Northrop Grumman Corp [NOC] stock is trading at $611.32, up 4.38%. 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 5.88% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 10.48%, 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 December 15, 2025, when Alembic Global Advisors upgraded its rating to a Overweight but kept the price target unchanged to $662 for it. Previously, Citigroup started tracking the stock with Buy rating on December 12, 2025, and set its price target to $654. On November 18, 2025, BNP Paribas Exane initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $710 on the stock. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $700 on October 08, 2025. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to a Hold but $542 remained the price target by the analyst firm on July 08, 2025. Goldman upgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on April 11, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $521. In a note dated March 27, 2025, RBC Capital Mkts upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $500 to $575.
Northrop Grumman Corp [NOC] stock has fluctuated between $426.24 and $640.90 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $700 within the next 12 months. Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE: NOC] shares were valued at $611.32 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 14.51% based on the average NOC price forecast.
Analyzing the NOC fundamentals
Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE:NOC] reported sales of 40.93B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.27%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.19% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.12%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.1%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.08, Equity is 0.26 and Total Capital is 0.12. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.23.
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 597.89 points at the first support level, and at 584.45 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 618.06, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 624.80.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Northrop Grumman Corp’s Current Ratio is 1.09. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.97, while the Cash Ratio is 0.15. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.13, the price to book ratio is 5.46 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.94.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Warden Kathy J, Officer, that happened on Jan 05 ’26 when 7000.0 shares were purchased. CVP & Pres. Mission Systems, ROEDER ROSHAN S completed a deal on Dec 09 ’25 to sell 84.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer ROEDER ROSHAN S bought 84.0 shares on Dec 09 ’25.
