Northrop Grumman Stock Options

NOC Stock  USD 490.72  1.49  0.30%   
Northrop Grumman's latest option contracts expiring on June 20th 2025 are carrying combined implied volatility of 0.39 with a put-to-call open interest ratio of 0.9 over 82 outstanding agreements suggesting investors are buying slightly more calls than puts on contracts expiring on June 20th 2025. The total put volume is at 37.0, with calls trading at the volume of 32.0. This yields a 1.16 put-to-call volume ratio.

Open Interest Against June 20th 2025 Option Contracts

The chart above shows Northrop Grumman's distribution of open interest by maturity on contracts that have not yet been settled. The area between the two highest points is the projection of the price at expiration. Northrop Grumman's open interest chart also provides vital information regarding the liquidity of an option. If there is no open interest for Northrop Grumman's option, there is no secondary market available for investors to trade.

Northrop Grumman Maximum Pain Price Across 2025-06-20 Option Contracts

Max pain usually refers to a trading concept that asserts that market manipulation can cause the market price of particular securities such as Northrop Grumman close to expiration to expire worthless. So, Max pain occurs when market makers reach a net positive position across all options at a strike price where option holders stand to lose the most money. By contrast, Northrop Grumman's option sellers may reap the most after selling more options than buying, causing them to expire worthless.

In The Money vs. Out of Money Option Contracts on Northrop Grumman

Analyzing Northrop Grumman's in-the-money options over time can help investors to take a profitable long position in Northrop Grumman regardless of its overall volatility. This is especially true when Northrop Grumman's options are deep in the money. These options can be identified using deltas that are over 0.75. Deep in-the-money Northrop Grumman's options could be used as guardians of the underlying stock as they move almost dollar for dollar with Northrop Grumman's stock while costing only a fraction of its price.
Northrop Grumman's stock options are financial instruments that give investors the right to buy or sell shares of Northrop Grumman common stock at a specified price for a given time period. Generally speaking, an option to purchase or sell Northrop stock makes it part of the underlying stock when the option's price is tied to the movement of the underlying stock. If Northrop Grumman's stock price goes up or down, the stock options follow.
At present, Northrop Grumman's Stock Based Compensation To Revenue is projected to slightly decrease based on the last few years of reporting.

Northrop Grumman In The Money Call Balance

When Northrop Grumman's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Northrop Grumman stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying Northrop Grumman's options that are 'In the Money' or 'Out of the Money', the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
While 'out-of-the-money' option contracts written on Northrop Grumman are typically viewed as the more aggressive, there are potential upsides to purchasing these types of options contracts. For one, the cost to buy an 'Out of the Money' option is lower than the cost to buy an 'In the Money' option. This cost-benefit is due to the fact that at the time of the purchase, 'Out of the Money' contracts have no intrinsic value. So, while the potential for a 100% loss is more significant, the cost and risk to enter the trade are lower.

Northrop Current Options Market Mood

Northrop Grumman's open interest and total value indicators provide investors with the necessary information to digest the overall options buildup for its expiring contracts. In addition, it helps Northrop Stock's traders understand whether a recent fall or rise in the market is unreasonable and if the time has come to take contrarian positions. These ratios are calculated based on options trading volumes and current open interest.

Put-to-Call Open Interest

Put-to-Call Volume

Most options investors, including buyers and sellers of Northrop Grumman's calls and puts, are not very successful. It is estimated that an average options trader loses somewhere between 80% to 90% of the time. Northrop Grumman's option open interest and volume spread between outstanding puts and calls are regarded by many investors as reliable indicators of the overall future market direction.

Rule 16 of the current Northrop contract

Base on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Northrop Grumman will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0244% per day over the life of the 2025-06-20 option contract. With Northrop Grumman trading at USD 490.72, that is roughly USD 0.12. If you think that the market is fully incorporating Northrop Grumman's daily price movement you should consider buying Northrop Grumman options at the current volatility level of 0.39%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
  
Purchasing Northrop Grumman options can give investors a meaningful hedge against losses and, therefore, could be used conservatively to decrease the volatility of your portfolio. However, many options could also amount to little more than gambling, significantly enhancing your overall portfolio risk. One simple example of these aggressive strategies is the sale of "uncovered" Northrop calls. Remember, the seller must deliver Northrop Grumman stock to the call owner when a call is exercised.

