NOC

Northrop Grumman
Aerospace & Defense · Industrials · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$582.84
-1.1% on the session
1-year return
+1.2%
-19.0% over six months
Volatility
26.6%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-35.1%
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 +1.2%, against +5.2% over three months and +13.8% over one. It sits 3.1% below its 200-day average, close enough that the trend is genuinely undecided. Annualized volatility of 26.6% is moderate by single-stock standards.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -35.1%, and it has traded a median $450M a day — the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.02 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Industrials#65 of 81
Stronger than 20% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#390 of 500

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-1.1%
1 week+1.0%
1 month+13.8%
3 months+5.2%
6 months-19.0%
1 year+1.2%
12-1 momentum-11.0%
Volatility (1y, annualized)26.6%
Max drawdown (1y)-35.1%
Distance vs 200-day average-3.1%
Return per unit of risk0.05
Median daily dollar volume$450M
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