NOC

Northrop Grumman
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$476.11
-0.4% on the session
1-year return
-20.0%
-31.0% over six months
Volatility
27.4%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-37.5%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Northrop Grumman is a aerospace & defense name in the industrials sector. Over the past year it returned -20.0%, against -12.9% over three months and -9.9% over one. It trades 19.8% below its 200-day average, so recent moves have not repaired the longer downtrend. Annualized volatility of 27.4% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -37.5%, and it has traded a median $413M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.03 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Industrials#70 of 81
Stronger than 14% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#449 of 496

How NOC scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 11 others in Aerospace & Defense.

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Full metrics
1 day-0.4%
1 week-5.9%
1 month-9.9%
3 months-12.9%
6 months-31.0%
1 year-20.0%
12-1 momentum-11.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)27.4%
Max drawdown (1y)-37.5%
Distance vs 200-day average-19.8%
Return per unit of risk-0.73
Median daily dollar volume$413M
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