Compare Stocks: HII, NOC, and LMT

Comparative Price Performance Over Time

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$279.36 -0.8%	$297.38	$263.62 ▼ $460.00	$11.10B	0.23	371,905 shs	445,849 shs
LMT Lockheed Martin	$524.40 -1.1%	$555.94	$437.25 ▼ $692.00	$122.35B	0.1	1.02 million shs	986,560 shs
NOC Northrop Grumman	$518.19 -0.1%	$543.96	$479.02 ▼ $774.00	$73.71B	-0.11	713,775 shs	588,051 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	-0.92%	-2.08%	-14.53%	-6.07%	+2.78%
LMT Lockheed Martin	-1.07%	-0.03%	-13.61%	-2.88%	+13.14%
NOC Northrop Grumman	-0.11%	+0.84%	-10.18%	-5.68%	-10.58%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$279.36 -0.8%	$297.38	$263.62 ▼ $460.00	$11.10B	0.23	371,905 shs	445,849 shs
LMT Lockheed Martin	$524.40 -1.1%	$555.94	$437.25 ▼ $692.00	$122.35B	0.1	1.02 million shs	986,560 shs
NOC Northrop Grumman	$518.19 -0.1%	$543.96	$479.02 ▼ $774.00	$73.71B	-0.11	713,775 shs	588,051 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	-0.92%	-2.08%	-14.53%	-6.07%	+2.78%
LMT Lockheed Martin	-1.07%	-0.03%	-13.61%	-2.88%	+13.14%
NOC Northrop Grumman	-0.11%	+0.84%	-10.18%	-5.68%	-10.58%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	2.50	Moderate Buy	$368.88	32.04% Upside
LMT Lockheed Martin	2.47	Hold	$637.56	21.58% Upside
NOC Northrop Grumman	2.65	Moderate Buy	$662.25	27.80% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest HII, NOC, and LMT Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/10/2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
9/8/2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$685.00 ➝ $704.00
9/8/2026	LMT Lockheed Martin	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$581.00 ➝ $674.00
9/2/2026	LMT Lockheed Martin	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Hold
8/31/2026	HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/26/2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C) ➝ Hold (C+)
8/25/2026	HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$341.00
8/19/2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Hold	$550.00 ➝ $590.00
8/17/2026	HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Hold (C)
8/13/2026	LMT Lockheed Martin	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold (C+) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/13/2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy	$617.00 ➝ $667.00

(Data available from 9/12/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$12.48B	0.88	$23.59 per share	11.84	$129.27 per share	2.16
LMT Lockheed Martin	$75.05B	1.61	$35.87 per share	14.62	$29.21 per share	17.95
NOC Northrop Grumman	$42.89B	1.72	$37.01 per share	14.00	$117.49 per share	4.41

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$605M	$16.78	16.65	13.39	1.06	5.01%	12.89%	5.26%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
LMT Lockheed Martin	$5.02B	$27.13	19.33	15.92	1.15	8.16%	91.42%	11.02%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)
NOC Northrop Grumman	$4.18B	$31.48	16.46	17.02	3.04	10.48%	24.25%	8.15%	10/20/2026 (Estimated)

Latest HII, NOC, and LMT Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/30/2026	Q2 2026	HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$3.79	$5.27	+$1.48	$5.27	$3.15 billion	$3.42 billion
7/23/2026	Q2 2026	LMT Lockheed Martin	$7.22	$7.94	+$0.72	$7.94	$19.34 billion	$20.06 billion
7/21/2026	Q2 2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	$6.82	$7.68	+$0.86	$7.68	$10.80 billion	$10.88 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	$5.52	1.98%	+5.12%	32.90%	13 Years
LMT Lockheed Martin	$13.80	2.63%	+6.38%	50.87%	22 Years
NOC Northrop Grumman	$9.88	1.91%	+9.66%	31.39%	22 Years

Latest HII, NOC, and LMT Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/22/2026	LMT Lockheed Martin	quarterly	$3.45	2.54%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/25/2026
8/19/2026	NOC Northrop Grumman	quarterly	$2.47	1.83%	8/31/2026	8/31/2026	9/16/2026
7/29/2026	HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	quarterly	$1.38	1.88%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/11/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	0.51	1.23	1.14
LMT Lockheed Martin	2.34	1.19	1.01
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.81	1.17	1.06

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	90.46%
LMT Lockheed Martin	74.19%
NOC Northrop Grumman	83.40%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	0.80%
LMT Lockheed Martin	0.13%
NOC Northrop Grumman	0.21%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries	44,000	39.40 million	39.09 million	Optionable
LMT Lockheed Martin	123,000	230.79 million	230.49 million	Optionable
NOC Northrop Grumman	95,000	142.03 million	141.74 million	Optionable

HII, NOC, and LMT Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Holdings Lifted by RFG Advisory LLC

September 12 at 4:48 AM | marketbeat.com

NewEdge Advisors LLC Sells 3,188 Shares of Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC

September 12 at 3:53 AM | marketbeat.com

Can Northrop Grumman's European Expansion Drive Growth?

September 11 at 1:36 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Can Northrop Grumman's European Expansion Drive Growth?

