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NYSE · US · Aerospace & Defense

NOC Northrop Grumman

Solid rocket motors and spacecraft

Uptrend Trading above its 50-day average. (automatic: supply-chain trend + price vs 50-day average)
Last close (delayed) · 2026-10-26
$562.9
+2.08% today
1W
+10.2%
1M
+10.3%
3M
+3.0%
YTD
−0.1%
1Y
−5.5%
Off 52w high
−26.1%
Next earnings (est.): 2026-10-20
Market cap$78.34B
P/E (trailing)17.4Forward 18.3
EV / sales2.1×EV/EBITDA 12.6×
Revenue (TTM)$43.59BGrowth 6.7% y/y
Margins20.0%gross · op 12.9%
Free cash flow$3.14BCash $3.74B · debt $17.40B
Analyst target$631.7+12.2% upside · 24 analysts · buy
Riskβ -0.11Short 1.6% of float · yield 1.79%

Fundamentals from public market data, refreshed daily (2026-10-24 02:59 UTC). Figures in reporting currency.

NOC · price with what management and the data said

Supply tighteningBeat / raiseMiss / cutData releaseEasing Hover a numbered marker for details · dashed lines = 50- and 200-day averages

Timeline: management commentary, data & earnings

8 events
  1. 8
    2026-10-20EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 7.89 vs 7.18 expected (+9.9% surprise).

  2. 7
    2026-07-21EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 7.68 vs 6.82 expected (+12.7% surprise).

  3. 6
    2026-04-21EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 6.14 vs 6.06 expected (+1.3% surprise).

  4. 5
    2026-01-27EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 7.23 vs 6.96 expected (+3.8% surprise).

  5. 4
    2025-10-21EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 7.67 vs 6.46 expected (+18.8% surprise).

  6. 3
    2025-07-22EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 8.15 vs 6.8 expected (+19.9% surprise).

  7. 2
    2025-04-22EarningsMiss / cut

    Reported EPS 3.32 vs 6.26 expected (-47.0% surprise).

  8. 1
    2025-01-30EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 6.39 vs 6.35 expected (+0.7% surprise).

Earnings history

EPS vs expectations
DateExpected EPSReported EPSSurprise
2026-10-207.187.89+9.9%
2026-07-216.827.68+12.7%
2026-04-216.066.14+1.3%
2026-01-276.967.23+3.8%
2025-10-216.467.67+18.8%
2025-07-226.88.15+19.9%
2025-04-226.263.32−47.0%
2025-01-306.356.39+0.7%
2024-10-246.077.0+15.4%
2024-07-255.936.36+7.2%
2024-04-255.786.32+9.4%
2024-01-255.86.27+8.1%
2023-10-265.86.18+6.6%
2023-07-275.325.34+0.3%
2023-04-275.095.5+8.0%
2023-01-266.577.5+14.2%
2022-10-276.115.89−3.7%
2022-07-286.16.06−0.7%
2022-04-285.986.1+2.0%
2022-01-275.966.0+0.6%
2021-10-285.986.63+10.8%
2021-07-295.856.42+9.7%
2021-04-295.486.57+19.8%
2021-01-285.716.59+15.4%

About Northrop Grumman

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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 mann…

95,000 employees · Falls Church, United States

One provider dominates launch mass to orbit. Alternatives for medium-lift are scarce, which gates every constellation outside it.

Engines→Vehicle→Pad→Orbit

What would prove us wrong. Weakens if a second medium-lift reusable vehicle reaches routine cadence.

Peers at the same bottleneck

Who else supplies this

StockRoleLast1D1MYTDTrend
RKLB
Rocket Lab
Electron launch, Neutron and spacecraft $54.56+3.73%−26.2%−21.8%
FLY
Firefly Aerospace
Small-lift launch and lunar landers $18.51+1.54%−24.0%−17.3%
LMT
Lockheed Martin
Satellites, ULA stake and defence $628.1+3.96%+20.9%+32.2%

Not investment advice. Prices delayed and in local currency. Quotes in "double quotes" are verbatim as reported by the linked source; other commentary is our paraphrase. Earnings dates are estimates.