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

524.83 0.52 −0.10%
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) Return on assets

Alert me on Return on assets

Northrop Grumman Corporation's return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.88%, up 0.6 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.30%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.55% (fiscal 2023) to 16.1% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 55% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 1.90% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.20%.

Return on assets, annual

Embed this chart

Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 8.30% (0.40)
FY2024 8.70% 4.15
FY2023 4.55% (6.79)
FY2022 11.3% (4.75)
FY2021 16.1% 8.64
FY2020 7.45% 1.74
FY2019 5.71% (3.16)
FY2018 8.87% (0.58)
FY2017 9.45% 1.28
FY2016 8.17% 0.37

Against its own ten years

Low 4.55% High 16.1%
Ten-year median 8.30%
Current reading's percentile 55

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare 16.8%
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 10.4%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 9.18%
HEI.A Heico Corporation compare 9.18%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation 8.88%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 7.91%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 7.73%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 4.74%
HONA Honeywell Aerospace inc. compare 0.00%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 1.90%
Industrials sector median 1.20%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

The full definition of Return on assets →

More on NOC