Overview
Northrop Grumman Corporation, based in the United States, is a prominent player in the global aerospace and defense industry. The company is extensively involved in the development, manufacture, and provision of advanced systems for defense, aerospace, and security applications. Key projects reflect its comprehensive capabilities in areas including unmanned systems, cyber warfare, and missile defense. Notably, Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for the U.S. Air Force's B-21 Raider long-range strike bomber and contributes significantly to the F-35 Lightning II program. Its diverse range engages government and private entities, underscoring its role as a critical supplier of military and security technology and innovation.
Basic Stats
The share price of Northrop Grumman Corporation as of September 5, 2025 is $580.59 / share. This is a decrease of -1.60% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Northrop Grumman Corporation as of September 5, 2025 is $83,184.63 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Northrop Grumman Corporation from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 83,184.63 MM |
| EV | 97,566.63 MM |
| Shares Out. | 143.28 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 27.53 |
| Dividend Yield | 1.29 % |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-09-02 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.25 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 1.30 MM |
| Short Interest | 2.21 MM |
| Short Float | 1.64 % |
| Days to Cover | 5.12 days |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 11.78 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.27 |
| Beta | 0.27 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 0.28 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 0.42 |
| PE Ratio | 21.09 |
| Price/Book | 5.38 |
| Price/TBV | -37.90 |
| Book/Market | 0.19 |
| EBIT/EV | 0.05 |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | 0.04 |
| ROA | 0.08 |
| ROE | 0.28 |
| ROIC | 0.12 |
| CROIC | -0.04 |
| OCROIC | 0.09 |
| Implied Volatility | 18.06 % |
| Put/Call OI Ratio | 1.06 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Northrop Grumman Corporation is $615.11. The forecasts range from a low of $502.77 to a high of $724.50. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Northrop Grumman Corporation. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-31 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-13 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2023-01-18 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-17 | Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-27 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-27 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-12 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-02-06 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-27 | Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade |
| 2023-01-27 | Susquehanna | Positive | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-27 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-27 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-27 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2023-01-27 | Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2022-12-15 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-12-08 | Citigroup | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2022-11-10 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-28 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-28 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-14 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2022-10-12 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2022-10-11 | Wolfe Research | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2022-09-28 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-31 | Susquehanna | Positive | Maintains | |
| 2022-08-30 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2022-07-29 | Susquehanna | Positive | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-29 | Baird | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2022-07-12 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-29 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-07 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-02 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-28 | Susquehanna | Positive | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-28 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-11 | Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Downgrade |
| 2022-01-10 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Equal-Weight | Upgrade |
| 2022-01-05 | Jefferies | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2021-11-04 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-10-29 | Vertical Research | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2021-09-23 | Goldman Sachs | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2021-08-02 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-07-19 | Seaport Global | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2021-06-04 | Stifel | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2021-05-13 | Wells Fargo | Underweight | Initiate | |
| 2021-04-30 | Susquehanna | Positive | Maintains | |
| 2021-04-30 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-02-08 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-29 | Susquehanna | Positive | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-29 | Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-07 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2021-01-07 | Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2020-10-06 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2020-09-08 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2020-07-31 | Bernstein | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2020-06-11 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2020-05-21 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Initiate | |
| 2020-05-19 | Seaport Global | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2020-05-15 | Cowen & Co. | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2020-04-14 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-03-30 | Bernstein | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2020-03-24 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2020-02-03 | Goldman Sachs | Buy | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2020-01-15 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-12-12 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-25 | Bernstein | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2019-10-10 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-08-06 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2019-07-10 | UBS | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2019-06-14 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2019-05-16 | Barclays | Overweight | Maintains | |
| 2019-04-30 | Alembic Global | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2019-04-25 | UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2019-02-13 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2019-01-14 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2019-01-14 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2019-01-10 | Susquehanna | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2018-12-04 | Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2018-11-14 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2018-10-30 | Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-10-25 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2018-08-16 | UBS | Neutral | Initiate | |
| 2018-07-31 | Buckingham | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-07-27 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2018-07-27 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-06-27 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-04-26 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2018-04-12 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2018-03-29 | Barclays | Overweight | Initiate | |
| 2018-02-23 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2018-02-14 | Jefferies | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2018-01-16 | Wells Fargo | Market Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2017-12-12 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2017-11-13 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-27 | Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2017-10-26 | Cowen & Co. | Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2017-08-08 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2017-08-04 | Argus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2017-05-10 | Vertical Research | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2017-01-12 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2017-01-12 | Jefferies | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2016-12-05 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2016-11-10 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2016-10-28 | Vertical Research | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2016-10-06 | Baird | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2016-09-07 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2016-09-06 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2016-08-25 | JP Morgan | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2016-07-28 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2016-05-19 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Sector Perform | Downgrade |
