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Northrop Grumman (NOC) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Northrop Grumman has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.05% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.05% for Q4 2025, down 5.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.05% (down 5.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.12%, down 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.05% at Northrop Grumman, up from 0.04% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for NOC hit a ceiling of 0.18% in Q3 2021 and a floor of 0.04% in Q3 2025.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 5 years was 0.06% (2022), compared with a mean of 0.08%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: increased 6bps in 2021 and later dropped -13bps in 2022.
  • Northrop Grumman's Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.15% in 2021, then tumbled by -58bps to 0.06% in 2022, then dropped by -13bps to 0.05% in 2023, then surged by 79bps to 0.09% in 2024, then tumbled by -53bps to 0.05% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.05% (Q4 2025), 0.04% (Q3 2025), and 0.04% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.