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Northrop Grumman NOC Return on assets

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1.4%+0.8pp
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9.9%-0.4pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$9.9B+4.4%
Operating income$989.0M+72.6%
Net income$875.0M+81.9%
EPS (diluted)$6.14+84.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.1B+24.0%
Total debt$17.1B+2.7%
Total equity$17.1B+14.2%
Total assets$50.0B+3.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$1.7B-5.8%
CapEx$167.0M-34.8%
Free cash flow-$1.8B-0.1%

Valuation

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Market cap$78.14B+30.6%
Enterprise value$93.12B+25.5%
P/E17.1×+1.0×
P/S1.8×+0.4×

Profitability

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Operating margin11.6%+2.0pp
Net margin10.8%+1.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity28.5%+3.1pp
Debt / equity-0.1×
Current ratio1.2×+0.2×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Northrop Grumman’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Northrop Grumman’s 10-Q, filed April 21, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Northrop Grumman's return on assets?
Northrop Grumman (NOC) reported return on assets of 9.3% in Q1 2026.
How has Northrop Grumman's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Northrop Grumman's return on assets increased by 20.6% year-over-year, from 7.7% to 9.3%.
What is the long-term trend for Northrop Grumman's return on assets?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Northrop Grumman's return on assets has grown at a -17.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 48% to 32.4%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.