As on Wednesday, Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE: NOC) started slowly as it slid -5.50% to $577.01, before settling in for the price of $610.61 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, NOC posted a 52-week range of $426.24-$640.90.
In the past 5-years timespan, the Industrials sector firm’s annual sales growth was 16.47%. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 16.47%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -0.37%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $142.79 million, simultaneously with a float of $142.40 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $82.35 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $570.29, while the 200-day Moving Average is $546.71.
Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Aerospace & Defense industry. Northrop Grumman Corp’s current insider ownership accounts for 0.22%, in contrast to 83.47% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Jan 05 ’26, this organization’s Chair, CEO and President sold 7,000 shares at the rate of 600.00, making the entire transaction reach 4,200,000 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 194,602. Preceding that transaction, on Jan 06 ’26, Company’s Chair, CEO and President sold 3,000 for 615.00, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 1,845,000. This particular insider is now the holder of 191,602 in total.
Northrop Grumman Corp’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -0.37% and is forecasted to reach 28.92 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 6.40% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 16.47% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE: NOC) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.97. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $20.71, and its Beta score is 0.04. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 2.01. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 44.90.
In the same vein, NOC’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 27.86, a figure that is expected to reach 6.99 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 28.92 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Northrop Grumman Corp, NOC], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 0.9 million was lower the volume of 1.02 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 69.02% While, its Average True Range was 48.06.
Raw Stochastic average of Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 34.30%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 31.52% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 13.76 that was higher than 10.51 volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
