Northrop Grumman Corporation
$521.57+0.6%YTD-8.9%1Y-0.2%
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $NOC, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $NOC.
Aerospace & Defense
No material change from last week — institutions now mark RKLB, LUNR, and RDW against SPCX's $1.
What this means for $NOC
Direct beneficiary — Makes the B-21 stealth bomber, space systems, missile defense interceptors, and C4ISR electronics for US defense; core operations sit in the path of the defense budget expansion and space commercialization.
Top industry ETF
$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+7.1%YTD
+18.8%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
16.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
10.3%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
11.1%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
4.3%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
1.8Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
28.1%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
20.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
1.0Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026Apr 21, 2026$6.14$6.06+1.3%
Q4 2025Jan 27, 2026$7.23$6.98+3.6%
Q3 2025Oct 21, 2025$7.67$6.44+19.1%
Q2 2025Jul 22, 2025$7.11$6.92+2.7%
Next earningsTue, Jul 21·consensus EPS $6.84
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$9.9B+4.4%19.8%10.0%$6.16$-1.8B
Q4 FY25$11.7B+9.6%19.6%8.9%$9.99$3.2B
Q3 FY25$10.4B+4.3%21.4%11.9%$7.69$1.3B
Q2 FY25$10.4B+1.3%21.4%13.8%$8.17$637.0M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$44.0B$43.9B – $44.2B$27.95$27.69 – $28.1216
FY27$47.0B$46.1B – $48.1B$30.17$29.42 – $30.9516
FY28$49.9B$49.8B – $50.1B$32.77$29.75 – $34.6717
FY29$51.9B$51.3B – $52.7B$34.45$33.95 – $35.1214
FY30$55.0B$54.4B – $55.8B$37.06$36.51 – $37.788
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.9%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-3.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-15.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatMid float · 141.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.9% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β-0.105-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.FilingActive offeringA shelf registration (S-3 / S-3ASR / S-1) or prospectus supplement (424B*) was filed in the last 90 days — the company is registered to (or actively) issuing new shares. Dilution risk.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KShareholder voteMay 218-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary
S-3ASRAuto-shelf registrationApr 21S-3ASR
AI summary
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 138-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
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Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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