Northrop Grumman NOC
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$514.91 -13.11 (-2.48%)
At close: Sep 4, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

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

Northrop Grumman (NOC) posted Payout Ratio of 0.32 for Q2 2026, down 15.69% on a QoQ basis from 0.38 in Q1 2026, and up 13.45% year-over-year from 0.28 in Q2 2025.

Analysis

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

Northrop Grumman has reported Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.32 in Q2 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio rose 13.45% year-over-year to 0.32 in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was 0.3, a 4.44% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 0.31, up 8.81% from the prior year.
  • Payout Ratio was 0.32 for Q2 2026 at Northrop Grumman, down from 0.38 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Payout Ratio was 0.63 in Q1 2025, with the low at 0.53 in Q4 2023.
  • Average Payout Ratio over 5 years is 0.26, with a median of 0.3 recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Payout Ratio slumped 512.17% in 2023, then surged 144.88% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Payout Ratio stood at 0.13 in 2022, then plunged by 512.17% to 0.53 in 2023, then soared by 144.88% to 0.24 in 2024, then dropped by 2.54% to 0.23 in 2025, then surged by 39.16% to 0.32 in 2026.
  • The last three Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.32 (Q2 2026), 0.38 (Q1 2026), and 0.23 (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr)
1 Lockheed Martin 121.20 Bn 117.41 Bn 2.45 Bn
2 General Dynamics 97.24 Bn 92.90 Bn 6.76 Bn
3 Motorola Solutions 77.45 Bn 76.75 Bn 1.68 Bn
4 Northrop Grumman 73.15 Bn 70.84 Bn 3.72 Bn
5 L3Harris Technologies 47.76 Bn 47.20 Bn 1.50 Bn
6 Elbit Systems 32.66 Bn 31.70 Bn 579.01 Mn
7 Teledyne Technologies 28.32 Bn 27.98 Bn 738.10 Mn
8 Curtiss Wright 20.93 Bn 20.46 Bn 364.09 Mn
9 Leidos Holdings 16.70 Bn 16.01 Bn 817.00 Mn
10 Caci International 13.78 Bn 13.58 Bn 913.55 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.32
Mar 31, 2026 0.38
Dec 31, 2025 0.23
Sep 30, 2025 0.30
Jun 30, 2025 0.28
Mar 31, 2025 0.63
Dec 31, 2024 0.24
Sep 30, 2024 0.29
Jun 30, 2024 0.32
Mar 31, 2024 0.30
Dec 31, 2023 -0.53
Sep 30, 2023 0.30
Jun 30, 2023 0.35
Mar 31, 2023 0.32
Dec 31, 2022 0.13
Sep 30, 2022 0.29
Jun 30, 2022 0.29
Mar 31, 2022 0.26
Dec 31, 2021 0.09
Sep 30, 2021 0.24