DJ Northrop Grumman Corp. Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Northrop Grumman Corp. $(NOC)$ rallied 3.38% to $724.83 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.56% to 6,881.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 49,662.66.

Northrop Grumman Corp. hit a new 52-week high, surpassing its previous peak of $715.61, which the company achieved on February 9th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as RTX Corp. $(RTX)$ rose 0.64% to $204.81, Boeing Co. $(BA)$ fell 2.09% to $238.93, and Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) rose 0.04% to $649.81.

Trading volume (1.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 905,870.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 18, 2026.

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February 18, 2026 16:41 ET (21:41 GMT)

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