At the time of writing, Northrop Grumman Corp [NOC] stock is trading at $499.77, down -0.53%. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The NOC shares have gain 5.82% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 6.99%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE: NOC] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 21, 2025, when Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy but kept the price target unchanged to $587 for it. Previously, Truist started tracking the stock with Buy rating on January 14, 2025, and set its price target to $544. On January 08, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Overweight but maintained its price target of $595 on the stock. Alembic Global Advisors downgraded its rating to a Neutral but stick to its price target of $560 on August 27, 2024. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $575 on July 29, 2024. BTIG Research started tracking with a Buy rating for this stock on June 26, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $565. In a note dated June 21, 2024, Bernstein downgraded an Mkt Perform rating on this stock but restated the target price of $477.
For the past year, the stock price of Northrop Grumman Corp fluctuated between $418.60 and $555.57. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $549.62 within the next 12 months. Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE: NOC] shares were valued at $499.77 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 9.97% based on the average NOC price forecast.
Analyzing the NOC fundamentals
According to Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE:NOC], the company’s sales were 40.98B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 2.26% jump. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.17% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.07%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.07%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.16 and Total Capital is 0.08. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.12.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 492.79 points at the first support level, and at 485.80 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 507.20, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 514.62.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE:NOC] has a current ratio of 1.08. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.95 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.25. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.78, the price to book ratio is 4.94 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 30.95.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WELSH MARK A III, Director, that happened on Jan 06 ’25 when 33.0 shares were sold. Director, WELSH MARK A III completed a deal on Dec 05 ’24 to sell 33.0 shares. Meanwhile, Affiliate Mark Welsh bought 99.0 shares on Dec 05 ’24.