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NOC · Northrop Grumman Corporation

Aerospace & DefenseUnited StatesAnalyst view: Buy

$542.24

+0.30% last session

End-of-day data · updated 2026-07-28

Neutral2 bullish · 2 bearish technical signals
Consensus: Buy (1.91 from 21 analysts)
To mean target: +18.7%

Market cap

$78B

Enterprise value

$93B

Trailing P/E

17.4

Forward P/E

18.0

Dividend yield

2.0%

Beta

-0.10

Avg volume

1M

Employees

95K

2D change

5D change

2.64%

10D change

4.99%

30D change

9.51%

60D change

-2.43%

MTD change

5.31%

YTD change

-3.24%

Analyst Outlook

Consensus ratingBuy
Recommendation mean (1–5)1.91
Covering analysts21
Mean price target$643.38
Low price target$533.00
Upside to mean target+18.7%

Analyst estimates change daily — follow the shifts on the Estimate Trends page.

Technical Analysis

RSI (14)57.9
50-day MA$535.83
200-day MA$604.61
Price vs 50-day MA+2.5%
Price vs 200-day MA-9.2%
MACD histogram2.98
Volume vs 3-month avg0.7×
52w low $496.0252w high $764.65

Analyst sentiment over time — NOC

Rec Mean (blue, left — higher = more bullish) vs. price targets (right).

Investment Bank Ratings as of 2026-07-23

Latest call per bank · past 12 months

JP Morgan

Neutral

$600

+10.7% vs price
▼ cut from $635Maintains · 2026-07-23

UBS

Buy

$685

+26.3% vs price
▲ raised from $666Maintains · 2026-07-22

Goldman Sachs

Neutral

$533

-1.7% vs price
▼ cut from $603Maintains · 2026-07-14

Citigroup

Buy

$587

+8.3% vs price
▼ cut from $628Maintains · 2026-07-01

Jefferies

Hold

$580

+7.0% vs price
▼ cut from $620Maintains · 2026-06-26

Morgan Stanley

Overweight

$745

+37.4% vs price
▼ cut from $765Maintains · 2026-04-22

Wells Fargo

Overweight

$800

+47.5% vs price
▲ raised from $0.00Initiates · 2026-04-01

RBC Capital

Outperform

$750

+38.3% vs price
▲ raised from $715Maintains · 2026-01-28

Bank of America

Buy

$750

+38.3% vs price
▲ raised from $685Maintains · 2026-01-28

Deutsche Bank

Buy

$700

+29.1% vs price
▲ raised from $575Upgrade · 2025-10-08

Barclays

Equal-Weight

$580

+7.0% vs price
▲ raised from $500Maintains · 2025-07-29

Recent rating actions

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-07-23JP MorganMaintainsNeutral$635 $600
2026-07-22TD CowenMaintainsHold$580 $550
2026-07-22SusquehannaMaintainsPositive$785 $655
2026-07-22UBSMaintainsBuy$666 $685
2026-07-14Goldman SachsMaintainsNeutral$603 $533
2026-07-13TD CowenMaintainsHold$680 $580
2026-07-01CitigroupMaintainsBuy$628 $587
2026-06-26JefferiesMaintainsHold$620 $580

Ratings and price targets are the published opinions of the issuing banks, compiled from Yahoo Finance rating actions — not investment advice.

Signal Summary as of 2026-07-28

  • RSI (14): RSI is 58 — neutral momentum, neither overbought nor oversold.
  • Price vs 50-day MA: Trading 2.5% above the 50-day MA ($535.83).
  • Price vs 200-day MA: Trading 9.2% below the 200-day MA ($604.61).
  • MA cross: The 50-day MA sits below the 200-day MA (death-cross regime) — the longer-term trend points down.
  • MACD (12,26,9): MACD histogram is positive (+2.98) — short-term momentum is improving.
  • 52-week range: Price sits between the 52-week low ($496.02) and high ($764.65).

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Fundamentals

Revenue (TTM)$43B
EBITDA$7.0B
Free cash flow$2.0B
Operating cash flow$5.0B
Book value / share$120.50
Net debt / EBITDA2.0
WACC1.0%
Revenue growth5.00%
Earnings growth-6.00%

About Northrop Grumman Corporation

Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Aeronautics Systems, Defense Systems, Mission Systems and Space Systems. The Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, produces, integrates, sustains, and modernizes aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; and strategic long-range strike aircraft, tactical fighter and air dominance aircraft, and airborne battle management and command and control systems. Its Defense Systems segment designs, develops, integrates, and produces strategic deterrent systems, tactical weapons, and missile defense solutions; and provides sustainment, modernization, and training services for manned and unmanned aircraft and electronics systems. This segment also offers strategic missiles; integrated all-domain command and control systems; precision strike weapons; tactical solid rocket motors, and high-speed air-breathing and hypersonic systems; high-performance gun systems, ammunition, precision munitions, and advanced fuzes; and sustainment, operation, and modernization. The Mission Systems segment provides command, control, communication and computer, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared, and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; microelectronics; navigation and positioning sensors; maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems; cyber solutions; and intelligence processing systems. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites, spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors, and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; and launch vehicles and related propulsion systems. The company was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

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