.41%
Yield at 80%1.49%
Yield at 50% (Median)1.62%
Yield at 20%1.74%
Yield at 10%1.83%
Yield at 0% (Max)2.15%

Dividend per share

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Dividend per share data
Years of growth17 years
CCC statusDividend Contender
Dividend per share9.24
Payout frequency-
Ex-div date23 Feb 2026
EPS (TTM)29.27
EPS (1y forward)30.03
EPS growth (5y)8.86%
EPS growth (5y forward)8.62%

Dividend growth

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Dividend growth data
NOCS&P500
DGR MR12.14%-13.74%
DGR TTM17.21%6.60%
DGR 3 years-0.93%7.31%
DGR 5 years3.03%4.69%
DGR 10 years8.25%6.30%
DGR 15 years9.51%8.16%
Time since last change announced281 days
EPS growth (5y)8.86%
EPS growth (5y forward)8.62%

Payout ratio

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Payout ratio data
EPS coverageFCF coverage
TTM30.92%39.10%
Average--
Forward30.77%-

VALUATION

Valuation Ratios

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Valuation Ratios data
Trailing P/E23.79
Price to OCF20.92
Price to FCF30.09
Price to EBITDA13.81
EV to EBITDA18.02

Valuation (Sales/Book Value)

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Valuation (Sales/Book Value) data
Price to Sales2.37
Price to Book5.97
EV to Sales3.09

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FINANCIALS

Per share

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Per share data
Current share count141.92M
EPS (TTM)29.27
FCF per share (TTM)23.14

Income statement

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Income statement data
Revenue (TTM)41.95B
Gross profit (TTM)8.31B
Operating income (TTM)4.28B
Net income (TTM)4.18B
EPS (TTM)29.27
EPS (1y forward)30.03

Margins

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Margins data
Gross margin (TTM)19.81%
Operating margin (TTM)10.20%
Profit margin (TTM)9.97%

Balance Sheet

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Balance Sheet data
Cash4.40B
Net receivables8.84B
Total current assets15.10B
Goodwill17.44B
Intangible assets208.00M
Property, plant and equipment22.48B
Total assets51.38B
Accounts payable3.24B
Short/Current long term debt19.74B
Total current liabilities13.88B
Total liabilities34.70B
Shareholder's equity16.67B
Net tangible assets0.00

Cash flow

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Cash flow data
Operating cash flow (TTM)4.76B
Capital expenditures (TTM)1.45B
Free cash flow (TTM)3.31B
Dividends paid (TTM)1.29B

Financial returns

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Financial returns data
Return on Equity25.08%
Return on Assets8.14%
Return on Invested Capital12.79%
Cash Return on Invested Capital10.11%

STOCK INFORMATION

Stock chart

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Stock price data
Open702.56
Daily high708.00
Daily low698.73
Daily Volume615K
All-time high709.11
1y analyst estimate724.39
Beta0.04
EPS (TTM)29.27
Dividend per share9.24
Ex-div date23 Feb 2026
Next earnings date21 Apr 2026

Downside potential

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Downside potential data
NOCS&P500
Current price drop from All-time high-1.13%-1.82%
Highest price drop-68.66%-56.47%
Date of highest drop2 Mar 20009 Mar 2009
Avg drop from high-16.85%-10.84%
Avg time to new high19 days12 days
Max time to new high2025 days1805 days

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COMPANY DETAILS
NOC (Northrop Grumman Corporation) company logo
Marketcap
99.50B
Marketcap category
Large-cap
Description
Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Aeronautics Systems, Defense Systems, Mission Systems and Space Systems. The Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, produces, integrates, sustains, and modernizes aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic, surveillance and reconnaissance 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, integrates, and produces strategic deterrent systems, tactical weapons, and missile defense solutions; and provides sustainment, modernization, and training services for manned and unmanned aircraft and electronics systems. This segment also offers strategic missiles; integrated all-domain command and control systems; precision strike weapons; tactical solid rocket motors, and high-speed air-breathing and hypersonic systems; high-performance gun systems, ammunition, precision munitions, and advanced fuzes; and sustainment, operation, and modernization. The Mission Systems segment provides command, control, communication and computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared, and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; microelectronics; navigation and positioning sensors; maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems; cyber solutions; and intelligence processing systems. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites, spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors, and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; and launch vehicles and related propulsion systems. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
Employees
95000
SEC filings
CEO
Wesley Bush
Country
USA
City
Falls Church
Stock type
Common stock
CCC status
Dividend Contender
Dividend Frequency
-
EVENTS AND PRESENTATIONS
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