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Company snapshot — Northrop Grumman Corporation

NOC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook 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 Closelook index layer, so the stack framing does not apply here.
Who it is priced against
Closelook 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 Closelook tracks it
It holds no Closelook 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 Closelook’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 Closelook reading that exists for NOC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

The Street on this name 1 analyst action on the wire · latest: price target by Guggenheim, 2026-09-14

The Street on this name

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

  • Price target Guggenheim — target 612 Target set to $612 (+16% to spot) 2026-09-14

1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

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 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC)?

Northrop Grumman Corporation trades as NOC on the US exchange (US) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is NOC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — Northrop Grumman Corporation is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does NOC trade against its moving averages?

Downtrend stack: Trades -3.5% vs the 50-day and -12.7% vs the 200-day average, 32.3% below the 52-week high and +9.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook 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. Closelook 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 Closelook index layer, so the stack framing does not apply here. It holds no Closelook 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 has Wall Street done on Northrop Grumman Corporation recently?

The most recent analyst action on Northrop Grumman Corporation on the Closelook wire is a price target by Guggenheim on 2026-09-14 (target 612). 1 action on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 target change. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelook 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 Closelook written about Northrop Grumman Corporation?

Northrop Grumman Corporation appears in 12 Closelook 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 Closelook 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 Closelook" 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 Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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

Mentioned on Closelook

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

Dailies