Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE: NOC): Think Like A Lender, Not An Investor

Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE:NOC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 1.19M but it saw 924223 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 68.41B USD, the company’s current market price of $475.32 came falling about -0.03 while comparing to the previous closing price of $475.47. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $555.57 and as low as $418.60. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $473.75 while lowest mark touched by it was $478.09.

The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the Goldman which upgraded the stock as “Neutral” in its note to investors issued on April 11, 2025, recommending a price target of $521 for it. RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “Sector Perform” on March 27, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $500-$575.

Over the week, NOC’s stock price is moving -0.27% down while it is -1.65% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 1.28% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 1.74%.

The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Apr-21, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 6.59 while estimate for next year EPS is 25.2. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $10.73B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $42.13B and seeing the company making $44.12B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $10.15B for current-quarter revenue.

Currently, Northrop Grumman Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 144.07M with 0.23% of that held by the insiders while 84.70% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 11.97% and return on equity (ROE) at 25.41%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.71 while having a 16.57 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.13. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 4.57 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.69. Its return on asset (ROA) is 7.71% on average.

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