September 11 at 12:11 PM | zacks.com

Northrop Grumman: Defense Could Outperform In An AI Unwind, But I Still Prefer Cash

September 11 at 9:11 AM | seekingalpha.com

Northrop Grumman: Defense Could Outperform In An AI Unwind, But I Still Prefer Cash

September 11 at 9:00 AM | seekingalpha.com

Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC Shares Bought by National Pension Service

September 11 at 4:23 AM | marketbeat.com

Engineers Gate Manager LP Raises Stock Holdings in Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC

September 11 at 4:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Amundi Buys 8,880 Shares of Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC

September 11 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman expands CEE defense partnerships amid NATO buildup

September 10 at 5:30 PM | seekingalpha.com

Navy Will Soon Name Boeing or Northrop to Build Fighter Jet

September 10 at 12:29 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Northrop Grumman to Participate in the 14th Annual Morgan Stanley Laguna Conference

September 10 at 8:59 AM | globenewswire.com

Northrop Grumman stock heads into the open after a 0.4 percent drop

September 10 at 7:28 AM | ad-hoc-news.deA

Northrop Grumman Test Flies Lumberjack One-Way Attack System With Magnet Navigation

September 9 at 3:17 PM | defensedaily.comD

Northrop Grumman (NOC) Just Won Another Missile-Defense Contract. Why Does the Stock Still Trade at a Discount?

September 9 at 3:17 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Army Awards Nearly $5 Billion CIRCM Full-Rate Production Deal To Northrop Grumman

September 9 at 10:16 AM | defensedaily.comD

SandboxAQ Completes Successful Flight Test of AQNav's Quantum Navigation Technology on Northrop Grumman's Lumberjack® Attritable Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

September 9 at 10:16 AM | finance.yahoo.com

SandboxAQ Completes Successful Flight Test of AQNav's Quantum Navigation Technology on Northrop Grumman's Lumberjack® Attritable Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)

September 9 at 10:00 AM | prnewswire.com

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Buys 2,580 Shares of Northrop Grumman Corporation $NOC

September 9 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Northrop Grumman stock gains as UBS lifts price target after major Army contract

September 8, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Should You Buy GE Aerospace Stock On Cash That Came Early?

September 8, 2026 | trefis.comT

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HII, NOC, and LMT Company Descriptions

Huntington Ingalls Industries NYSE:HII

$279.36 -2.31 (-0.82%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$279.71 +0.36 (+0.13%)

As of 09/11/2026 08:00 PM Eastern

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. designs, builds, overhauls, and repairs military ships in the United States. It operates through three segments: Ingalls, Newport News, and Mission Technologies. The company is involved in the design and construction of non-nuclear ships comprising amphibious assault ships; expeditionary warfare ships; surface combatants; and national security cutters for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard. It also provides nuclear-powered ships, such as aircraft carriers and submarines, as well as refueling and overhaul, and inactivation services of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. In addition, the company offers naval nuclear support services, including fleet services comprising design, construction, maintenance, and disposal activities for in-service the U.S. Navy nuclear ships; and maintenance services on nuclear reactor prototypes. Further, the company provides C5ISR systems and operations; application of artificial intelligence and machine learning to battlefield decisions; defensive and offensive cyberspace strategies and electronic warfare; live, virtual, and constructive solutions; unmanned, autonomous systems; and fleet sustainment; and critical nuclear operations. Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Newport News, Virginia.

Lockheed Martin NYSE:LMT

$524.40 -5.72 (-1.08%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$524.55 +0.15 (+0.03%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:59 PM Eastern

Lockheed Martin Corporation, a security and aerospace company, engages in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration, and sustainment of technology systems, products, and services worldwide. The company operates through Aeronautics, Missiles and Fire Control, Rotary and Mission Systems, and Space segments. The Aeronautics segment offers combat and air mobility aircraft, unmanned air vehicles, and related technologies. The Missiles and Fire Control segment provides air and missile defense systems; tactical missiles and air-to-ground precision strike weapon systems; logistics; fire control systems; mission operations support, readiness, engineering support, and integration services; manned and unmanned ground vehicles; and energy management solutions. The Rotary and Mission Systems segment offers military and commercial helicopters, surface ships, sea and land-based missile defense systems, radar systems, sea and air-based mission and combat systems, command and control mission solutions, cyber solutions, and simulation and training solutions. The Space segment offers satellites; space transportation systems; strategic, advanced strike, and defensive systems; and classified systems and services in support of national security systems. This segment also provides network-enabled situational awareness and integrates space and ground global systems to help its customers gather, analyze, and securely distribute critical intelligence data. It serves primarily serves the U.S. government, as well as foreign military sales contracted through the U.S. government. The company was founded in 1912 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

Northrop Grumman NYSE:NOC

$518.19 -0.76 (-0.15%)

Closing price 09/11/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$519.00 +0.81 (+0.16%)

As of 09/11/2026 07:58 PM Eastern

Northrop Grumman Corporation operates as an aerospace and defense technology company in the United States, Asia/Pacific, Europe, and internationally. The company's Aeronautics Systems segment designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, and sustains aircraft systems. This segment also offers unmanned autonomous aircraft systems, including high-altitude long-endurance strategic ISR systems and vertical take-off and landing tactical ISR 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 tactical weapons and missile defense solutions, and provides sustainment, modernization, and training services for manned and unmanned aircraft and electronics systems. It also offers integrated, all-domain command, and control battle management systems, precision strike weapons; high speed air-breathing and hypersonic systems; high-performance gun systems, ammunition, precision munitions and advanced fuzes; aircraft and mission systems logistics support, sustainment, operations and modernization; and warfighter training services. The company's Mission Systems segment offers command, control, communications and computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems; radar, electro-optical/infrared and acoustic sensors; electronic warfare systems; advanced communications and network systems; cyber solutions; intelligence processing systems; navigation; and maritime power, propulsion, and payload launch systems. Its Space Systems segment offers satellites, spacecraft systems, subsystems, sensors, and payloads; ground systems; missile defense systems and interceptors; launch vehicles and related propulsion systems; and strategic missiles. Northrop Grumman Corporation was founded in 1939 and is based in Falls Church, Virginia.

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