Northrop Grumman (WBO:NOCO) ROCE % : 14.77% (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Northrop Grumman ROCE %?

ROCE % measures how well a company generates profits from its capital. It is calculated as EBIT divided by Capital Employed, where Capital Employed is calculated as Total Assets minus Total Current Liabilities. Northrop Grumman's annualized ROCE % for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 14.77%.

Northrop Grumman ROCE % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northrop Grumman's ROCE % can be seen below:

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Northrop Grumman Annual Data

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10.19

12.43

29.01

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8.54

Northrop Grumman Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
ROCE %	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															13.60	13.30	14.78	-7.19	14.77

Northrop Grumman ROCE % Calculation

Northrop Grumman's annualized ROCE % for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2023 )		(A: Dec. 2022 )		(A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(A: Dec. 2023 )		(A: Dec. 2022 )		(A: Dec. 2023 )
	=	2651.047	/	( ( (41304.72 - 10938.128)	+	(42680.848 - 10950.814) )	/ 2 )
	=	2651.047	/	( (30366.592	+	31730.034)	/ 2 )
	=	2651.047	/	31048.313
	=	8.54 %

Northrop Grumman's ROCE % of for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

ROCE %	=	EBIT ⁽¹⁾	/	( (Capital Employed	+	Capital Employed)	/ count )
		(Q: Mar. 2024 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	EBIT	/	( ( (Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities)	+	(Total Assets - Total Current Liabilities) )	/ count )
		(Q: Mar. 2024 )		(Q: Dec. 2023 )		(Q: Mar. 2024 )
	=	4699.36	/	( ( (42680.848 - 10950.814)	+	(43992.56 - 12081.44) )	/ 2 )
	=	4699.36	/	( ( 31730.034	+	31911.12 )	/ 2 )
	=	4699.36	/	31820.577
	=	14.77 %

(1) Note: The EBIT data used here is four times the quarterly (Mar. 2024) EBIT data.

Northrop Grumman (WBO:NOCO) ROCE % Explanation

ROCE % can be especially useful when comparing the performance of capital-intensive companies. Unlike ROE %, which indicates the profitability of Shareholders Equity, ROCE % also considers long-term debt in Capital Employed. This can be helpful when analyzing companies with significant debt, as the result is neutralized by taking debt into consideration.

Generally speaking, a higher ROCE % indicates a stonger profitability for a company. Moreover, it is important to look at the ratio from a long term perspective. Investors tend to favor companies with stable and rising ROCE % trend over those with volatile ones.

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Northrop Grumman is a diversified defense contractor providing aeronautics, defense, mission, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces autonomous and piloted aircraft such as Global Hawk drones and the new B-21 bomber. Defense systems makes artillery and missile ammunition and guidance systems, missile defense systems, and conducts maintenance and upgrades on numerous military aircraft. Mission systems creates and integrates a variety of radar, navigation, and communication systems for avionics, weapons control, and countermeasures on a range of platforms from helicopters to destroyers. Finally, space systems produces satellites, sensors, space structures, and manufactures long-range missiles and rocket motors.

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