secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ (NOC)
CIK:        0001133421
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001133421-24-000025
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342124000025/0001133421-24-000025-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342124000025/noc-20240425.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001133421-24-000025

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