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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-24-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T16:11:12.829257+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q2 2024 EPS $6.36 (+19% YoY); raises full-year guidance

## Summary
- Sales $10.2B (+7% YoY); net earnings $940M; diluted EPS $6.36 vs $5.34.
- Operating income $1.09B (+13%); free cash flow $1.1B (+80%) on improved working capital.
- Net awards $15.1B (book-to-bill 1.5x); backlog $83.1B, after $0.7B NGI termination.
- FY2024 guidance raised: sales $41.0-41.4B, MTM-adjusted EPS $24.90-$25.30.
- Aeronautics Systems sales +14% to $2.96B; Space Systems margin improved to 9.1%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-24-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-07-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342124000050/0001133421-24-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342124000050/noc-20240725.htm

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