Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)
Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally.
Scored against other Industrials stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Northrop Grumman is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It carries less debt and has more breathing room than most other industrial companies.
- Worth watching
- The stock has been sliding and sits near the low end of its range for the year.
Analyst price target
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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…
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Employees
- 95,000
- Headquarters
- Falls Church, VA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 16.5 — lower than 80% of Industrials peers
P/B 4.1 — lower than 64% of Industrials peers
P/S 1.7 — lower than 62% of Industrials peers
EV/EBITDA 12.2 — lower than 65% of Industrials peers
EV/Revenue 2.1 — lower than 62% of Industrials peers
PEG 3.9 — lower than 8% of Industrials peers
FCF yield 3.4% — higher than 58% of Industrials peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 20.1% — higher than 23% of Industrials peers
Operating margin 11.6% — higher than 35% of Industrials peers
Net margin 10.5% — higher than 54% of Industrials peers
ROE 27.0% — higher than 60% of Industrials peers
ROA 7.1% — higher than 65% of Industrials peers
Free cash flow is 55% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 1.0 — lower than 68% of Industrials peers
Current ratio 1.17 — higher than 54% of Industrials peers
Quick ratio 1.01 — higher than 85% of Industrials peers
Cash/debt 0.14 — higher than 38% of Industrials peers
Debt/EBITDA 2.35 — lower than 60% of Industrials peers
Growth
Revenue growth 5.1% YoY — higher than 19% of Industrials peers
Earnings growth -5.8% YoY — higher than 24% of Industrials peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 29.9% — somewhat unusual vs Industrials peers
Net insider buying, +1.0% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -11.9% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.3% of shares outstanding
1.6% of float sold short
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
16% of the way from its 52-week low to high