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Northrop Grumman (LTS:0K92) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate : -7.10% (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Northrop Grumman 3-Year FCF Growth Rate?

Northrop Grumman's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-6.54.

During the past 12 months, Northrop Grumman's average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 84.30% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -7.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -6.90% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 4.60% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average Free Cash Flow per Share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Northrop Grumman was 93.20% per year. The lowest was -57.70% per year. And the median was 12.10% per year.


Competitive Comparison of Northrop Grumman's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Northrop Grumman's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 3-Year FCF Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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Northrop Grumman's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Northrop Grumman's 3-Year FCF Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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Northrop Grumman 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 3-year average growth rate of Free Cash Flow per Share. The growth rate is calculated using exponential compounding based on the latest four year annual data.

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Northrop Grumman  (LTS:0K92) 3-Year FCF Growth Rate Explanation

Free Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Free Cash Flow per outstanding share of the company's stock. Free Cash Flow is considered one of the most important parameters to measure a company's earnings power by value investors because it is not subject to estimates of Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (DDA). However, when we look at the Free Cash Flow, we should look from a long term perspective, because any year's Free Cash Flow can be drastically affected by the spending on Property, Plant, & Equipment (PPE) of the business in that year. Over the long term, Free Cash Flow should give pretty good picture on the real earnings power of the company. It's used in the calculation of Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %.


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Northrop Grumman (LTS:0K92) Business Description

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