NOC PEER ANALYSIS

Northrop Grumman Corporation — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

NOCNorthrop Grumman Corporation

🇺🇸 USA · US · Industrials · Aerospace & Defense

Value it Duel

Overall Profile & Returns

· Aerospace & Defense

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile

NOCIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year

Split-adjusted

Year-to-Date (YTD)

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better

ROE

Higher is better

Net Margin

Higher is better

Revenue Growth

Higher is better

All Metrics

Valuation
Metric	NOC	RHM	HO	ASELS	SAF	AIR	Ind. Median
P/E	17.10●	70.68	29.30	54.85	20.76	32.42	40.52
P/B	4.57●	9.56	6.16	6.44	10.04	6.23	5.09
EV/EBITDA	12.11●	23.85	16.02	32.60	26.25	16.40	25.18
P/S	1.85●	5.33	2.22	9.49	4.78	2.24	4.19

Financial Health
Metric	NOC	RHM	HO	ASELS	SAF	AIR	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.14	1.05	0.84	1.54●	0.90	1.13	1.75
Debt/Equity	99.8%	40.4%	76.9%	18.8%●	35.9%	55.8%	48.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.95	0.38	0.52	0.39	-0.26●	-0.03	0.88

Profitability
Metric	NOC	RHM	HO	ASELS	SAF	AIR	Ind. Median
Net Margin	10.8%	7.6%	7.6%	17.3%	23.0%●	6.9%	6.6%
ROE	28.5%	14.7%	21.6%	15.1%	57.4%●	20.9%	11.3%
ROA	9.3%	4.2%	4.2%	8.8%	12.3%●	3.7%	4.5%
EBITDA Margin	18.2%	22.7%	14.3%	29.5%●	18.0%	13.6%	13.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NOC	RHM	HO	ASELS	SAF	AIR	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.0%	-8.7%	7.6%	20.6%●	12.9%	3.7%	12.2%
NI Growth	23.3%	-4.0%	61.5%●	58.9%	—	13.2%	27.7%
Div. Yield	1.9%●	1.2%	1.8%	0.0%	1.0%	1.6%	0.7%
Payout	28.9%	51.0%	46.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	16.4%

Valuation
Metric	NOC	TDG	RKLB	GD	LHX	HWM	Ind. Median
P/E	17.10●	42.10	—	23.59	32.83	62.52	40.52
P/B	4.57	-8.35●	26.86	3.93	2.89	19.73	5.09
EV/EBITDA	12.11●	22.28	—	16.93	17.57	43.64	25.18
P/S	1.85●	8.26	89.50	1.90	2.53	12.64	4.19

Financial Health
Metric	NOC	TDG	RKLB	GD	LHX	HWM	Ind. Median
Current Ratio	1.14	3.52	4.47●	1.38	1.03	2.44	1.75
Debt/Equity	99.8%	-340.4%●	6.1%	30.7%	57.7%	84.9%	48.4%
NetDebt/EBITDA	1.95	5.88	8.19	0.69●	2.80	0.88	0.88

Profitability
Metric	NOC	TDG	RKLB	GD	LHX	HWM	Ind. Median
Net Margin	10.8%	21.3%●	-26.9%	8.1%	7.7%	20.2%	6.6%
ROE	28.5%	—	-13.5%	18.0%	8.9%	33.8%●	11.3%
ROA	9.3%	8.5%	-9.0%	7.5%	4.2%	14.6%●	4.5%
EBITDA Margin	18.2%	50.3%●	-22.4%	11.7%	17.1%	29.6%	13.1%

Growth + Dividend
Metric	NOC	TDG	RKLB	GD	LHX	HWM	Ind. Median
Rev. Growth	5.0%	13.3%	45.8%●	9.3%	5.8%	14.2%	12.2%
NI Growth	23.3%	6.4%	—	9.2%	7.9%	38.9%●	27.7%
Div. Yield	1.9%	6.7%●	—	1.8%	1.0%	0.2%	0.7%
Payout	28.9%	259.2%	—	37.2%	52.7%	10.7%	16.4%

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