| 2016-05-02 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2016-04-27 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2016-04-04 | Guggenheim | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2016-02-16 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2016-02-01 | Bank of America | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2016-01-29 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2016-01-21 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2015-12-21 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-12-16 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2015-11-12 | Argus | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-11-09 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2015-10-29 | Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Downgrade | |
| 2015-10-28 | Drexel Hamilton | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2015-10-12 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2015-10-12 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2015-07-14 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Initiate | |
| 2015-07-10 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-07-10 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-04-30 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-03-19 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-02-18 | Bernstein | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2015-02-12 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2015-01-30 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-01-30 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2015-01-05 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-12-19 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-12-05 | Bank of America | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-11-10 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-23 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-23 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-10-23 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-09-25 | Argus Capital | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2014-09-02 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2014-08-11 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-28 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-24 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-24 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-24 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-07-11 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-24 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-24 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-24 | CRT Capital | Fair Value | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-24 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-24 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-09 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2014-04-07 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2014-03-05 | Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Initiate | |
| 2014-02-03 | Drexel Hamilton | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2014-01-07 | Bank of America | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2013-08-19 | UBS | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2013-07-25 | Bank of America | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2013-07-10 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2013-05-30 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-05-20 | Drexel Hamilton | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2013-05-20 | CRT Capital | Sell | Fair Value | Upgrade |
| 2013-05-17 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2013-04-11 | Drexel Hamilton | Sell | Hold | Upgrade |
| 2013-04-08 | JP Morgan | Underweight | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2013-01-31 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2013-01-31 | Bank of America | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2013-01-08 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Underweight | Downgrade |
| 2013-01-07 | RBC Capital | Underperform | Sector Perform | Upgrade |
| 2012-11-05 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-25 | Jefferies | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-25 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-19 | Oppenheimer | Outperform | Perform | Downgrade |
| 2012-10-16 | Citigroup | Buy | Maintains | |
| 2012-10-08 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2012-09-13 | UBS | Neutral | Sell | Downgrade |
| 2012-05-24 | Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Upgrade | |
| 2012-04-26 | Credit Suisse | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2012-04-26 | Bank oferica | Underperform | Maintains | |
| 2012-04-11 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2023-05-11 | Barclays | Overweight | Equal-Weight | Downgrade |
| 2023-04-28 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-28 | Citigroup | Neutral | Maintains | |
| 2023-10-11 | UBS | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2023-07-28 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-07-28 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-10-31 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-07-31 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-01-16 | Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2023-12-14 | Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Underperform | Downgrade |
| 2023-09-28 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2023-09-18 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2023-08-03 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Reiterate |
| 2023-12-15 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2024-01-26 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Sector Perform | Downgrade |
| 2024-01-26 | Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-04-22 | Alembic Global | Neutral | Overweight | Upgrade |
| 2024-04-26 | Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintains |
| 2024-04-26 | Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-04-26 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintains |
| 2024-01-26 | Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintains |
| 2024-04-30 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-06-26 | BTIG | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2024-06-21 | Bernstein | Outperform | Market Perform | Downgrade |
| 2024-08-09 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-26 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-07-26 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-26 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintains |
| 2025-02-10 | Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-07-23 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Reiterate |
| 2025-07-23 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-07-23 | B of A Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-07-23 | Baird | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-07-23 | Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintains |
| 2025-07-23 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-01-14 | Truist Securities | Buy | Initiate | |
| 2025-04-23 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-04-23 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-04-23 | Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintains |
| 2025-04-23 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-29 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-08-27 | Alembic Global | Overweight | Neutral | Downgrade |
| 2025-04-11 | Goldman Sachs | Sell | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2024-10-25 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-10-25 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintains |
| 2024-10-25 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-10-25 | Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintains |
| 2024-09-03 | Seaport Global | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-07-29 | Deutsche Bank | Hold | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2024-07-30 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-07-29 | TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintains |
| 2025-03-27 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2025-01-31 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-31 | UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-03-07 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-10-10 | Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-01-06 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2024-10-14 | JP Morgan | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-02-03 | Wolfe Research | Underperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade |
| 2025-04-24 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2024-12-11 | Wells Fargo | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
| 2025-01-21 | Citigroup | Neutral | Buy | Upgrade |
| 2025-01-08 | Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintains |
| 2025-04-16 | Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-02-26 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintains |
| 2025-04-17 | Truist Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-07-08 | Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Downgrade |
| 2025-07-29 | Barclays | Equal-Weight | Equal-Weight | Maintains |
