Northrop Grumman NOC
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$551.03 -12.83 (-2.28%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Northrop Grumman (NOC) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Northrop Grumman (NOC) posted quarterly FCF Payout Ratio of 0.36 for Q2 2026, down 31.14% year-over-year from 0.52 in Q2 2025, and up 296.48% quarter-over-quarter from 0.18 in Q1 2026.

Northrop Grumman (NOC) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Northrop Grumman's FCF Payout Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.36 for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, FCF Payout Ratio fell 31.14% year-over-year to 0.36; the TTM figure through Jun 2026 stood at 0.37 (down 60.93% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.39, down 13.59% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q2 2026 stood at 0.36, up from 0.18 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Payout Ratio was 0.52 in Q2 2025, with the low at 0.59 in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.17 (2023), against an average of 0.09.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Payout Ratio slumped 284.41% in 2022, then jumped 178.68% in 2023.
  • Northrop Grumman's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.16 in 2022, then climbed by 5.49% to 0.17 in 2023, then decreased by 2.1% to 0.17 in 2024, then sank by 40.07% to 0.1 in 2025, then soared by 252.9% to 0.36 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows NOC's FCF Payout Ratio at 0.36 in Q2 2026, 0.18 in Q1 2026, and 0.1 in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 General Electric 362.92 Bn 353.58 Bn 6.95 Bn 0.17
2 Rtx 284.24 Bn 275.94 Bn 9.91 Bn 0.65
3 Boeing 169.32 Bn 149.30 Bn 2.41 Bn 0.14
4 Lockheed Martin 129.93 Bn 126.14 Bn 2.45 Bn 0.27
5 Howmet Aerospace 108.64 Bn 108.07 Bn 951.00 Mn 0.10
6 General Dynamics 103.62 Bn 99.29 Bn 6.76 Bn 0.26
7 Northrop Grumman 78.44 Bn 76.14 Bn 3.72 Bn 0.36
8 TransDigm 69.14 Bn 66.37 Bn 1.63 Bn -
9 Axon Enterprise 50.64 Bn 49.97 Bn 546.45 Mn -
10 L3Harris Technologies 49.64 Bn 48.12 Bn 1.50 Bn 0.30

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.36
Mar 31, 2026 -0.18
Dec 31, 2025 0.10
Sep 30, 2025 0.26
Jun 30, 2025 0.52
Mar 31, 2025 -0.17
Dec 31, 2024 0.17
Sep 30, 2024 0.41
Jun 30, 2024 0.28
Mar 31, 2024 -0.29
Dec 31, 2023 0.17
Sep 30, 2023 0.33
Jun 30, 2023 0.46
Mar 31, 2023 -0.27
Dec 31, 2022 0.16
Sep 30, 2022 0.26
Jun 30, 2022 -0.59
Mar 31, 2022 -0.34
Dec 31, 2021 0.35
Sep 30, 2021 0.28