The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. As of today, Northrop Grumman's share price is $480.45.
Northrop Grumman's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $265.77. Hence, Northrop Grumman's PS Ratio for today is 1.81.
The historical rank and industry rank for Northrop Grumman's PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:
NOC'
s PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.76 Med: 1.68 Max: 2.44
Current: 1.85
During the past 13 years, Northrop Grumman's highest PS Ratio was 2.44. The lowest was 0.76. And the median was 1.68.
NOC's PS Ratio is ranked better than 51.99% of 302
companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2
vs NOC: 1.85
Northrop Grumman Corp has shown predictable revenue and earnings growth.
During the past 12 months, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate of Northrop Grumman was 9.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 5.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 7.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 9.90% per year.
During the past 13 years, Northrop Grumman's highest 3-Year average Revenue per Share Growth Rate was 17.20% per year. The lowest was -8.30% per year. And the median was 5.40% per year.
Back to Basics: PS Ratio
Northrop Grumman PS Ratio Historical Data
The historical data trend for Northrop Grumman's PS 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.
Competitive Comparison of Northrop Grumman's PS Ratio
For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Northrop Grumman's PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PS 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 PS Ratio Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry
For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Northrop Grumman's PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Northrop Grumman's PS Ratio falls into.
Northrop Grumman PS Ratio Calculation
The PS Ratio, or Price-to-Sales ratio, or Price/Sales, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Revenue per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks and it was first used by Ken Fisher.
Northrop Grumman's Share Price of today is $480.45. Northrop Grumman's Revenue per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $265.77.
* 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
The PS Ratio is an excellent valuation indicator if you want to compare a stock with its historical valuation or with the stocks in the same industry. The PS Ratio works especially well when you want to compare the stock's current valuation with its historical valuation. The PS Ratio is a great valuation tool for evaluating cyclical businesses where the PE Ratio works poorly. It works the best when comparing the current valuation with the historical valuation because over time, a company's profit margin tends to revert to the mean.
When the PS Ratio is applied to the whole stock market, it can be used to evaluate the current market valuation and projected returns. In this case, the price is the total market cap of all stocks that are traded, and sales are the GDP of the country. This is how Warren Buffett estimates the broad market valuation and project future returns.
The PS Ratio does not tell you how cheap or expensive the stock is. It cannot be used to compare companies in different industries. It works better for companies within the same industry because these companies tend to have similar capital structures and profit margins. It works the best when comparing a company with itself in the past.
Northrop Grumman PS Ratio Related Terms
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Northrop Grumman (Northrop Grumman) Business Description
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.
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