Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC): Price and Financial Metrics

NOC POWR Grades

• NOC scores best on the Sentiment dimension, with a Sentiment rank ahead of 86.43% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for NOC is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 177 days.
• NOC ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 48th percentile.

NOC Stock Summary

• NOC has a market capitalization of $69,677,547,148 -- more than approximately 97.02% of US stocks.
• NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP's stock had its IPO on January 1, 1986, making it an older stock than 93.5% of US equities in our set.
• The volatility of NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP's share price is greater than that of just 10.63% US stocks with at least 200 days of trading history.
• Stocks that are quantitatively similar to NOC, based on their financial statements, market capitalization, and price volatility, are FISV, INFY, ITW, CI, and RELX.
• NOC's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP's official web site, go to www.northropgrumman.com.

NOC Valuation Summary

• NOC's EV/EBIT ratio is 12.4; this is 20.51% lower than that of the median Industrials stock.
• Over the past 243 months, NOC's price/earnings ratio has gone down 227.4.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for NOC.

NOC Growth Metrics

Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 187.95%.
• The 2 year net cashflow from operations growth rate now stands at -25.42%.
• The year over year net income to common stockholders growth rate now stands at 27.66%.

NOC's revenue has moved down $638,000,000 over the prior 15 months.

The table below shows NOC's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2022-12-31	36,602	2,901	4,896
2022-09-30	35,208	2,092	5,526
2022-06-30	34,957	1,920	5,674
2022-03-31	35,307	3,145	5,765
2021-12-31	35,667	3,567	7,005
2021-09-30	37,240	3,727	4,625

NOC's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• NOC has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 81.11% of graded US stocks.
• NOC's asset turnover comes in at 0.874 -- ranking 59th of 208 Electronic Equipment stocks.
• MINM, QRVO, and NEON are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with NOC.

The table below shows NOC's key quality metrics over time.