NOC Northrop Grummandata gap · 91% coverage
Industrials · Aerospace & Defense · close $519.86 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
Northrop Grumman (NOC) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 44/100 (grade D), ranking #55 of 202 in Industrials. Its strongest pillars are valuation (79) and cash flow (49); its weakest is analyst sentiment (17). Data gap: 1 factor without usable data, so 91% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 5.9% and operating margin 10.7%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 91% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 17| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 33 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 11 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 46| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 5.9% | 36 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 15.8% | 57 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | 0.7% | 43 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 37| Operating margin (18.5%) | 10.7% | 37 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 32| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 2.12× | 30 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 1.17 | 24 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 6.91× | 46 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 49| FCF margin (6.2%) | 7.9% | 36 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | 4.5% | 61 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 79| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 16.54× | 87 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 2.02× | 70 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 58.9 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 495.53 / 499.10 |
| 200-day SMA | 594.03 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.30× |
| 20-day return | -0.8% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: Revenues · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestAndDebtExpense · D&A: DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
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FAQ
- What is NOC's House Rating?
- NOC scores 44 out of 100 (grade D) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #55 of 202 Industrials stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about NOC?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for NOC scores 17/100 against its sector peers, which we read as negative. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does NOC report earnings next?
- NOC's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-20 (window 2026-10-17 to 2026-10-23), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is NOC a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology