Move decomposition
Earnings contribution and valuation offset
The market move is separated into the change in trailing earnings power and the offset from relative valuation.
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Northrop Grumman CorporationIndustrials · Aerospace & Defense · USD reporting basis
Current earnings profile
Delivery strong, expectations demanding
Results have usually cleared estimates, but price has not consistently rewarded the delivery.
Evidence100/100 · Deep
Next scheduled catalyst
Tuesday 20 October 2026
Time unconfirmed · Fiscal period ending 30 Sep 2026
44event risk
Moderate
Countdown69 dayscalendar proximity
EPS estimate7.14 USDprovider consensus
Estimate growth-6.9%versus comparable year-ago actual
Historical movement6.0%average absolute next weekly close
Three-year earnings transmission
Delivered earnings power versus market price
Market price is leading earnings power; the spread is widening and has persisted through 6 updates. Both series begin at 100, so the gap isolates the relative change in price and trailing earnings power.
Market move39.7%2023-08-18 to 2026-08-07
Earnings move18.5%trailing diluted EPS
Unresolved spread-21.1 ptsWidening
Current multiple19.9xprice divided by TTM EPS
Relationship pressure50/100Moderate
Model confidence83/100High
Relationship controls
What qualifies the headline spread
Business quality supportive
Cash generation and operating evidence are broadly supportive.
Expectations elevated
Price is leading delivered earnings power by a meaningful margin.
Model qualification
The direction is sensitive to the comparison horizon.
Beat rate91.7%11 beats in 12 measured quarters
Average surprise+4.7%median 7.7%
Delivery streak55 consecutive beats
Average response-0.6%12 measured reactions
Result-price confirmation58%same directional sign
Surprise variability16.7 ptspopulation dispersion
Estimate delivery
Actual EPS versus consensus
Actual and estimated EPS are displayed in reported currency on the same quarterly basis.
Price acceptance
Surprise and next weekly close
The response uses the first completed weekly close after the public report against the prior completed weekly close.
Fundamental delivery
Quarterly revenue and net income
Reported financial statements provide scale and earnings quality context around the headline EPS result.
Transmission matrix
Does price confirm delivery?
Upper right and lower left observations confirm the sign of delivery. The other quadrants expose expectation or resilience effects.
Current business context
Growth, quality and valuation
EPS growth14.0%year on year
Revenue growth5.9%year on year
Average surprise9.1%latest four quarters
SUE0.14standardised surprise
Net margin10.5%trailing basis
Cash conversion1.45xcash flow / net income
P/E18.1xcurrent snapshot
Data completeness100%alphavantage
Market context
Positioning into the event
Weekly close571.58 USDcompleted week
13-week return4.5%price momentum
Fair-value gap12.2%price versus current fair value
Relative strength-15.3exchange benchmark
Trend signalInactiveweekly architecture
Next-week statePositive55.4%
Market context describes the setup surrounding the report. It does not convert the earnings event into a directional forecast.
Reported evidence ledger
Quarter-by-quarter delivery and acceptance
Each row preserves the reported estimate, public date, statement context and conservative weekly reaction measurement.
Reported / periodEPS actual / estimateSurpriseEPS growthRevenue / growthNext close / four weeksRead
Reported / period21 Jul 202630 Jun 2026 · exact
EPS actual / estimate7.68 / 6.84USD
Surprise+12.3%Beat
EPS growth-5.8%year on year
Revenue / growth10876000000+5.1% · USD
Next close / four weeks+4.0% / -completed weekly closes
ReadConfirmedresult versus price sign
Reported / period21 Apr 202631 Mar 2026 · exact
EPS actual / estimate6.14 / 6.06USD
Surprise+1.3%Beat
EPS growth+84.9%year on year
Revenue / growth9881000000+4.4% · USD
Next close / four weeks-13.6% / -18.7%completed weekly closes
ReadDivergedresult versus price sign
Reported / period27 Jan 202631 Dec 2025 · exact
EPS actual / estimate7.23 / 6.96USD
Surprise+3.9%Beat
EPS growth+13.1%year on year
Revenue / growth11712000000+9.6% · USD
Next close / four weeks+2.9% / +7.5%completed weekly closes
ReadConfirmedresult versus price sign
Reported / period21 Oct 202530 Sep 2025 · exact
EPS actual / estimate7.67 / 6.46USD
Surprise+18.7%Beat
EPS growth+9.6%year on year
Revenue / growth10423000000+4.3% · USD
Next close / four weeks+1.9% / -6.1%completed weekly closes
ReadConfirmedresult versus price sign
Reported / period22 Jul 202530 Jun 2025 · exact
EPS actual / estimate8.15 / 6.80USD
Surprise+19.9%Beat
EPS growth+28.1%year on year
Revenue / growth10351000000+1.3% · USD
Next close / four weeks+9.8% / +12.5%completed weekly closes
ReadConfirmedresult versus price sign
Reported / period22 Apr 202531 Mar 2025 · exact
EPS actual / estimate3.32 / 6.26USD
Surprise-47.0%Miss
EPS growth-47.5%year on year
Revenue / growth9468000000-6.6% · USD
Next close / four weeks-12.4% / -12.4%completed weekly closes
ReadConfirmedresult versus price sign
Reported / period30 Jan 202531 Dec 2024 · exact
EPS actual / estimate6.39 / 6.35USD
Surprise+0.6%Beat
EPS growth+1.9%year on year
Revenue / growth10686000000+0.5% · USD
Next close / four weeks-2.0% / -9.9%completed weekly closes
ReadDivergedresult versus price sign
Reported / period24 Oct 202430 Sep 2024 · exact
EPS actual / estimate7.00 / 6.07USD
Surprise+15.3%Beat
EPS growth+13.3%year on year
Revenue / growth9996000000+2.3% · USD
Next close / four weeks-2.2% / -6.9%completed weekly closes
ReadDivergedresult versus price sign
Reported / period25 Jul 202430 Jun 2024 · exact
EPS actual / estimate6.36 / 5.93USD
Surprise+7.3%Beat
EPS growth-year on year
Revenue / growth10218000000- · USD
Next close / four weeks+9.7% / +15.7%completed weekly closes
ReadConfirmedresult versus price sign
Reported / period25 Apr 202431 Mar 2024 · exact
EPS actual / estimate6.32 / 5.78USD
Surprise+9.3%Beat
EPS growth-year on year
Revenue / growth10133000000- · USD
Next close / four weeks+3.9% / +1.7%completed weekly closes
ReadConfirmedresult versus price sign
Reported / period25 Jan 202431 Dec 2023 · exact
EPS actual / estimate6.27 / 5.80USD
Surprise+8.1%Beat
EPS growth-year on year
Revenue / growth10638000000- · USD
Next close / four weeks-6.9% / -4.1%completed weekly closes
ReadDivergedresult versus price sign
Reported / period26 Oct 202330 Sep 2023 · exact
EPS actual / estimate6.18 / 5.80USD
Surprise+6.6%Beat
EPS growth-year on year
Revenue / growth9775000000- · USD
Next close / four weeks-2.6% / -4.4%completed weekly closes
ReadDivergedresult versus price sign
Reproducible method
How the earnings dossier is measured
Reported diluted EPS is compared with the stored estimate for the same fiscal period. Moves within ±0.5% are classified as in-line.
The first completed weekly close after the public date is compared with the prior completed weekly close. Four-week response uses the first close at least 21 days later.
Risk combines proximity, average absolute price movement, surprise variability, estimate availability and timing certainty. It does not score direction.
Exact public dates are used when stored. Missing estimates, timing and statement fields remain missing. No result or reaction is filled from a future observation.
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