NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP NOC
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 666807102 · ISIN US6668071029
American aerospace and defense technology corporation
- IndustrySearch, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys
- HeadquartersFalls Church, VA
- Founded1994
- Websitenorthropgrumman.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($227.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 151.9m as of 2023-04-24, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $461.84. Options: 36 managers hold calls ($822.9m notional), 38 hold puts ($724.5m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,378 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,505 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,417 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 647 | 569 |
| Q1 2023 | 606 | 717 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $696.6m | $711.9m | 1.02 |
| Q4 2022 | $1.1bn | $1.2bn | 1.10 |
| Q1 2023 | $822.9m | $724.5m | 0.88 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +4.3m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +833.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +581.9k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Added | +440.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +362.4k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | New | +267.2k |
| Harding Loevner LP | New | +261.4k |
| Capital International Investors | Added | +240.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +186.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | New | +171.4k |
Biggest sellers
| Sanders Capital, LLC | Reduced | -852.0k |
| GQG Partners LLC | Sold out | -784.9k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -756.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -512.4k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -450.1k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -350.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -322.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -236.8k |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT | Reduced | -207.4k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC | Reduced | -197.3k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $209.5m453.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $173.8m376.4k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $112.0m242.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $41.8m90.6k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $28.7m62.1k shares |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | $27.9m60.5k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | $24.9m53.9k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $24.4m52.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $23.9m51.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $23.8m51.6k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $263.8m571.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $140.3m303.8k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | $60.1m130.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $38.6m83.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $37.4m80.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $20.1m43.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $19.3m41.8k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Added | $18.7m40.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $15.3m33.1k shares |
| CAPSTONE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC | Added | $13.4m29.0k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 7.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Capital International Investors (4.3%, 2026-08-12), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.2m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 6 | $5.4m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $8.4m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 2 | $639.7k | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 7 | $7.1m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-06 | Perry David T CVP Chief Global Bus Off | Sold | $1.9m4.0k shares |
| 2023-03-03 | Caylor Mark A CVP & Pres, Mission Systems | Sold | $1.3m2.8k shares |
| 2023-03-02 | Ryan Lucy C Corp VP, Communications | Sold | $254.6k553 shares |
| 2023-02-28 | Hardesty Michael A Corp VP, Controller & CAO | Sold | $336.4k715 shares |
| 2023-02-21 | CHESTON SHEILA C. Corp. VP & General Counsel | Sold | $391.2k824 shares |
| 2023-02-21 | Jones Thomas H CVP & Pres Aeronautics Systems | Sold | $345.7k728 shares |
| 2023-02-21 | Hardesty Michael A Corp VP, Controller & CAO | Sold | $99.2k209 shares |
| 2023-02-17 | Jones Thomas H CVP & Pres Aeronautics Systems | Sold | $204.8k440 shares |
| 2023-02-15 | Petryszyn Mary D Corporate Vice President | Sold | $398.8k856 shares |
| 2023-02-15 | Hardesty Michael A Corp VP, Controller & CAO | Sold | $94.6k203 shares |
| 2023-02-15 | Jones Thomas H CVP & Pres Aeronautics Systems | Sold | $28.9k62 shares |
| 2023-02-13 | CHESTON SHEILA C. Corp. VP & General Counsel | Sold | $1.2m2.5k shares |
| 2023-02-13 | Hardesty Michael A Corp VP, Controller & CAO | Sold | $551.1k1.2k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| STATE STREET CORP 0.37% of their portfolio | 14.2m $6.6bn | Added +19.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 12.2m $5.6bn | Reduced -46.4k |
| Capital International Investors 1.43% of their portfolio | 12.0m $5.6bn | Added +240.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 10.9m $5.0bn | Added +4.3m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.13% of their portfolio | 9.6m $4.4bn | Added +20.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.55% of their portfolio | 6.0m $2.8bn | Reduced -512.4k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.71% of their portfolio | 4.5m $2.1bn | Reduced -25.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.21% of their portfolio | 4.0m $1.9bn | Added +90.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.19% of their portfolio | 3.9m $1.8bn | Added +581.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.22% of their portfolio | 3.6m $1.7bn | Added +833.5k |
| Capital World Investors 0.30% of their portfolio | 3.2m $1.5bn | Added +287 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 2.7m $1.3bn | Reduced -6.2k |
| Sanders Capital, LLC 2.32% of their portfolio | 2.1m $979.6m | Reduced -852.0k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.32% of their portfolio | 2.1m $974.2m | Reduced -12.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 1.6m $723.8m | Added +362.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.3m $584.4m | Reduced -10.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.2m $567.5m | Reduced -57.5k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.26% of their portfolio | 1.1m $528.0m | Added +440.3k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 1.1m $525.5m | Reduced -197.3k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.54% of their portfolio | 982.0k $453.4m | Added +70.4k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 935.3k $431.9m | Reduced -63.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.13% of their portfolio | 794.6k $366.9m | Reduced -6.6k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 790.7k $365.1m | Added +3.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.11% of their portfolio | 788.7k $364.2m | Reduced -7.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.10% of their portfolio | 758.0k $350.0m | Reduced -134.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 754.1k $348.2m | Added +818 |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.75% of their portfolio | 685.4k $316.5m | Reduced -139.7k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 613.9k $283.5m | Reduced -156.2k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.25% of their portfolio | 613.6k $283.3m | Added +106.4k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 604.8k $279.3m | Reduced -450.1k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.18% of their portfolio | 580.4k $268.0m | Reduced -16.9k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 553.7k $255.7m | Reduced -29.5k |
