NOC vs Peers Stock Comparison

Northrop Grumman Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group

Percentile Scorecard

NOC

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisNOC
Valuation 74 #27 of 100
Growth 39 #60 of 97
Profitability 77 #23 of 96
Financial Health 39 #65 of 105
Shareholder Returns 59 #27 of 64
Overall 57
  • NOC ranked among 107 companies in Aerospace and Defense

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodNOCSPY
1 month +10.8% -0.8%
3 months +3.3% +3.5%
6 months -1.7% +7.0%
Year to date -0.8% +12.2%
1 year -6.6% +13.0%
3 years +19.5% +86.3%
3 years, per year +6.1% +23.1%
5 years +45.7% +68.6%
5 years, per year +7.8% +11.0%
10 years +147.9% +258.0%
10 years, per year +9.5% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureNOCSPY
Volatility, 1Y 28.6% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 28.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.00 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.23 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -26.4% -1.8%
52-week high $768.02 $779.14
52-week low $473.40 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleNOC
P/E now vs peer median 17.8xmedian 26.8x
P/S now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 2.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 14.8xmedian 15.2x
P/FCF now vs peer median 21.0xmedian 25.5x
P/B now vs peer median 4.3xmedian 2.5x
PEG now vs peer median 17.45median 0.94

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsNOC
Revenue $43.59B
Gross profit $8.73B
Operating income $4.63B
Net income $4.52B
Free cash flow $3.83B
EPS (diluted) $31.74
Cash & equivalents $3.74B
Total debt $58.43B
Shares (diluted) 142.40M
Enterprise value $66.63B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricNOC
P/E 17.8x
P/FCF 21.0x
P/Operating cash flow 15.3x
P/S 1.8x
P/B 4.3x
P/Tangible book 4.3x
EV/EBITDA 14.8x
EV/EBIT 19.7x
EV/Revenue 2.1x
EV/FCF 23.8x
EV/Operating cash flow 17.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 17.45

Growth

14 metrics
MetricNOC
Revenue growth (1Y) 6.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 4.1%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 9.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 3.4%
Operating income growth (1Y) 6.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 6.4%
Net income growth (1Y) 12.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 13.3%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 1.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 53.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 12.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 108.8%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 22.3%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricNOC
Gross margin 20.0%
EBITDA margin 14.1%
Operating margin 10.6%
Pretax margin 12.0%
Net margin 10.4%
FCF margin 8.8%
Operating cash flow margin 12.1%
Return on equity 24.7%
Return on assets 8.8%
Return on invested capital 12.2%
Return on capital employed 12.2%
Asset turnover 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x
Stock comp / revenue 0.3%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricNOC
Debt / assets 27.5%
Debt / equity 0.8x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.7x
Debt / FCF 3.8x
Liabilities / assets 64.4%
Equity / assets 35.6%
Interest coverage 7.1x
Current ratio 1.2x
Quick ratio 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.3x
Altman Z-score 3.12

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricNOC
Dividend yield 1.7%
Net buyback yield 0.7%
Shareholder yield 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) 30.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) 35.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 8.0%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 7.4%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusNOC
Forward P/E 18.4xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $30.81FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +17.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +3.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $42.95BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +2.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +3.7%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersNOC
Held by institutions 83.4%
Institutions holding 1,809
Change in shares held, QoQ +0.3%
Institutions buying 840
Institutions selling 639
Buyers to sellers 1.31

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.