Northrop Grumman PE ratio NOC

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 17.5×
10-year median: 19.5×
Against its 10-year history: 42nd; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 8.5× to 35.5×
Peer median: 33.5×

Northrop Grumman's PE ratio is 17.5× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $551.44 against $31.48 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 19.5×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 8.5× in Feb 2022 to 35.5× in Mar 2024.

The median for 10 aerospace and defense stocks of a similar size is 33.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 19.5×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	17.5×	15.2×	26.0×
2025	20.8×	15.5×	30.8×
2024	29.2×	15.4×	35.5×
2023	15.4×	12.8×	16.2×
2022	15.5×	8.5×	15.6×
2021	13.6×	12.4×	20.6×
2020	20.8×	19.8×	28.4×
2019	19.6×	14.5×	20.2×
2018	15.4×	15.0×	31.0×
2017	22.9×	19.0×	23.1×
2016	19.8×	17.4×	21.4×
2015	18.2×	15.6×	18.3×
2014	16.2×	13.3×	16.2×
2013	13.7×	8.4×	13.7×
2012	8.6×	7.4×	9.1×
2011	8.7×	7.5×	9.9×
2010	8.6×	7.5×	11.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Aerospace & Defense nearest Northrop Grumman's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
NOCNorthrop Grumman	17.5×
HWMHowmet Aerospace	40.1×
GDGeneral Dynamics	21.3×
TDGTransDigm	33.5×
HONAHoneywell Aerospace	n/m
LHXL3Harris Technologies	25.6×
LMTLockheed Martin	21.5×
HEIHEICO	49.5×
BABoeing	81.5×
AXONAxon Enterprise	174×
RTXRTX	31.0×
Peer median	33.5×

Where Northrop Grumman ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.