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Northrop Grumman (Northrop Grumman) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 7.30 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-30), Northrop Grumman's current share price is $486.22. Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $66.61. Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 7.30.

The historical rank and industry rank for Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

NOC' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.55   Med: 6.67   Max: 9.44
Current: 7.3

During the past years, Northrop Grumman's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 9.44. The lowest was 1.55. And the median was 6.67.

NOC's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
84.65% of 202 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.455 vs NOC: 7.30

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Northrop Grumman's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $96.044. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is $66.61 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Northrop Grumman Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.56 6.51 7.42 9.20 7.11

Northrop Grumman Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.51 7.20 6.76 7.11 7.19

Competitive Comparison of Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.



Northrop Grumman Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=486.22/66.61
=7.30

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Northrop Grumman's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Northrop Grumman's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=96.044/129.4194*129.4194
=96.044

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 129.4194.

Northrop Grumman Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 49.099 100.560 63.190
201409 48.692 100.428 62.748
201412 36.370 99.070 47.512
201503 34.585 99.621 44.930
201506 32.758 100.684 42.107
201509 31.161 100.392 40.171
201512 30.457 99.792 39.499
201603 31.085 100.470 40.042
201606 31.745 101.688 40.402
201609 32.622 101.861 41.448
201612 30.040 101.863 38.167
201703 31.819 102.862 40.034
201706 33.988 103.349 42.562
201709 37.299 104.136 46.355
201712 40.968 104.011 50.976
201803 44.041 105.290 54.134
201806 47.213 106.317 57.472
201809 52.398 106.507 63.670
201812 47.987 105.998 58.590
201903 51.444 107.251 62.078
201906 54.422 108.070 65.173
201909 57.682 108.329 68.912
201912 52.542 108.420 62.719
202003 54.231 108.902 64.449
202006 58.258 108.767 69.320
202009 62.783 109.815 73.991
202012 63.455 109.897 74.727
202103 65.389 111.754 75.725
202106 69.658 114.631 78.644
202109 71.913 115.734 80.416
202112 82.708 117.630 90.998
202203 85.402 121.301 91.118
202206 88.141 125.017 91.245
202209 90.484 125.227 93.514
202212 99.975 125.222 103.326
202303 99.612 127.348 101.232
202306 102.293 128.729 102.842
202309 105.578 129.860 105.220
202312 98.562 129.419 98.562
202403 96.044 129.419 96.044

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Northrop Grumman  (NYSE:NOC) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Northrop Grumman (Northrop Grumman) Business Description

Address
2980 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA, USA, 22042
Northrop Grumman is a diversified defense contractor providing aeronautics, defense, mission, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces autonomous and piloted aircraft such as Global Hawk drones and the new B-21 bomber. Defense systems makes artillery and missile ammunition and guidance systems, missile defense systems, and conducts maintenance and upgrades on numerous military aircraft. Mission systems creates and integrates a variety of radar, navigation, and communication systems for avionics, weapons control, and countermeasures on a range of platforms from helicopters to destroyers. Finally, space systems produces satellites, sensors, space structures, and manufactures long-range missiles and rocket motors.
Executives
Mark A Caylor officer: Corp VP & Pres ESS 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Kathryn G Simpson officer: Corp VP & General Counsel 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Robert J. Fleming officer: CVP and Pres. Space Systems 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Roshan S Roeder officer: CVP & Pres. Defense Systems 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Mary A Winston director 557 BROADWAY, C/O SCHOLASTIC CORP, NEW YORK NY 10012
Kimberly A. Ross director C/O AVON PRODUCTS,INC., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS`, NEW YORK NY 10105-0196
David T Perry officer: CVP Chief Global Bus Dev Off 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Lucy C Ryan officer: Corp VP, Communications 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Michael A Hardesty officer: Corp VP, Controller & CAO 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Thomas H Jones officer: CVP & Pres Aeronautics Systems 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Mary D Petryszyn officer: CVP, Pres, Defense Systems 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Sheila C. Cheston officer: Corp. VP & General Counsel C/O NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Stephen F. O'bryan officer: CVP Global Bus Dev Officer 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Arvind Krishna director IBM CORPORATION, ONE NEW ORCHARD RD, ARMONK NY 10504-1722
Wilson Thomas L Jr officer: CVP and Pres. Space Systems 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042