NOC (NOC) Stock

About NOC

NOC is led by CEO Kathy J. Warden, employs 97,000 people, headquartered in Falls Church, US, publicly traded since 1981.

NOC stock trades at $523.82 with a market capitalization of $74.42B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 17.44, price-to-book of 4.37, price-to-sales of 1.82. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $479.02 and $774.00, and currently trades 32.3% below its 52-week high. It pays a dividend yielding 1.80%.

On profitability, NOC generates a return on equity (ROE) of 26.58% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 11.67%, an operating margin of 11.08%, a net profit margin of 10.48%.

In its most recent fiscal year, NOC reported annual revenue of $42.0B, net profit of $4.2B, revenue has compounded at 2.7% a year over the last five years, profit at 5.6% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.91, a current ratio of 1.14, total assets of $51.4B, $4.4B in cash and equivalents.

NOC has a beta of -0.11 (less volatile than the overall market).