---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001133421-26-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NOC"
cik: "0001133421"
company_name: "NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:03:41.529992+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Northrop Grumman Q1 EPS $6.14 (+85% YoY); sales $9.9B (+4%); backlog $96B; reaffirms FY outlook

## Summary
- EPS $6.14, net earnings $875M (+82%); sales $9.9B (+4% YoY, +5% organic).
- Aeronautics Systems sales +17% to $3.3B on B-21 expansion; Defense Systems +5%; Mission Systems +2%.
- Space Systems -3% (NGI wind-down); $71M unfavorable charge on GEM 63XL launch anomaly.
- Net awards $9.8B; backlog $95.6B; reaffirms FY2026 guidance for sales, segment op income, and free cash flow.
- Segment operating income $1.07B (+89%); segment margin 10.8% vs 6.0% a year ago.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001133421-26-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NOC
- cik: 0001133421
- company_name: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342126000015/0001133421-26-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342126000015/noc-20260421.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ reported quarter ended March 31, 2026 results: revenue $9.9 billion, net income $875 million, EPS $6.14.
  - Period: quarter ended March 31, 2026
  - Revenue: $9.9 billion
  - Net income: $875 million
  - EPS: $6.14
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) reported first quarter 2026 sales increased 4 percent to $9.9 billion, as compared with $9.5 billion in the first quarter of 2025. First quarter sales reflect continued strong demand for our global capabilities. First quarter 2026 net earnings totaled $875 million, or $6.14 per diluted share, as compared with $481 million, or $3.32 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1133421/000113342126000015/0001133421-26-000015-index.htm

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