Northrop Grumman Option Chain

When Northrop Grumman's strike price is surpassing the current stock price, the option contract against Northrop Grumman stock is said to be in the money. When it comes to buying options that are ITM or OTM, the choice depends on your outlook for the underlying security, financial situation, and what you are trying to achieve.
Northrop Grumman's option chain is a display of a range of information that helps investors for ways to trade options on Northrop. In general, an option chain provides a helpful tool for investors to see all available option contracts, both puts, and calls, for Northrop. It also shows strike prices and maturity days for a Northrop Grumman against a given expiration period. The table below combines all the option information in the form of a chain but before you use it, remember that it entails significant risk and it is not for everyone.
Open IntStrike PriceCurrent SpreadLast Price
Call
NOC250620C008000005800.00.0 - 4.40.2Out
Call
NOC250620C007800000780.00.0 - 4.44.4Out
Call
NOC250620C007600000760.00.0 - 4.54.5Out
Call
NOC250620C0074000018740.00.0 - 4.51.7Out
Call
NOC250620C0072000026720.00.0 - 1.10.65Out
Call
NOC250620C0070000025700.00.05 - 3.93.9Out
Call
NOC250620C00680000198680.00.1 - 1.150.15Out
Call
NOC250620C006600003660.00.05 - 4.80.67Out
Call
NOC250620C0064000011640.00.05 - 10.014.3Out
Call
NOC250620C0063000061630.00.25 - 8.01.55Out
Call
NOC250620C0062000053620.00.35 - 8.21.2Out
Call
NOC250620C0061000060610.00.5 - 10.02.75Out
Call
NOC250620C00600000248600.00.7 - 2.31.7Out
Call
NOC250620C00590000171590.00.85 - 3.35.0Out
Call
NOC250620C00580000152580.02.05 - 2.82.5Out
Call
NOC250620C0057000043570.02.75 - 3.63.4Out
Call
NOC250620C00560000147560.03.7 - 4.75.3Out
Call
NOC250620C00550000143550.05.0 - 6.15.59Out
Call
NOC250620C00540000133540.06.7 - 8.27.6Out
Call
NOC250620C0053000061530.08.1 - 10.211.65Out
Call
NOC250620C00520000154520.011.5 - 13.012.8Out
Call
NOC250620C00510000283510.015.5 - 17.016.3Out
Call
NOC250620C00500000245500.017.2 - 21.120.8Out
Call
NOC250620C0049000091490.023.8 - 26.327.5Out
Call
NOC250620C00480000608480.028.3 - 32.133.0In
Call
NOC250620C00470000108470.036.0 - 38.637.2In
Call
NOC250620C0046000036460.042.6 - 46.038.0In
Call
NOC250620C0045000097450.048.2 - 54.052.2In
Call
NOC250620C004400005440.057.9 - 64.054.1In
Call
NOC250620C0043000017430.063.3 - 72.653.6In
Call
NOC250620C004200006420.072.4 - 81.067.0In
Call
NOC250620C004100001410.082.4 - 90.076.1In
Call
NOC250620C004000003400.091.8 - 99.0110.9In
Call
NOC250620C003900001390.0100.3 - 109.071.1In
Call
NOC250620C003800007380.0111.2 - 118.0111.0In
Call
NOC250620C0037000010370.0119.4 - 128.0125.9In
Call
NOC250620C003500002350.0139.0 - 147.0103.0In
Call
NOC250620C003200001320.0168.3 - 177.0150.0In
Call
NOC250620C003000002300.0188.0 - 197.0191.8In
Call
NOC250620C002900001290.0198.8 - 206.0219.8In
 Put
NOC250620P008000000800.0306.5 - 314.5306.5In
 Put
NOC250620P007800000780.0287.3 - 296.0287.3In
 Put
NOC250620P007600000760.0267.3 - 274.0267.3In
 Put
NOC250620P007400000740.0247.3 - 254.6247.3In
 Put
NOC250620P007200000720.0227.5 - 234.5227.5In
 Put
NOC250620P007000000700.0208.2 - 213.8208.2In
 Put
NOC250620P006800000680.0187.3 - 196.0187.3In
 Put
NOC250620P006600000660.0167.3 - 175.1167.3In
 Put
NOC250620P006400000640.0147.3 - 154.5147.3In
 Put
NOC250620P006300000630.0136.4 - 144.5136.4In
 Put
NOC250620P005700001570.077.1 - 82.867.85In
