NOC (Northrop Grumman) Cash-to-Debt : 0.11 (As of Mar. 2025)

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What is Northrop Grumman Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Northrop Grumman's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.11.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Northrop Grumman couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025.

The historical rank and industry rank for Northrop Grumman's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

NOC' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05 Med: 0.2 Max: 0.78
Current: 0.11

During the past 13 years, Northrop Grumman's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 0.78. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.20.

NOC's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
85.67% of 321 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 0.69 vs NOC: 0.11

Northrop Grumman Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northrop Grumman's Cash-to-Debt can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Northrop Grumman Cash-to-Debt Chart

Northrop Grumman Annual Data

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Dec24

Cash-to-Debt

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0.30

0.25

0.19

0.20

0.26

Northrop Grumman Quarterly Data
	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24	Mar25
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.19	0.18	0.20	0.26	0.11

Competitive Comparison of Northrop Grumman's Cash-to-Debt

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Northrop Grumman's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Northrop Grumman's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Northrop Grumman's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

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Northrop Grumman Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Northrop Grumman's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	4353	/	(0	+	16490)
	=	0.26

Northrop Grumman's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	1685	/	(0	+	16021)
	=	0.11

Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Northrop Grumman Business Description

Industry

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Address

2980 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA, USA, 22042

Website

https://www.northropgrumman.com

Northrop Grumman is a diversified defense contractor providing aeronautics, defense, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program, produces autonomous and piloted aircraft such as Global Hawk drones and the new B-21 bomber, and maintains and upgrades numerous military aircraft. Defense systems makes artillery and missile ammunition and guidance systems, long-range missiles, and missile defense systems. 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. Space systems produces satellites, sensors, space structures, and rocket motors.

Executives

Welsh Mark A Iii	director	6020 AUGUSTA CIRCLE, COLLEGE STATION TX 77845
Kathy J Warden	officer: Corp VP & Pres Info Syst	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Michael A Hardesty	officer: Corp VP, Controller & CAO	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Kathryn G Simpson	officer: Corp VP & General Counsel	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Thomas H Jones	officer: CVP & Pres Aeronautics Systems	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Roshan S Roeder	officer: CVP & Pres. Defense Systems	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Mark A Caylor	officer: Corp VP & Pres ESS	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Robert J. Fleming	officer: CVP and Pres. Space Systems	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Kimberly A. Ross	director	C/O AVON PRODUCTS,INC., 1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS`, NEW YORK NY 10105-0196
Mary A Winston	director	557 BROADWAY, C/O SCHOLASTIC CORP, NEW YORK NY 10012
David T Perry	officer: CVP Chief Global Bus Dev Off	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Lucy C Ryan	officer: Corp VP, Communications	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Mary D Petryszyn	officer: CVP, Pres, Defense Systems	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Sheila C. Cheston	officer: Corp. VP & General Counsel	C/O NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION, 2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042
Stephen F. O'bryan	officer: CVP Global Bus Dev Officer	2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE, FALLS CHURCH VA 22042