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.

Revenue
+6.71%
EPS
+2.86%
Free cash flow
+44.1%
Total debt
−4.81%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

525.59 0.34 +0.06%
Market cap
$74.6B
P/E
16.5×
Fwd P/E
18.7×
Dividend yield
1.82%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
3.01
Beneish M
−2.42
Dividend safety
82/100

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) Operating margin

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Northrop Grumman Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 10.6%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.46% (fiscal 2023) to 15.8% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 36% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 3.69% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.21%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 10.8% 0.10
FY2024 10.7% 4.19
FY2023 6.46% (3.38)
FY2022 9.84% (6.00)
FY2021 15.8% 4.79
FY2020 11.1% (0.68)
FY2019 11.7% (0.83)
FY2018 12.6% 0.18
FY2017 12.4% (0.88)
FY2016 13.3% 0.19

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 11.4% 1.33
Jun 2026 10.1% 0.07
Mar 2026 10.0% (0.84)
Dec 2025 10.9% (1.07)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 6.46% High 15.8%
Ten-year median 11.7%
Current reading's percentile 35

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 46.0%
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare 28.1%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 24.0%
HEI.A Heico Corporation compare 24.0%
HONA Honeywell Aerospace inc. compare 20.8%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 11.8%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 11.0%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation 10.6%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 10.4%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 3.69%
Industrials sector median 5.21%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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