Northrop Grumman Corp’s recent filing unveils that its Chair, CEO and President Warden Kathy J unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.78 million on Mar 06 ’25. In the deal valued at $475.65 per share,3,750 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Warden Kathy J now holds 212,852 shares worth roughly $102.5 million.
Then, WELSH MARK A III sold 33 shares, generating $15,631 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $473.66, the Director now owns 4,073 shares.
Before that, Warden Kathy J bought 3,750 shares. Northrop Grumman Corp shares valued at $1,783,688 were divested by the Officer at a price of $475.65 per share.
RBC Capital Mkts upgraded its Northrop Grumman Corp [NOC] rating to an Outperform from a a Sector perform in a research note published on March 27, 2025; the price target was increased to $575 from $500. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Wolfe Research’s analysts, who increased its forecast for the stock in early February from “an Underperform” to “a Peer perform”. Citigroup also remained covering NOC and has increased its forecast on January 21, 2025 with a “Buy” recommendation from previously “Neutral” rating. Truist started covering the stock on January 14, 2025. It rated NOC as “a Buy”.
Price Performance Review of NOC
On Monday, Northrop Grumman Corp [NYSE:NOC] saw its stock fall -0.81% to $481.57. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -5.95%. Northrop Grumman Corp shares have risen nearly 2.62% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 4.81% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $555.57 was reached on 04/03/25, a 52-week low of $418.60 was recorded on 02/20/25. SMA at 50 days reached $480.01, while 200 days put it at $488.54.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For NOC Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 471.36, which if violated will result in even more drops to 461.14. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 493.39. A further resistance level may holdings at 505.21. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 43.11, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -7.76, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 83.46%. Stochastics %K at 32.10% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Northrop Grumman Corp?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Northrop Grumman Corp stocks on 2025-03-14, growing by 0.2 million shares to a total of 2.27 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-14 was 2.07 million shares. There was a rise of 8.61%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
