Growth Metrics

Northrop Grumman (NOC) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Northrop Grumman has reported Return on Equity over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.26% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.26% for Q4 2025, down 2.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.26% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.26%, down 2.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.26% at Northrop Grumman, down from 0.5% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for NOC hit a ceiling of 886.92% in Q1 2022 and a floor of 30.89% in Q2 2023.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.56% (2025), compared with a mean of 92.84%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Equity hit 61323bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached -27717bps in 2022.
  • Northrop Grumman's Return on Equity stood at 1.24% in 2021, then tumbled by -37bps to 0.78% in 2022, then plummeted by -83bps to 0.13% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 108bps to 0.28% in 2024, then fell by -8bps to 0.26% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.26% (Q4 2025), 0.5% (Q3 2025), and 0.52% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.