Northrop Grumman Corporation
corporate_fare Company Profile
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is a publicly traded company in the Industrial Applications And Services sector. Wiseek has independently scored 30 items for NOC at importance 7 or higher on its 1–10 market-impact scale. Its most recent item scored 7 or higher is dated 2026-10-21, rated 7/10. Across its 20 most recent items scored 7 or higher, the top rating is 9/10, with 8 rated 8 or above. Recent SEC coverage for NOC spans 8-K, 10-Q.
Recent high-impact activity:
- B-21 Output Accelerates With $2.5B Investment as Q3 Sales Hit $11.1B
- Defense Stocks Jump as Iran War Drives Record Backlogs at Northrop, RTX
- Northrop Guides 2027 Sales Growth of 5%-7% as Defense Demand Surges
- Northrop Posts $7.89 Q3 EPS, Lifts 2026 Guidance by $0.70
- Northrop Q3 Beats: Sales Up 7% to $11.1B, Backlog Hits Record $109.6B, 2026 Guidance Raised
Financial Snapshot
Short Interest & Short Volume
2.07 days to coverFINRA reported short interest of 2,312,455 shares in NOC as of the October 15, 2026 settlement, a 1.6% increase from the prior period — about 2.1 days to cover at its recent average daily volume. On October 30, 2026, 32.0% of NOC volume reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities was marked short.
Daily short sale volume covers trades reported to FINRA trade-reporting facilities and is not the same as short interest (bi-monthly reported positions). Source: FINRA — FINRA is the owner and source of this short interest and short sale volume data; it may not be redistributed.