Northrop GrummanNOC
About: Northrop Grumman is a diversified defense contractor providing aeronautics, defense, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program, produces autonomous and piloted aircraft such as Global Hawk drones and the new B-21 bomber, and maintains and upgrades numerous military aircraft. Defense systems makes artillery and missile ammunition and guidance systems, long-range missiles, and missile defense systems. Mission systems creates and integrates a variety of radar, navigation, and communication systems for avionics, weapons control, and countermeasures on a range of platforms from helicopters to destroyers. Space systems produces satellites, sensors, space structures, and rocket motors.
Employees: 97,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
57% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 195 | Existing positions closed: 124
18% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 604 | Existing positions reduced: 510
2% more funds holding
Funds holding: 1,561 [Q3] → 1,600 (+39) [Q4]
0.65% more ownership
Funds ownership: 81.01% [Q3] → 81.66% (+0.65%) [Q4]
1% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $587M | Put options by funds: $593M
10% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $62.6B [Q3] → $56.2B (-$6.38B) [Q4]
42% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q3] → 7 (-5) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
8 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
8 analyst ratings
Wells Fargo Matthew Akers 58% 1-year accuracy 47 / 81 met price target | 8%upside $525 | Overweight Maintained | 24 Apr 2025 |
RBC Capital Ken Herbert 57% 1-year accuracy 38 / 67 met price target | 13%upside $550 | Outperform Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Truist Securities Michael Ciarmoli 55% 1-year accuracy 43 / 78 met price target | 13%upside $550 | Buy Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Susquehanna Charles Minervino 44% 1-year accuracy 29 / 66 met price target | 11%upside $540 | Positive Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
UBS Gavin Parsons 60% 1-year accuracy 15 / 25 met price target | 17%upside $571 | Buy Maintained | 23 Apr 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 65 articles about NOC published over the past 30 days









