Growth Metrics

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

Northrop Grumman has reported Return on Sales over the past 17 years, most recently at 0.12% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.12% for Q4 2025, changed 0.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.1% (changed 0.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.1%, changed 0.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.12% at Northrop Grumman, up from 0.11% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for NOC hit a ceiling of 0.31% in Q4 2021 and a floor of 0.05% in Q4 2023.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.11% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.12%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: rose 28bps in 2021 and later fell -26bps in 2023.
  • Northrop Grumman's Return on Sales stood at 0.31% in 2021, then crashed by -34bps to 0.21% in 2022, then tumbled by -124bps to 0.05% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 335bps to 0.12% in 2024, then grew by 3bps to 0.12% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.12% (Q4 2025), 0.11% (Q3 2025), and 0.11% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.