Northrop Grumman is a defense company located in Virginia, United States, which is part of the Industrials sector, and is traded under the ticker NOC on the NYSE exchange.
Northrop Grumman stock last closed at $590.04, up 0.36% from the previous day, and has increased 13.61% in one year. It has underperformed other stocks in the Aerospace & Defense industry by 0.1 percentage points. Northrop Grumman stock is currently +38.43% from its 52-week low of $426.24, and -1.82% from its 52-week high of $600.99.
As of Aug 29, 2025, there are 143.18M NOC shares outstanding. The market cap of NOC is $84.48B. In the last 24 hours, 529,000 NOC shares were traded.
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Out of 12 sell side analysts who monitor NOC, the consensus analyst rating on NOC is a Buy
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Ronald Epstein, a top 9% analyst from Bank of America maintains NOC with a strong buy rating and raises their NOC price target from $550.00 to $650.00, on Jul 23, 2025.
Bank of America's Ronald Epstein raised their price target on Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) by 18.2% from $550 to $650 on 2025/07/23. The analyst maintained their Strong Buy rating on the stock.
Northrop Grumman reported its Q2 2025 earnings.
Epstein said they took away from the print that "signs that the B-21 program is on more stable footing."
Looking ahead, the analyst argued that Northup Grumman's "investments in advanced capabilities and robust global demand support a leading portfolio solidly aligned with current and future defense priorities."
For Q2 2025, Northrop Grumman reported:
For FY 2025, management guided:
Chair, CEO & President Kathy Warden commented: “The Northrop Grumman team delivered a strong second quarter, with increased sales and outstanding operating performance.
“We are working with our customers to accelerate capability delivery to enable their vision of peace through strength.
"We continue to see growing demand globally for our broad range of product offerings, which resulted in 18% international sales growth in the quarter.
"With confidence in our team and our ability to deliver for our customers, we are increasing our full-year guidance for segment operating income, EPS and free cash flow.”
Peter Arment, a top 4% analyst from Baird maintains NOC with a hold rating and raises their NOC price target from $547.00 to $565.00, on Jul 23, 2025.
Scott Deuschle, a top 6% analyst from Deutsche Bank downgrades NOC to a hold rating and lowers their NOC price target from $580.00 to $542.00, on Jul 8, 2025.
Matthew Akers, a top 5% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains NOC with a strong buy rating and lowers their NOC price target from $547.00 to $525.00, on Apr 24, 2025.
Gavin Parsons, a top 16% analyst from UBS maintains NOC with a strong buy rating and lowers their NOC price target from $583.00 to $571.00, on Apr 23, 2025.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are forecasting on the Northrop Grumman stock forecast page.
Last year, NOC earnings were $3.95B. During the past 5 year, NOC's earnings have grown by 13.66% per year. This was slower than the Aerospace & Defense industry average of 42.03%.
Last year, NOC revenue was $40.50B. In the last 5 year, NOC's revenue has gone up by 3.14% per year. This was slower than the Aerospace & Defense industry average of 9.45%.
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Over the last year, insiders at NOC have sold more shares than they have bought.
Thomas H. Jones, CVP Pres Aeronautics Systems of NOC, was the latest NOC insider to sell. They sold $382,725.00 worth of NOC shares on Jul 17, 2025.
Get more info about who owns NOC stock here.
Northrop Grumman pays a dividend of 1.44%, compared to the Aerospace & Defense industry's average dividend yield of 1.33%. If you owned $1,000 of NOC stock, you would have received $14.39 last year.
Northrop Grumman dividend payments have consistently grown over the past decade and have remained stable.
Dig into more analysis about Northrop Grumman dividend yield and history here.
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