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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-24-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2024-10-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T10:21:21.429054+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q3 EPS $7.00 beats; raises 2024 guidance; record backlog $84.8B

## Summary
- Diluted EPS $7.00, up 13% YoY; net earnings $1.03B vs $937M.
- Sales $10.0B (+2% YoY); segment operating margin rate 11.5% (+40bps).
- Net awards $11.7B; record backlog $84.8B.
- Raised 2024 guidance; MTM-adjusted EPS guidance raised to $25.65-$26.05.
- Q3 free cash flow $730M, down 16% YoY; YTD free cash flow up 82% to $859M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-24-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2024-10-24T23:59:59+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/1133421/000113342124000063/0001133421-24-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342124000063/noc-20241024.htm

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