A share price of Northrop Grumman Corp [NOC] is currently trading at $654.61, up 0.23%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The NOC shares have gain 10.80% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 13.69%, 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 09, 2026, when Truist downgraded its rating to a Hold but kept the price target unchanged to $623 for it. Previously, Alembic Global Advisors upgraded its rating to Overweight on December 15, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $662. On December 12, 2025, Citigroup initiated with a Buy rating and assigned a price target of $654 on the stock. BNP Paribas Exane started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and suggested a price target of $710 on November 18, 2025. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy but $700 remained the price target by the analyst firm on October 08, 2025. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to Hold for this stock on July 08, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $542. In a note dated April 11, 2025, Goldman upgraded an Neutral rating on this stock but restated the target price of $521.
Northrop Grumman Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $426.24 and $654.52. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $704.38 within the next 12 months. Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE: NOC] shares were valued at $654.61 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 7.6% based on the average NOC price forecast.
Analyzing the NOC fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE:NOC] were 40.93B which represents 4.27% growth. 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 of1.06.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE:NOC] is 1.09. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.97, and the Cash Ratio is 0.15. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.28, the price to book ratio is 5.85 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.50.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Warden Kathy J, Chair, CEO and President, that happened on Jan 05 ’26 when 7000.0 shares were sold. Chair, CEO and President, Warden Kathy J completed a deal on Jan 06 ’26 to sell 3000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer Warden Kathy J bought 3000.0 shares on Jan 06 ’26.
