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Northrop Grumman (NOC) stock analysis

$539.31+0.99%Data as of Oct 21, 2026
  • NOC gained 5.8% over the past month versus 0.0% for the S&P 500, ranking 162nd of 497 S&P 500 stocks.
  • Over 12 months it returned −9.8%, 25.6 points behind the S&P 500, and trades 29.8% below its 52-week high.
  • In the last 30 days 2 analysts raised earnings estimates and 1 cut; forward EPS moved −0.3% (0.0% over 90 days).
  • It sits in the Defense prime contractors segment of the Aerospace & Defense, where the 1-month median return is +3.3%.
  • The daily chart reads Trend transition · Unresolved structure (since Oct 20, 2026).
Market cap$76.6B
12-month return−9.8%
Forward P/E17.8×
Mean target vs price+14.8%

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Performance vs the market

Total price return against the S&P 500 (SPY) and the median of US stocks in the same sector.

NOC+5.8%
Sector median−3.9%
S&P 5000.0%
NOC+1.1%
Sector median−9.0%
S&P 500+4.7%
NOC−8.5%
Sector median−7.4%
S&P 500+8.7%
NOC−9.8%
Sector median+0.5%
S&P 500+15.8%
1-month rank in the S&P 500162 / 497
3-month rank in its sector · Industrials163 / 565

Chart structure

Read by our daily-bar structure engine from swing highs, swing lows and moving averages.

Trend transition · Unresolved structureAwaiting confirmation

Holding since Oct 20, 2026

  • Price and averages have mixed alignment
  • EMA50 fell over the last ten sessions
  • Intermediate and long-term directions differ
  • Neither a stable trend nor a range is confirmed
This pattern on this stock

93 occurrences in 10 years. The median move over the next 20 sessions was +0.6%, positive 51% of the time, against +0.7% for any day in the same period.

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Analyst earnings revisions

Changes to the consensus forward-EPS estimate. Rising estimates mean analysts see more profit ahead.

Forward EPS$30.37
30-day change−0.3%
90-day change0.0%
Mean target$619.08 +14.8%
Raised (30d) 2Cut (30d) 1

24 analysts cover the stock

Fundamental shape vs peers

Six dimensions on fixed scales. The filled shape is the company; the outline is the peer average.

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Ahead of peersValuation

Behind peersGrowth, Profit

PeersSPCX · GE · RTX · BA

Where it sits in the supply chain

Aerospace & Defense · OEMs & primes

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Supplied by
Communications, mission systems & avionics+0.2%
LHX+3.2%1 monthHONA−2.9%1 month
Its segment
Defense prime contractors+3.3%
LMT+5.6%1 monthNOC+5.8%1 monthGD+0.4%1 monthHII+1.1%1 month

Platforms and integration depend on budgets, contract terms and execution.

Chokepoint Missiles and munitions depend on solid rocket motors; the US has two main makers, and new capacity needs plants and long qualification, pacing munitions output.

Sells into
Airline & government customers−8.8%
DAL−7.4%1 monthUAL−11.8%1 monthLUV−5.2%1 monthAAL−10.1%1 month

Figures are each company's 1-month return; the segment shows its median · Doubler daily batch · company chain maps

Risk profile

Max drawdown, 12M−38.4%
Volatility, 60D27.4%
From 52-week high−29.8%
From 52-week low+13.9%
Trailing P/E17.1×
Forward P/E17.8×

Themes

  • Defense Prime3M rank 13 / 79
LMTLockheed MartinGDGeneral DynamicsHIIHuntington Ingalls Industries,LHXL3Harris Technologies, Inc.DALDelta Air Lines, Inc.UALUnited Airlines Holdings, Inc.LUVSouthwest Airlines CompanyGEGE Aerospace

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