Growth Metrics

Northrop Grumman (NOC) FCF Payout Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Northrop Grumman has reported FCF Payout Ratio over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.1 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put FCF Payout Ratio at 0.1 for Q4 2025, down 40.07% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.39 (down 13.61% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.39, down 13.59%.
  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.1 at Northrop Grumman, down from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, FCF Payout Ratio for NOC hit a ceiling of 0.52 in Q2 2025 and a floor of 0.88 in Q1 2021.
  • Median FCF Payout Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.22 (2023), compared with a mean of 0.08.
  • Biggest five-year swings in FCF Payout Ratio: tumbled 389.41% in 2021 and later skyrocketed 178.68% in 2023.
  • Northrop Grumman's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.35 in 2021, then crashed by 52.65% to 0.16 in 2022, then increased by 5.49% to 0.17 in 2023, then dropped by 2.1% to 0.17 in 2024, then tumbled by 40.07% to 0.1 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for FCF Payout Ratio were 0.1 (Q4 2025), 0.26 (Q3 2025), and 0.52 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.