NYSE:NOC - Northrop Grumman Stock Price, Forecast & News

Northrop Grumman trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NOC."

Northrop Grumman announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 2nd will be paid a dividend of $1.32 per share on Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a $5.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.39%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 29th. View Northrop Grumman's Dividend History.

Northrop Grumman declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, December 4th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $3,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 6.9% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Northrop Grumman Co. (NYSE:NOC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The aerospace company reported $5.49 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.74 by $0.75. The aerospace company earned $8.48 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.56 billion. Northrop Grumman had a return on equity of 39.12% and a net margin of 9.05%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 4.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $6.54 EPS. View Northrop Grumman's Earnings History.

Northrop Grumman is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, January 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Northrop Grumman updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $20.10-20.35 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $19.80. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$34.0 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $34.05 billion.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Northrop Grumman's shares. Their forecasts range from $300.00 to $449.00. On average, they expect Northrop Grumman's stock price to reach $376.30 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Northrop Grumman.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northrop Grumman in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Northrop Grumman.

Media headlines about NOC stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Northrop Grumman earned a media sentiment score of 1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the aerospace company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,020,000 shares, an increase of 5.8% from the December 15th total of 1,910,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,030,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Northrop Grumman's Current Options Chain.

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Northrop Grumman's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Johanson Financial Advisors Inc. (0.33%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.09%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.08%), Huntington National Bank (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%) and Country Trust Bank (0.03%). Company insiders that own Northrop Grumman stock include Christopher T Jones, David T Perry, Denise M Peppard, Janis G Pamiljans, Kathy J Warden, Kenneth L Bedingfield, Lesley A Kalan, Madeleine Kleiner, Mark A Caylor, Michael A Hardesty, Patrick M Antkowiak, Shawn N Purvis, Sheila C Cheston and Wesley G Bush. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Northrop Grumman.

NOC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, OLD National Bancorp IN, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, United Services Automobile Association, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., Price Capital Management Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Northrop Grumman company stock in the last year include Christopher T Jones, David T Perry, Janis G Pamiljans, Kathy J Warden, Kenneth L Bedingfield, Madeleine Kleiner, Mark A Caylor, Michael A Hardesty, Patrick M Antkowiak and Wesley G Bush. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northrop Grumman.

NOC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Artemis Investment Management LLP, GPM Growth Investors Inc., Abner Herrman & Brock LLC, Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Fluent Financial LLC and AE Wealth Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Northrop Grumman.

Shares of NOC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of NOC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $379.97.

Northrop Grumman has a market capitalization of $64.04 billion and generates $30.10 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $3.23 billion in net income (profit) each year or $21.33 on an earnings per share basis. Northrop Grumman employs 85,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Northrop Grumman.

The official website for Northrop Grumman is http://www.northropgrumman.com/.

Northrop Grumman's mailing address is 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA, 22042. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 703-280-2900 or via email at [email protected]