NOC Stock Outstanding Shares
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Market Insider NOC
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Institutional Ownership
About 82.82% of NOC shares are held by financial institutions. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC is the top corporate investor, holding 309.5K shares valued at $148.14M. A 0.2% stake in Northrop Grumman Corporation is owned by the company. NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND owns 236.85K shares valued at $113.37M, which translates its holding of 0.16% of the stake in the company.
NOC Insiders
Among the NOC insiders holding of 0.23% of the stake in company, WARDEN KATHY J, Chair, CEO and President, holds the largest shares of 134.58K. CHESTON SHEILA C., Corp. VP & General Counsel, is the second largest NOC insider with ownership of 27.06K shares. KRAPEK KARL J, director, stands third with possession of 23.88K shares of that stake.
Buying/Selling by Insiders
Insider Transaction Summary (6 Months)
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A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own NOC shares is 1901, representing 82.82% of the company's common stock.
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in NOC by -8.07% restricting it's holding to 236.85 thousand shares of worth nearly $113.37M. FOCUSED INVESTORS LLC also lessened -6.12% of the NOC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 226.4 thousand shares of worth $108.37M. CAPITAL GROUP PRIVATE CLIENT SERVICES, INC. also shunned NOC shares holding by -11.97% last quarter which brought its holding to 226.14 thousand shares worth $108.25M.
As per its latest 13F filing, UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC increased its stake in NOC by 1.29% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 309.5 thousand shares having worth more than $148.14M. FOCUSED INVESTORS FUND L P also added 100% more shares of NOC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 226.4 thousand shares of worth $108.37M. LPL FINANCIAL LLC also increased its NOC shares holding by 7.38% which brought its holding to 223.06 thousand shares worth $106.77M.
The insider with the most stakes in NOC is Warden Kathy J , Chair, CEO and President at the company. Additionally, NOC stock is highly held by Corp. VP & General Counsel CHESTON SHEILA C. and director KRAPEK KARL J among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.23% percent of Northrop Grumman Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 10 transaction(s) in which NOC insiders have sold stock, totaling 2.36K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SIMPSON KATHRYN G, DAVIES BENJAMIN R., and WELSH MARK A III.
There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Northrop Grumman Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares
Around 32.57K Northrop Grumman Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.23% of NOC stock.
NOC Chair, CEO and President, Warden Kathy J holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. NOC shares owned by Warden total nearly 134.58 thousand.
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC is the largest institutional owner in NOC which holds 309.5 thousand shares worth $148.14M or 0.2% of the total NOC shares outstanding followed by NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND with ownership of 236.85 thousand shares representing 0.16% of the NOC ownership. FOCUSED INVESTORS FUND L P is the third largest stakeholder with 226.4 thousand shares or 0.15% of the ownership worth more than $108.37M.
Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the NOC is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.
Number of NOC shares short is 1.96M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.
As of today, 144.76M shares of NOC are outstanding.
Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, NOC has 136.85M shares in float.
Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for NOC is 2.89.