Growth Metrics

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

Northrop Grumman has reported Return on Invested Capital over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.06% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Invested Capital at 0.06% for Q4 2025, down 12.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.06% (down 12.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.15%, down 8.0%.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.06% at Northrop Grumman, down from 0.15% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Invested Capital for NOC hit a ceiling of 325.19% in Q2 2021 and a floor of 10.18% in Q2 2023.
  • Median Return on Invested Capital over the past 5 years was 0.21% (2022), compared with a mean of 19.83%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Invested Capital: tumbled -31479bps in 2022 and later surged 85bps in 2023.
  • Northrop Grumman's Return on Invested Capital stood at 0.63% in 2021, then tumbled by -66bps to 0.22% in 2022, then crashed by -54bps to 0.1% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 79bps to 0.18% in 2024, then plummeted by -69bps to 0.06% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Invested Capital were 0.06% (Q4 2025), 0.15% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.