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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on NOC

What this diary said about Northrop Grumman Corporation, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

What we said

Company snapshot — Northrop Grumman Corporation

NOC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Northrop Grumman builds aerospace and defence systems across four segments: aircraft and unmanned systems, missile and weapons systems, sensors and communications, and satellites and space systems. It designs and sustains military aircraft, missile defence and strike weapons, and provides radar, electronic warfare and space hardware to government customers, mainly in the United States. It is based in Falls Church, Virginia.
Where it sits in the stack
Northrop Grumman sits outside our AI build-out sleeves; it belongs to the Aerospace & Defense sector of our wider universe rather than to any Closelooknet index layer, so the stack framing does not apply here.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not assigned it a peer group; the market usually compares it with the other large defence primes, Lockheed Martin, RTX and General Dynamics.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds no Closelooknet index seat and carries no score yet. The diary has mentioned it a handful of times, mostly in the Daily Pulse, where its chart has appeared among defensive names flagged by the Pattern Scanner for support-confluence.
What the diary watches
Whether the stock keeps showing up in the Pattern Scanner's defensive cluster alongside other defence and consumer-staple names, which the diary reads as a signal of risk-off rotation.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for NOC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 2 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Bernstein, 2026-09-23

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for NOC from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Bernstein — target 620 from 653 Target cut to $620 from $653 (+21.6% to spot) 2026-09-23
  • Price target Guggenheim — target 612 Target set to $612 (+16% to spot) 2026-09-14

2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Who it is priced against Aerospace & Defense · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Aerospace & Defense · US

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against NOC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 1.87%, quarterly · last 2.47 USD on 2026-08-31

Dividends and capital return

What NOC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 9.56 USD per share · a 1.87% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +9.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 8.74 USD per share
  • Last distribution 2.47 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-31
  • By calendar year 2024: 8.05 USD (partial) · 2025: 8.99 USD · 2026: 7.25 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2024-02-23

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.08 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How NOC has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.08 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Northrop Grumman Corporation moved 0.08% on average · correlation 0.03 · higher than 13% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months −0.13 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.78% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.06% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)?

Northrop Grumman Corporation trades as NOC on the US exchange (US) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is NOC in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Northrop Grumman Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does NOC trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -5.6% vs the 50-day and -14.8% vs the 200-day average, 34% below the 52-week high and +6.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Northrop Grumman Corporation do?

Northrop Grumman builds aerospace and defence systems across four segments: aircraft and unmanned systems, missile and weapons systems, sensors and communications, and satellites and space systems. It designs and sustains military aircraft, missile defence and strike weapons, and provides radar, electronic warfare and space hardware to government customers, mainly in the United States. It is based in Falls Church, Virginia. Closelooknet has not assigned it a peer group; the market usually compares it with the other large defence primes, Lockheed Martin, RTX and General Dynamics.

Where does Northrop Grumman Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Northrop Grumman sits outside our AI build-out sleeves; it belongs to the Aerospace & Defense sector of our wider universe rather than to any Closelooknet index layer, so the stack framing does not apply here. It holds no Closelooknet index seat and carries no score yet. The diary has mentioned it a handful of times, mostly in the Daily Pulse, where its chart has appeared among defensive names flagged by the Pattern Scanner for support-confluence.

Does Northrop Grumman Corporation pay a dividend?

Northrop Grumman Corporation has paid 9.56 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 1.87% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 2.47 USD on 2026-08-31. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Northrop Grumman Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Northrop Grumman Corporation had a beta of 0.08 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 13% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.78% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Northrop Grumman Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Northrop Grumman Corporation on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Bernstein on 2026-09-23 (target 620 from 653). 2 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 2 target changes. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

Where has Closelooknet written about Northrop Grumman Corporation?

Northrop Grumman Corporation appears in 12 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Daily Pulse: Rubin surges as vol complex splits and Europe extends gains (2026-05-22); Daily Pulse: Layer-1 chips surge as Europe and US futures fade (2026-05-21); Daily Pulse: Narrow tape: Rubin leads as broad market softens across asset classes (2026-05-20). What Closelooknet said most recently: The Pattern Scanner showed 28 active signals, all top hits flagging support-confluence in defensive and industrial names — NOC, MCD, LMT, PLTR — most carrying red regime labels. (Daily Pulse, 2026-05-22). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for NOC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 12 pieces · newest: Daily Pulse, “Rubin surges as vol complex splits and Europe extends gains” (2026-05-22)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where NOC appears in the diary — 12 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Aerospace & Defense. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.