| Allen Investment Management, LLC 3.96% of their portfolio | 511.4k $236.1m | Reduced -24.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.12% of their portfolio | 462.7k $213.7m | Added +186.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 438.1k $202.3m | Reduced -60.7k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 433.2k $200.0m | Added +5.8k |
| YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 1.87% of their portfolio | 409.9k $189.2m | Reduced -573 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.06% of their portfolio | 406.9k $187.9m | Reduced -1.5k |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd 1.28% of their portfolio | 403.1k $186.1m | Added +20.8k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.21% of their portfolio | 379.1k $175.1m | Added +10.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.07% of their portfolio | 354.1k $163.5m | Added +53.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 332.4k $153.5m | Reduced -23.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.06% of their portfolio | 293.6k $135.6m | Reduced -15.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.18% of their portfolio | 291.4k $134.5m | Reduced -24.8k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.21% of their portfolio | 289.8k $133.8m | Added +9.2k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 1.56% of their portfolio | 271.9k $125.5m | Reduced -22.8k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.40% of their portfolio | 267.2k $123.4m | New |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 262.7k $121.3m | Added +20.1k |
| Harding Loevner LP 0.69% of their portfolio | 261.4k $120.7m | New |
| Manning & Napier Group, LLC 1.40% of their portfolio | 260.6k $120.3m | Added +70.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.15% of their portfolio | 260.5k $120.3m | Reduced -17.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.16% of their portfolio | 257.6k $118.9m | Added +36.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.17% of their portfolio | 253.2k $116.9m | Reduced -4.2k |
| Focused Investors LLC 3.95% of their portfolio | 248.5k $114.7m | Reduced -10.8k |
| National Pension Service 0.19% of their portfolio | 230.8k $106.4m | Reduced -4.2k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.17% of their portfolio | 229.8k $106.1m | Added +91.6k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.72% of their portfolio | 227.7k $105.1m | Reduced -32.8k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.26% of their portfolio | 227.6k $105.1m | Added +53.7k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 225.5k $104.1m | Reduced -22.0k |
| Bahl & Gaynor LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 218.5k $100.9m | Added +51.3k |
| STRS OHIO 0.15% of their portfolio | 216.2k $99.8m | Added +143.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.09% of their portfolio | 212.0k $97.9m | Reduced -14.5k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 207.8k $96.0m | Reduced -28.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.15% of their portfolio | 202.0k $93.3m | Added +113.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.21% of their portfolio | 184.8k $85.3m | Added +86.1k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 181.2k $83.7m | Added +12.5k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 180.4k $63.1m | Added +28.6k |
| Homestead Advisers Corp 2.29% of their portfolio | 177.9k $82.1m | Reduced -3.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 177.7k $82.0m | Added +819 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.16% of their portfolio | 172.9k $79.8m | Reduced -27.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 171.4k $79.1m | New |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 164.5k $76.0m | Reduced -15.7k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.17% of their portfolio | 160.3k $74.0m | Reduced -3.8k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 0.12% of their portfolio | 154.5k $71.3m | Added +81.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.17% of their portfolio | 154.2k $71.2m | Reduced -7.6k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.20% of their portfolio | 148.4k $68.5m | Added +15.6k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.62% of their portfolio | 145.1k $67.0m | Reduced -6.2k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.09% of their portfolio | 141.1k $65.2m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas 0.87% of their portfolio | 129.0k $59.6m | Added +58.7k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.10% of their portfolio | 128.4k $59.3m | Added +1.8k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.28% of their portfolio | 122.4k $56.5m | Added +106.7k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.10% of their portfolio | 122.0k $56.3m | Reduced -6.2k |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.24% of their portfolio | 121.9k $56.3m | Reduced -3.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.13% of their portfolio | 118.6k $54.7m | Added +11.3k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.12% of their portfolio | 117.7k $54.4m | Added +13.3k |
| BRADLEY FOSTER & SARGENT INC/CT 1.21% of their portfolio | 110.2k $50.9m | Added +4.9k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.20% of their portfolio | 106.5k $49.2m | Added +18.7k |
| Man Group plc 0.17% of their portfolio | 102.4k $47.3m | New |
| Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. 0.96% of their portfolio | 101.9k $47.1m | Reduced -32.4k |
| VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al 0.49% of their portfolio | 101.8k $47.0m | Reduced -34.9k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.03% of their portfolio | 101.6k $46.9m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 98.5k $45.5m | Added +6.4k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.11% of their portfolio | 96.0k $44.3m | Added +1.3k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 95.1k $43.9m | Reduced -51.7k |
| DONALDSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.04% of their portfolio | 93.3k $43.1m | Added +2.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 87.4k $40.3m | Reduced -350.4k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.08% of their portfolio | 86.7k $40.3m | Reduced -5.2k |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 86.4k $39.9m | Reduced -351 |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 0.12% of their portfolio | 86.3k $39.8m | Added +73.2k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.14% of their portfolio | 86.2k $39.8m | Reduced -291 |