 Put
NOC250620P005600005560.068.0 - 75.094.7In
 Put
NOC250620P005400004540.050.1 - 56.262.34In
 Put
NOC250620P0053000027530.044.5 - 48.346.8In
 Put
NOC250620P0052000051520.037.6 - 43.840.1In
 Put
NOC250620P0051000017510.031.2 - 36.774.45In
 Put
NOC250620P00500000126500.026.1 - 30.528.08In
 Put
NOC250620P0049000060490.021.1 - 23.821.9Out
 Put
NOC250620P0048000093480.016.8 - 18.417.7Out
 Put
NOC250620P00470000150470.013.1 - 14.614.3Out
 Put
NOC250620P0046000082460.010.6 - 11.811.8Out
 Put
NOC250620P00450000195450.05.5 - 10.111.0Out
 Put
NOC250620P00440000177440.05.3 - 9.29.69Out
 Put
NOC250620P00430000239430.04.0 - 10.07.8Out
 Put
NOC250620P00420000312420.03.0 - 8.95.03Out
 Put
NOC250620P00410000116410.00.8 - 10.05.2Out
 Put
NOC250620P00400000449400.00.2 - 10.04.1Out
 Put
NOC250620P00390000134390.01.0 - 6.22.75Out
 Put
NOC250620P00380000298380.00.8 - 4.02.35Out
 Put
NOC250620P0037000029370.00.65 - 8.72.05Out
 Put
NOC250620P0036000023360.00.3 - 5.51.3Out
 Put
NOC250620P00350000112350.01.0 - 1.651.06Out
 Put
NOC250620P0034000049340.00.15 - 4.81.55Out
 Put
NOC250620P0033000051330.00.05 - 10.04.6Out
 Put
NOC250620P0032000038320.00.05 - 10.01.15Out
 Put
NOC250620P0031000022310.00.05 - 10.02.5Out
 Put
NOC250620P0030000010300.00.0 - 4.81.45Out
 Put
NOC250620P002800001280.00.0 - 4.63.01Out
 Put
NOC250620P002500001250.00.0 - 4.42.55Out
 Put
NOC250620P002400007240.00.0 - 4.40.6Out
 Put
NOC250620P002300001230.00.0 - 4.80.55Out
 Put
NOC250620P0022000031220.00.0 - 4.40.79Out

Northrop Grumman Market Cap Over Time

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Northrop Total Stockholder Equity

Total Stockholder Equity

8.58 Billion

At present, Northrop Grumman's Total Stockholder Equity is projected to increase significantly based on the last few years of reporting.

Northrop Grumman Corporate Directors

Thomas SchoeweIndependent DirectorProfile
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Madeleine KleinerIndependent DirectorProfile
When determining whether Northrop Grumman offers a strong return on investment in its stock, a comprehensive analysis is essential. The process typically begins with a thorough review of Northrop Grumman's financial statements, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, to assess its financial health. Key financial ratios are used to gauge profitability, efficiency, and growth potential of Northrop Grumman Stock. Outlined below are crucial reports that will aid in making a well-informed decision on Northrop Grumman Stock:
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Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.133
Dividend Share
8.05
Earnings Share
28.33
Revenue Per Share
279.136
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.005
The market value of Northrop Grumman is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Northrop that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Northrop Grumman's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Northrop Grumman's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Northrop Grumman's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Northrop Grumman's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Northrop Grumman's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Northrop Grumman is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Northrop Grumman's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.