Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE: NOC) is 3.67% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $418.60 and a high of $555.57 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The NOC stock was last observed hovering at around $475.20 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 11.32%.
Currently trading at $486.52, the stock is 5.73% and 3.41% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.03 million and changing 2.38% at the moment leaves the stock 0.70% off its SMA200. NOC registered 6.17% gain for a year compared to 6-month loss of -7.10%.
The stock witnessed a 3.00% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 0.27%, and is 5.37% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.09% over the week and 2.67% over the month.
Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC) has around 97000 employees, a market worth around $70.43B and $41.03B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 17.12 and Fwd P/E is 16.81. Profit margin for the company is 10.17%. Distance from 52-week low is 16.23% and -12.43% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (13.13%).
with sales reaching $10.07B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 7.76% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 3.16% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.63% in year-over-year returns.
Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 144.95M, and float is at 144.42M with Short Float at 1.44%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is STATE STREET CORP with over 14.02 million shares valued at $6.11 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.4178% of the NOC Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 12.02 million shares valued at $5.24 billion to account for 8.0709 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 10.28 million shares representing 6.9048% and valued at over $4.48 billion, while CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS holds 5.4086 of the shares totaling 7.98 million with a market value of $3.48 billion.
Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Warden Kathy J, the company’s Chair, CEO and President. SEC filings show that Warden Kathy J sold 3,750 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 06 ’25 at a price of $475.65 per share for a total of $1.78 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.21 million shares.
Northrop Grumman Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 05 ’25 that WELSH MARK A III (Director) sold a total of 33 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 05 ’25 and was made at $473.66 per share for $15631.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 4073.0 shares of the NOC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 06 ’25, Warden Kathy J (Officer) Proposed Sale 3,750 shares at an average price of $475.65 for $1.78 million. The insider now directly holds shares of Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC).
