DJ Northrop Grumman Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
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Shares of Northrop Grumman Corp. $(NOC)$ slid 1.07% to $582.84 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.21% to 7,707.98 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.22% to 53,463.05.
Northrop Grumman Corp. closed 24.70% below its 52-week high of $774.00, which the company reached on March 3rd.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as RTX Corp. $(RTX)$ fell 2.28% to $220.35, Boeing Co. $(BA)$ fell 0.39% to $222.20, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) fell 2.97% to $589.15.
Trading volume (664,815) remained 255,283 below its 50-day average volume of 920,098.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 19, 2026.