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 ($96.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 143.2m as of 2025-07-17, 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 ≈ $448.74. Options: 37 managers hold calls ($630.7m notional), 34 hold puts ($471.9m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 1,378 |
| Q4 2022 | 1,505 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,417 |
| Q2 2023 | 1,411 |
| Q3 2023 | 1,368 |
| Q4 2023 | 1,519 |
| Q1 2024 | 1,514 |
| Q2 2024 | 1,511 |
| Q3 2024 | 1,583 |
| Q4 2024 | 1,645 |
| Q1 2025 | 1,672 |
| Q2 2025 | 1,618 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 571 | 628 |
| Q4 2023 | 644 | 564 |
| Q1 2024 | 629 | 693 |
| Q2 2024 | 654 | 661 |
| Q3 2024 | 686 | 660 |
| Q4 2024 | 706 | 643 |
| Q1 2025 | 764 | 706 |
| Q2 2025 | 689 | 745 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $750.5m | $913.3m | 1.22 |
| Q4 2024 | $586.8m | $593.0m | 1.01 |
| Q1 2025 | $716.0m | $626.9m | 0.88 |
| Q2 2025 | $630.7m | $471.9m | 0.75 |
Biggest buyers
| Soundwatch Capital LLC | New | +12.9m |
| Capital International Investors | Added | +3.1m |
| BROADWATER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.0m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +1.0m |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | New | +984.0k |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +658.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +449.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +364.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Added | +308.7k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Added | +161.6k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -760.4k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -610.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP | Reduced | -404.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -300.6k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -297.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -279.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -244.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Reduced | -230.1k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Reduced | -213.1k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -204.1k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $160.2m320.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $77.4m154.9k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $65.7m131.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $61.0m122.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $38.4m77.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $31.4m62.9k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $28.7m57.4k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Reduced | $26.9m53.8k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $25.5m51.1k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Unchanged | $17.5m35.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $157.2m314.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $71.6m143.3k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $39.8m79.6k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $33.7m67.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $28.4m57.5k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | $28.2m56.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $22.7m45.5k shares |
| Rokos Capital Management LLP | Unchanged | $11.5m23.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $7.9m15.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $7.5m15.0k 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 Q2 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $731.2k | $731.2k |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.3m | $789.3k |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 4 | $3.3m | $3.2m |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $429.4k | $429.4k |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.0m | $2.0m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $666.5k | $666.5k |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 5 | $4.0m | $1.3m |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 5 | $8.7m | $8.7m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-13 | Warden Kathy J Chair, CEO and President, director | Sold plan | $3.8m7.5k shares |
| 2025-06-13 | Fleming Robert J. CVP and Pres. Space Systems | Sold plan | $1.8m3.5k shares |
| 2025-06-13 | Jones Thomas H CVP & Pres Aeronautics Systems | Sold plan | $368.7k729 shares |
| 2025-06-12 | Warden Kathy J Chair, CEO and President, director | Sold plan | $1.9m3.8k shares |
| 2025-06-05 | WELSH MARK A III Director | Sold plan | $16.1k33 shares |
| 2025-06-04 | ROEDER ROSHAN S CVP & Pres. Mission Systems | Sold plan | $485.6k991 shares |
| 2025-05-30 | Jones Thomas H CVP & Pres Aeronautics Systems | Sold plan | $349.9k729 shares |
| 2025-05-05 | WELSH MARK A III Director | Sold plan | $16.3k33 shares |
| 2025-04-07 | WELSH MARK A III Director | Sold plan | $15.8k33 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, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| STATE STREET CORP 0.25% of their portfolio | 13.4m $6.7bn | Reduced -26.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 13.4m $6.7bn | Added +155.3k |
| Soundwatch Capital LLC 2.18% of their portfolio | 12.9m $12.8m | New |
| Capital International Investors 1.03% of their portfolio | 12.0m $6.0bn | Added +3.1m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.09% of their portfolio | 9.7m $4.9bn | Reduced -760.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.50% of their portfolio | 5.5m $2.8bn | Added +364.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.13% of their portfolio | 4.1m $2.1bn | Added +49.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 3.1m $1.6bn | Added +15.0k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.39% of their portfolio | 2.9m $1.5bn | Added +308.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.9m $1.4bn | Reduced -4.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.15% of their portfolio | 2.7m $1.3bn | Added +449.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.7m $1.3bn | Reduced -81.1k |
| Capital World Investors 0.19% of their portfolio | 2.6m $1.3bn | Added +658.0k |
| FMR LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.3m $1.2bn | Reduced -131.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.10% of their portfolio | 2.1m $1.1bn | Added +1.0m |
| Sanders Capital, LLC 1.33% of their portfolio | 2.0m $990.1m | Reduced -38.5k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.29% of their portfolio | 1.9m $929.3m | Reduced -77.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.7m $871.1m | Reduced -201.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 1.6m $809.9m | Reduced -22.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.2m $585.8m | Reduced -23.7k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 1.1m $525.4m | Reduced -150.9k |
