---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T07:29:24.813307+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q1 sales up 9% to $10.1B, EPS rises 15% to $6.32

## Summary
- Sales $10.1B (+9% YoY); operating income $1,071M (+13%); net earnings $944M.
- Aeronautics Systems sales +18% to $2.97B; segment operating margin improved to 10.0%.
- Space Systems sales +9% to $3.66B; operating margin edged down to 9.1% from 9.3%.
- Free cash flow improved to -$976M from -$1,011M; returned $1.5B to shareholders.
- Reaffirmed 2024 guidance; backlog $78.9B with net awards $6.5B in Q1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342124000025/0001133421-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342124000025/noc-20240425.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ reported first quarter 2024 results: revenue $10.1 billion, net income $944 million, EPS $6.32 per diluted share. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: first quarter 2024
  - Revenue: $10.1 billion
  - Net income: $944 million
  - EPS: $6.32 per diluted share
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Northrop Grumman Reports First Quarter 2024 Financial Results • Sales increase 9 percent to $10.1 billion • Operating income increases 13 percent driven by strong performance and cost efficiencies • Diluted earnings per share increase 15 percent to $6.32 • $1.5 billion returned to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases • Reaffirming 2024 company-level guidance
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342124000025/0001133421-24-000025-index.htm

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