Northrop Grumman Corporation
NOC stock score: 57/100
$539.31 · +0.99% · Scored Oct 21, 2026
- Technical
- 56
- Fundamental
- 59
- News
- 55
The reading
Northrop Grumman (NOC) scores 57 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 61% of Industrials stocks and 65% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.
The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 56, fundamentals 59.
Among the fundamentals, Inventory Turnover at 99 and Return on Equity (ROE) at 95 score highest, while PEG Ratio at 4 weighs the most against it.
On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 60 and contrarian oscillators 36.
News sentiment is neutral at 55; it is shown, not counted in the composite.
Since Jul 24, 2026 the composite has ranged from 49 to 68, and it is down 7 points over the period.
What’s driving the score
The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward NOC’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.
Fundamental
59Pulling it up
- Inventory Turnover99
Inventory turnover is how many times a year a company sells through its inventory.
- Return on Equity (ROE)95
Return on Equity (ROE) measures how efficiently a company generates profits from shareholder equity.
- Trailing P/E85
Trailing P/E ratio uses the last 12 months of actual earnings.
Holding it back
- PEG Ratio4
PEG ratio divides the P/E ratio by earnings growth rate.
- Price to Book Ratio19
Price-to-Book ratio compares market value to book value.
- Gross Margins23
Gross margins show profitability after cost of goods sold.
41 weighted scorers.
Technical · daily
56Pulling it up
- Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100
Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.
- VWAP100
Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.
- Stochastic (14)100
Stochastic Oscillator (14-period) compares the current price to its range over 14 periods.
Holding it back
- Bollinger Bands (20)0
Bollinger Bands (20-period) plot standard deviations above and below a moving average.
- SMA 200 Cross Up6
SMA 200 Cross Up tracks when faster moving averages cross above the 200-period SMA.
- Commodity Channel Index (14)11
Commodity Channel Index (14-period) measures the current price level relative to an average price level.
62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.
News · shown, not counted
- Global News
- 55
- Social Sentiment (1W)
- 55
- Social Sentiment (3D)
- 55
- Social Sentiment (1D)
- 54
Technical score by timeframe
| Chart | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly | 59 | 1 |
| Daily | 56 | 3 |
| Weekly | 49 | 2 |
| Monthly | 58 | 2 |
| Quarterly | 60 | 2 |
Composite score, last 90 days
Show the daily numbers
| Date | Composite |
|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | 57 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | 56 |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 53 |
| Oct 18, 2026 | 54 |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 54 |
| Oct 16, 2026 | 54 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 52 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 51 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | 50 |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 50 |
| Oct 11, 2026 | 50 |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 50 |
| Oct 9, 2026 | 50 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 50 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 49 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | 50 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 49 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | 49 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 49 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | 49 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 49 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 49 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | 49 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 50 |
| Sep 27, 2026 | 51 |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 51 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | 51 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 51 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | 54 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 54 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 13, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | 51 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 7, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | 51 |
| Sep 3, 2026 | 52 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | 53 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | 55 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | 53 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 54 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 16, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 61 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 61 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | 60 |
| Aug 9, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 59 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | 58 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | 56 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | 57 |
| Aug 2, 2026 | 55 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 63 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 58 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 61 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | 63 |
| Jul 27, 2026 | 61 |
| Jul 26, 2026 | 62 |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 68 |
| Jul 24, 2026 | 64 |
Key facts
- Market cap
- $76.6B
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Aerospace & Defense
- Beta
- -0.11
- Risk grade (1–10)
- 3
- Next earnings
- Oct 20, 2026
Aerospace & Defense peers
| Company | Market cap | Score |
|---|---|---|
| LMT Lockheed Martin | $127.3B | 60 |
| GD General Dynamics | $93.3B | 58 |
| HWM Howmet Aerospace | $83.0B | 58 |
| TDG TransDigm Group | $62.4B | 56 |
| LHX L3Harris Technologies | $46.1B | 54 |
| HEI HEICO | $41.7B | 58 |
Questions
What is NOC's stock score today?
NOC scores 57/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 56, fundamental 59, and news sentiment 55, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.
Is NOC a buy?
The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 57 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.
How is the NOC score calculated?
103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Industrials ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.
Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.