--- title: "Weekly Recap | Northrop Grumman -5.61%, consensus target above spot" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/298100430.md" description: "Northrop Grumman (NOC) fell 5.61% this week to close at $514.98, while the S&P 500 edged up 0.09%, leaving the stock about 5.7 percentage points behind the benchmark. The week was a fade after an early push: Monday (31 Aug) opened at $539.63 and closed slightly higher at $539.70, Tuesday (1 Sep) touched the week’s high of $549.77, then the next three sessions slid steadily lower. Friday (4 Sep) dipped to a low of $512.54 before settling at $514.98, near the bottom of the range." datetime: "2026-09-05T07:31:59.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/298100430.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298100430.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/298100430.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Weekly Recap | Northrop Grumman -5.61%, consensus target above spot ## The Week Northrop Grumman (NOC) fell 5.61% this week to close at $514.98, while the S&P 500 edged up 0.09%, leaving the stock about 5.7 percentage points behind the benchmark. The week was a fade after an early push: Monday (31 Aug) opened at $539.63 and closed slightly higher at $539.70, Tuesday (1 Sep) touched the week’s high of $549.77, then the next three sessions slid steadily lower. Friday (4 Sep) dipped to a low of $512.54 before settling at $514.98, near the bottom of the range. Friday’s volume of 914,005 shares was the heaviest of the week, suggesting stronger selling into the close. ## Key Events The most company-specific item this week was a $7m DARPA contract win announced Tuesday (1 Sep) at 17:16, for development of diamond-cooled chips. Around the same time, a cluster of industry pieces on semiconductor and industrial supply chain realignment, plus the divergence between defence/data-centre strength and consumer headwinds, kept the sector in focus. Notably, NOC’s share-price action was repeatedly framed against competitors: Tuesday and Friday both carried headlines noting it underperformed peers. The contract news and the stock slide ran in parallel, but there is no direct attribution to connect the two. ## Analyst Ratings Out of 24 analysts covering the name, 9 rate it buy, 4 rate it over, 10 rate it hold, and 1 has no opinion; there are no under or sell ratings. The consensus recommendation is buy, with a consensus target of $647.14286, which stands about 25.66% above spot. The target range is wide, from a low of $538 to a high of $815, a spread of roughly 51%, pointing to sizeable disagreement among analysts. Within the aerospace and defence sector, NOC ranks 3rd out of 84 brokers covered. ## The Week Ahead Key data lands on Thursday (10 Sep): the 10-year Treasury auction results (high yield and bid-to-cover), initial jobless claims, final demand PPI, and existing home sales. These will test whether the macro narrative of defence/data-centre strength versus consumer softness persists. The prior 10-year high yield was 4.683%; a further rise in yields could pressure high-multiple defence names. On Tuesday (8 Sep), NFIB small business optimism is out. NOC has no earnings scheduled this week. ## In Short The tension this week is between a supportive analyst backdrop—consensus buy, consensus target about 25.66% above spot, and a top-three sector rank—and the near-term flow picture: the latest daily read shows large, medium, and small lots all tilted to net selling. Price action closed below the 20-day average of $556.03, and valuation sits at roughly 16.27x P/E and 4.09x P/B, not cheap. The path ahead depends on macro rates and flow direction, and whether fresh contracts like the diamond-cooled chip deal translate into a durable order pipeline. *This article is generated by LongbridgeAI from market data, for information only and not investment advice.* ### Related Stocks - [NOC.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NOC.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [What Is Northrop Grumman (NOC) Testing With Its Quantum Drone Guidance System?](https://longbridge.com/en/news/298658767.md) - [Northrop Grumman wins $7m DARPA contract to create diamond-cooled chips](https://longbridge.com/en/news/297760153.md) - [CoreWeave Stock (CRWV) Falls on $3B Convertible Debt Raise – Why Rosenblatt Remains Bullish](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299390217.md) - [McDonald's Stock (MCD) Looks Tastier as It Gets Set For Another Value Meals Revamp](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299444824.md) - [3 AI Semiconductor Stocks with More Than 40% Upside and Recent 'Buy' Ratings](https://longbridge.com/en/news/299464643.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**