Northrop Grumman Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Northrop Grumman in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Northrop Grumman stock.
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Northrop Grumman is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 28th 2021.
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Northrop Grumman Co. (NYSE:NOC) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 29th. The aerospace company reported $6.42 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $5.75 by $0.67. The aerospace company earned $9.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.71 billion. Northrop Grumman had a net margin of 12.10% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 39.32%.
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Northrop Grumman's stock was trading at $317.85 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, NOC shares have increased by 10.2% and is now trading at $350.24.
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Northrop Grumman declared a dividend on Wednesday, August 18th. Investors of record on Monday, August 23rd will be paid a dividend of $0.14 per share on Thursday, September 2nd. This represents a dividend yield of 0.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 20th.
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Northrop Grumman pays an annual dividend of $6.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.80%. The dividend payout ratio of Northrop Grumman is 26.55%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Northrop Grumman will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.42% next year. This indicates that Northrop Grumman will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Northrop Grumman issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of $24.400-$24.800 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $24.580. The company issued revenue guidance of $35.80 billion-$36.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $35.81 billion.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Northrop Grumman's shares. Their forecasts range from $331.00 to $478.00. On average, they anticipate Northrop Grumman's stock price to reach $400.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 14.2% from the stock's current price.
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610 employees have rated Northrop Grumman CEO Kathy Warden on Glassdoor.com. Kathy Warden has an approval rating of 85% among Northrop Grumman's employees.

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

Northrop Grumman's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (9.56%), Capital International Investors (8.44%), Vanguard Group Inc. (7.51%), BlackRock Inc. (5.49%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (3.70%) and FMR LLC (3.00%). Company insiders that own Northrop Grumman stock include David T Perry, Janis G Pamiljans, Kathy J Warden, Kenneth L Bedingfield, Lesley A Kalan, Mark A Caylor, Mark A Caylor, Mary D Petryszyn, Michael A Hardesty, Shawn N Purvis and Thomas H Jones.
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NOC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp, Susquehanna International Group LLP, Vanguard Group Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Epoch Investment Partners Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Northrop Grumman company stock in the last year include David T Perry, Janis G Pamiljans, Kathy J Warden, Lesley A Kalan, Mark A Caylor, Mary D Petryszyn, Michael A Hardesty, Shawn N Purvis, and Thomas H Jones.
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NOC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, First Trust Advisors LP, Bessemer Group Inc., Allen Investment Management LLC, Capital International Investors, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, American Century Companies Inc., and Ruffer LLP.
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One share of NOC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $350.24.

Northrop Grumman has a market capitalization of $56.08 billion and generates $36.80 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $3.19 billion in net income (profit) each year or $23.65 on an earnings per share basis.

Northrop Grumman employs 97,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Northrop Grumman: 3001 International, Comptek Research, Confluent RF Systems Corp., Data Procurement Corp., Essex Corporation, Federal Data Corp., Fibersense Technology, Integic Corporation, Litton Industries, Logicon, M5 Network Security, Navia Aviation, Newport News Shipbuilding, Northrop Grumman Integrated Defence Services, Northrop Grumman Overseas Holdings, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Orbital ATK, Qantas Defence Services, Ryan Aeronautical, Scaled Composites LLC, Sonoma Photonics, TRW Automotive Holdings, Xinetics, and XonTech.

Northrop Grumman was founded in 1939.

The official website for Northrop Grumman is www.northropgrumman.com.

Northrop Grumman is headquartered at 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA, 22042.

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].