| BROADWATER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.81% of their portfolio | 1.0m $1.0m | Added +1.0m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 998.7k $499.3m | Added +149.3k |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 2.49% of their portfolio | 984.0k $492.0m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.10% of their portfolio | 923.2k $461.6m | Reduced -5.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 856.7k $428.3m | Added +9.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.08% of their portfolio | 829.8k $414.9m | Reduced -66.3k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.65% of their portfolio | 798.1k $399.0m | Added +2.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 768.8k $384.4m | Added +13.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 757.2k $378.6m | Added +80.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.09% of their portfolio | 717.1k $358.5m | Added +16.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 687.1k $343.5m | Reduced -34.0k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 598.5k $295.6m | Reduced -300.6k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.06% of their portfolio | 522.7k $261.3m | Added +117.3k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.16% of their portfolio | 507.2k $253.6m | Reduced -97.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.19% of their portfolio | 477.3k $238.6m | Reduced -10.2k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 458.4k $229.2m | Reduced -4.5k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.45% of their portfolio | 442.5k $221.2m | Reduced -404.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.12% of their portfolio | 414.5k $207.3m | Added +24.2k |
| LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA 1.13% of their portfolio | 399.4k $199.7m | Reduced -10.9k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 390.7k $195.4m | Reduced -610.5k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 379.8k $189.9m | Added +19.6k |
| National Pension Service 0.16% of their portfolio | 376.7k $188.3m | Added +49.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.13% of their portfolio | 365.8k $182.9m | Added +89.0k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 345.5k $172.8m | Reduced -3.2k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.19% of their portfolio | 337.4k $168.7m | Reduced -88.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.06% of their portfolio | 322.0k $161.0m | Reduced -230.1k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.30% of their portfolio | 314.1k $157.1m | Added +115.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.05% of their portfolio | 307.2k $153.6m | Added +38.3k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.18% of their portfolio | 297.3k $148.6m | Reduced -155.5k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 295.8k $147.9m | Reduced -4.1k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 293.6k $146.6m | Reduced -29.3k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.11% of their portfolio | 285.0k $142.5m | Added +23.3k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 283.4k $141.7m | Added +161.6k |
| Penserra Capital Management LLC 1.91% of their portfolio | 273.7k $136.8m | Added +2.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.11% of their portfolio | 252.2k $126.1m | Reduced -3.5k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 243.3k $121.7m | Reduced -36.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.09% of their portfolio | 242.5k $121.3m | Reduced -55.7k |
| Capital Group Private Client Services, Inc. 1.00% of their portfolio | 231.9k $116.0m | Added +33.0k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.15% of their portfolio | 228.9k $114.4m | Reduced -114.1k |
| YACKTMAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LP 1.49% of their portfolio | 222.1k $111.1m | Reduced -12.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.12% of their portfolio | 217.0k $108.5m | Reduced -9.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.14% of their portfolio | 213.6k $106.8m | Reduced -65.0k |
| Focused Investors LLC 3.33% of their portfolio | 203.5k $101.7m | Reduced -4.4k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 200.3k $100.1m | Reduced -21.5k |
| Vident Advisory, LLC 1.11% of their portfolio | 198.6k $99.3m | Added +56.6k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 198.5k $99.3m | Reduced -6.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 195.0k $97.5m | Reduced -90.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.12% of their portfolio | 185.9k $92.9m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Homestead Advisers Corp 2.19% of their portfolio | 185.1k $92.5m | Added +400 |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.08% of their portfolio | 183.1k $91.6m | Reduced -116.0k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 181.5k $90.8m | Reduced -10.7k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 175.6k $87.8m | Reduced -3.4k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.39% of their portfolio | 172.3k $86.2m | Added +9.0k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.11% of their portfolio | 165.5k $82.8m | Added +6.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.08% of their portfolio | 161.4k $80.7m | Reduced -244.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 160.3k $80.2m | Reduced -2.5k |
| Capital International, Inc./CA/ 0.76% of their portfolio | 157.0k $78.5m | Added +59.1k |
| COMMERCE BANK 0.46% of their portfolio | 155.2k $77.6m | Added +4.5k |
| Harding Loevner LP 0.51% of their portfolio | 151.2k $75.6m | Added +2.8k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.16% of their portfolio | 146.5k $73.2m | Added +9.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.12% of their portfolio | 130.5k $65.2m | Added +998 |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.23% of their portfolio | 129.6k $64.8m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Rokos Capital Management LLP 1.00% of their portfolio | 119.7k $59.9m | Added +51.8k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 117.6k $58.8m | Added +2.5k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 0.09% of their portfolio | 110.9k $55.5m | Added +84.6k |
| ROYAL LONDON ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.13% of their portfolio | 110.5k $55.2m | Added +102 |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 108.8k $54.4m | Added +55.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.11% of their portfolio | 103.2k $51.6m | Added +185 |
| AVIVA PLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 103.1k $51.5m | Added +6.4k |
| ZWJ INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC 1.89% of their portfolio | 101.7k $50.8m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Bahl & Gaynor LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 100.7k $50.3m | Reduced -6.3k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.05% of their portfolio | 99.1k $49.6m | Reduced -85.9k |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.06% of their portfolio | 95.7k $47.8m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.11% of their portfolio | 94.9k $47.5m | Reduced -5.6k |
| BRADLEY FOSTER & SARGENT INC/CT 0.74% of their portfolio | 94.3k $47.2m | Added +99 |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.10% of their portfolio | 93.2k $46.6m | Added +12.5k |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. 0.08% of their portfolio | 93.2k $46.6m | Reduced -12.1k |
| COUNTRY TRUST BANK 1.04% of their portfolio | 92.7k $46.3m | Added +529 |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.04% of their portfolio | 92.0k $46.0m | Added +14.5k |