Northrop Grumman Corp (NYSE: NOC) is -1.33% lower 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 make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The NOC stock was last observed hovering at around $472.65 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -9.58%.
Currently trading at $463.07, the stock is -8.97% and -4.96% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.8 million and changing -2.03% at the moment leaves the stock -6.10% off its SMA200. NOC registered -1.68% loss for a year compared to 6-month loss of -12.57%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $487.2262 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $493.1722.
The stock witnessed a -8.60% gain in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -7.34%, and is -13.85% down 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 4.21% over the week and 3.30% over the month.
Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC) has around 97000 employees, a market worth around $66.65B and $40.37B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.23 and Fwd P/E is 16.09. Profit margin for the company is 9.19%. Distance from 52-week low is 10.62% and -16.65% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (11.97%).
with sales reaching $10.21B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 0.06% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 2.75% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to shrink -0.05% in year-over-year returns.
1975.0 institutions hold shares in Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC), with institutional investors hold 86.05% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 144.07M, and float is at 143.59M with Short Float at 1.65%. Institutions hold 85.86% of the Float.
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 9.5072 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 8.1475 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 10.28 million shares representing 6.9703 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 WELSH MARK A III, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that WELSH MARK A III sold 33 shares of the company’s common stock on Apr 07 ’25 at a price of $480.30 per share for a total of $15850.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 4057.0 shares.
Northrop Grumman Corp disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 06 ’25 that Warden Kathy J (Chair, CEO and President) sold a total of 3,750 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 06 ’25 and was made at $475.65 per share for $1.78 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.21 million shares of the NOC stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 05 ’25, WELSH MARK A III (Director) disposed off 33 shares at an average price of $473.66 for $15631.0. The insider now directly holds 4,073 shares of Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC).
