Northrop Grumman Corp [NOC] stock is trading at $473.90, down -0.57%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The NOC shares have gain 3.86% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.12%, 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 April 11, 2025, when Goldman upgraded its rating to a Neutral but kept the price target unchanged to $521 for it. Previously, RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its rating to Outperform on March 27, 2025, and elevated its price target to $575. On February 03, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Peer Perform. Citigroup upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $587 on January 21, 2025. Truist initiated its recommendation with a Buy and recommended $544 as its price target on January 14, 2025. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on January 08, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $595. In a note dated August 27, 2024, Alembic Global Advisors downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $560.
Northrop Grumman Corp [NOC] stock has fluctuated between $418.60 and $555.57 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $551.75 within the next 12 months. Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE: NOC] shares were valued at $473.90 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 16.43% based on the average NOC price forecast.
Analyzing the NOC fundamentals
Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE:NOC] reported sales of 40.37B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a drop of -6.56%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.19% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.09%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.25 and Total Capital is 0.11. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.07.
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Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Northrop Grumman Corp’s Current Ratio is 0.94. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.82, while the Cash Ratio is 0.12. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.69, the price to book ratio is 4.56 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 18.65.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved WELSH MARK A III, Director, that happened on May 05 ’25 when 33.0 shares were sold. Director, WELSH MARK A III completed a deal on Apr 07 ’25 to sell 33.0 shares. Meanwhile, Chair, CEO and President Warden Kathy J sold 3750.0 shares on Mar 06 ’25.
