How to buy Northrop Grumman Corporation stock in Canada

Northrop Grumman Corporation is an aerospace & defense business based in the US. Northrop Grumman Corporation shares (NOC) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars.

Its last market close was $486.04 , which is a decrease of 0.13% over the previous week. Northrop Grumman Corporation employs 97,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $40.4 billion.

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Northrop Grumman Corporation stock price (NYSE: NOC)

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Information last updated 2025-05-01.

Latest market close	$486.04
52-week range	$413.34 - $550.76
50-day moving average more info button	$490.67
200-day moving average more info button	$494.50
Wall St. target price	$541.58
PE ratio more info button	19.198
Dividend yield more info button	$8.24 (1.69%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$25.35

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Is Northrop Grumman Corporation stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Northrop Grumman Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Northrop Grumman Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Northrop Grumman Corporation's P/E ratio

Northrop Grumman Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 19x. In other words, Northrop Grumman Corporation shares trade at around 19x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the stock or simply that they're under-valued.

Northrop Grumman Corporation's PEG ratio

Northrop Grumman Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.9104. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the stocks offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Northrop Grumman Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Northrop Grumman Corporation's EBITDA

Northrop Grumman Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $6.3 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Northrop Grumman Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Northrop Grumman Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$40.4 billion
Operating margin TTM	7.43%
Gross profit TTM	$7.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	6.4%
Return on equity TTM	25.41%
Profit margin	9.19%
Book value	$104.00
Market Capitalization more info button	$70 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Northrop Grumman Corporation stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 35.72% of net profits

Recently Northrop Grumman Corporation has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Northrop Grumman Corporation shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Northrop Grumman Corporation's case, that would currently equate to about $8.24 per share.

While Northrop Grumman Corporation's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Northrop Grumman Corporation may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Northrop Grumman Corporation's most recent dividend payout was on 18 March 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 2 March 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Northrop Grumman Corporation's stocks ever split?

Northrop Grumman Corporation's stocks were split on a 10000:9035 basis on 30 March 2011 . So if you had owned 9035 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 10000 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Northrop Grumman Corporation stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 9.7% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Northrop Grumman Corporation stocks, which in turn could have impacted Northrop Grumman Corporation's stock price.

Northrop Grumman Corporation stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Northrop Grumman Corporation's stocks have ranged in value from as little as $413.3437 up to $550.7645. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Northrop Grumman Corporation's is 0.193. This would suggest that Northrop Grumman Corporation's stocks are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Northrop Grumman Corporation overview

Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, the Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The company's Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, sustains, and modernizes aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic, and surveillance and reconnaissance systems; and strategic long-range strike aircraft, tactical fighter and air dominance aircraft, and airborne battle management and command and control systems. Its Defense Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces strategic deterrent systems, tactical weapons, and missile defense solutions; and provides sustainment, modernization, and training services for manned and unmanned aircraft and electronics systems. This segment also offers strategic missiles; integrated all-domain command and control systems; precision strike weapons; tactical solid rocket motors, and high speed air-breathing and hypersonic systems; high-performance gun systems, ammunition, precision munitions, and advanced fuzes; and aircraft and mission systems logistics support, sustainment, operation, and modernization. The company's Mission Systems segment provides command, control, communication and computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared, and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; microelectronics; navigation and positioning sensors; maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems; cyber solutions; and intelligence processing systems. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites, spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors, and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; and launch vehicles and related propulsion systems.

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Northrop Grumman Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.226% of Northrop Grumman Corporation stocks are held by insiders and 84.064% by institutions. How many people work for Northrop Grumman Corporation?
Latest data suggests 97,000 work at Northrop Grumman Corporation. When does the fiscal year end for Northrop Grumman Corporation?
Northrop Grumman Corporation's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Northrop Grumman Corporation based?
Northrop Grumman Corporation's address is: 2980 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA, United States, 22042 What is Northrop Grumman Corporation's ISIN number?
Northrop Grumman Corporation's international securities identification number is: US6668071029 What is Northrop Grumman Corporation's CUSIP number?
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 666807102

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