NOC Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

NOC insider buying and selling over the past year

Insiders at NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 15 Form 4 sales totaling $26.32M, against no open-market purchases.

Most of the selling was pre-scheduled: 10 of the 15 sales (66.7%) were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, which are set up in advance and say less about an insider's current view than discretionary sales. Activity clustered in 2026-02 (11 trades) and 2025-11 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-03-02. The average open-market sale price was $682.91; the last close of $519.86 is 23.9% below that level, so sellers exited above the current price. The single largest trade was a sale of 20,000 shares worth $14.18M on 2026-02-06. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -32.3%, from $768.02.

Where NOC trades relative to its one-year range

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ closed at $519.86 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $473.46 to $768.02. That puts the stock near the bottom of its range, at 15.8% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved -13.2%, and over roughly three months -0.3%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 1,032,209 shares.

Across 83 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 38) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was +13.2%. NOC is behind that median and beat 18% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded NOC

STOCK Act disclosures show 23 trades in NOC by 14 members of Congress over five years (11 purchases, 12 sales), most recently on 2026-03-27. The most active traders were Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), 3 trades; Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), 2 trades; John James (R-MI), 2 trades; Kathy E. Manning (D-NC), 2 trades; Lisa C. McClain (R-MI), 2 trades.

By party the trades split 14 by Democrats, 9 by Republicans; by chamber, 20 from the House, 3 from the Senate.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 2 prime award actions to NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/, worth $367.73M across 1 agencies. National Aeronautics and Space Administration accounts for 100.0% of that value ($367.73M), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

NOC lobbying disclosures

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ appears in 113 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2026, with $39.14M in reported lobbying spend.

Compare NOC with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to NOC:

• LHX one-year return -12.6%
• RMD one-year return -11.5%
• STE one-year return -7.3%
• SYK one-year return -20.2%
• GEHC one-year return -5.2%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-03-02
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-03-27
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-08-21
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

NOC data questions

Are NOC insiders buying or selling stock?

Insiders at NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/ only sold stock in the open market over the past year: 15 Form 4 sales totaling $26.32M, against no open-market purchases.

What is the one-year price range for NOC?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, NOC traded between $473.46 and $768.02, last closing at $519.86.

Has any member of Congress traded NOC stock?

Yes. 14 members disclosed 23 trades in NOC over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-03-27.