Northrop Grumman Corporation

NOC Industrials Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $42.0 billion, up 2.24% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 5.07%, EPS fell 5.75%, free cash flow grew 53.5% and total debt fell 4.83%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years, revenue growth for three, operating cash flow growth for three.

519.86 20.23 +4.05%
Market cap
$71.0B
P/E
16.5×
Fwd P/E
19.5×
Dividend yield
1.84%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.01
Beneish M
−2.42
Dividend safety
82/100

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) Gross margin

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Northrop Grumman Corporation's gross margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 20.1%, up 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (19.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.7% (fiscal 2023) to 24.0% (fiscal 2015); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is below the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 25.5% and below the Industrials sector median of 30.5%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 19.8% (0.57)
FY2024 20.4% 3.71
FY2023 16.7% (3.75)
FY2022 20.4% 0.04
FY2021 20.4% 0.06
FY2020 20.3% (1.13)
FY2019 21.5% (1.12)
FY2018 22.6% (0.23)
FY2017 22.8% (1.12)
FY2016 23.9% (0.06)

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 19.5% (0.34)
Mar 2026 19.8% 0.24
Dec 2025 19.6% (1.77)
Sep 2025 21.4% 0.02
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Against its own ten years

Low 16.7% High 24.0%
Ten-year median 20.4%
Current reading's percentile 21

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 59.6%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 40.4%
HEI.A Heico Corporation compare 40.4%
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare 36.0%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 25.5%
ESLT Elbit Systems Ltd. compare 25.0%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation 20.1%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 15.4%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 11.8%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 25.5%
Industrials sector median 30.5%
Market median 46.2%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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