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Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC

Industrials  —  Aerospace & Defense
510.52 1.54 0.30% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$72.4B
P/E
16.2×
S&P 500 Member Dividend Aristocrat Cash Flow Champion (3y) Revenue Champion (3y)
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) Return on invested capital

Northrop Grumman Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.58%, down 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 6.22% (fiscal 2023) to 21.0% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Aerospace & Defense industry median of 1.56% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.44%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 10.3% (0.38)
FY2024 10.7% 4.44
FY2023 6.22% (2.95)
FY2022 9.17% (6.76)
FY2021 15.9% 3.18
FY2020 12.8% (0.07)
FY2019 12.8% 1.29
FY2018 11.5% (7.99)
FY2017 19.5% (1.43)
FY2016 21.0% 0.90

Against its own ten years

Low 6.22% High 21.0%
Ten-year median 12.8%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation compare 22.4%
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. compare 16.9%
TDG Transdigm Group Incorporated compare 14.3%
GD General Dynamics Corporation compare 11.8%
HEI Heico Corporation compare 10.6%
HEI.A Heico Corporation compare 10.6%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation 9.58%
LHX L3Harris Technologies Inc compare 5.12%
RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation compare −11.5%
Aerospace & Defense industry median 1.56%
Industrials sector median 2.44%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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