Seasonality
NOC seasonality — Northrop Grumman
Over the last 11 years, NOC's strongest month on average has been July (+4.3%) and its weakest June (-1.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +2.33% | +1.16% | 50% | +21.4% | -17.9% | 10 |
| Feb | +3.11% | +3.39% | 80% | +19.5% | -12.2% | 10 |
| Mar | +0.15% | -0.39% | 40% | +11.0% | -8.0% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.14% | +0.62% | 50% | +9.5% | -15.1% | 10 |
| May | +0.70% | +1.49% | 60% | +6.5% | -7.1% | 10 |
| Jun | -1.22% | -0.82% | 40% | +6.5% | -9.7% | 10 |
| Jul | +4.33% | +4.11% | 70% | +15.3% | -2.4% | 10 |
| Aug | +2.29% | +1.81% | 60% | +8.0% | -2.7% | 10 |
| Sep | -0.23% | +1.28% | 60% | +6.3% | -10.4% | 10 |
| Oct | +0.16% | -2.21% | 40% | +16.7% | -17.5% | 10 |
| Nov | -0.32% | -0.79% | 33% | +4.3% | -3.8% | 9 |
| Dec | -0.69% | -0.92% | 30% | +11.0% | -6.8% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — NOC
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21.4 | 4.6 | -5.8 | -15.1 | -2.7 | -9.7 | 6.5 | -0.5 | -10.4 | 15.3 | -5.8 | -7.9% | |
| 2025 | 3.8 | -5.2 | 10.9 | -5.0 | -0.4 | 3.1 | 15.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | -4.2 | -1.9 | -0.4 | +21.5% |
| 2024 | -4.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 1.3 | -7.1 | -3.3 | 11.1 | 8.0 | 0.9 | -3.6 | -3.8 | -4.2 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | -17.9 | 3.6 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -5.6 | 4.7 | -2.4 | -2.7 | 1.6 | 7.1 | 0.8 | -1.5 | -14.2% |
| 2022 | -4.4 | 19.5 | 1.1 | -1.8 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -1.6 | 16.7 | -2.9 | 2.3 | +41.0% |
| 2021 | -5.9 | 1.8 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 3.2 | -0.7 | -0.1 | 1.3 | -2.0 | -0.8 | -2.4 | 11.0 | +27.0% |
| 2020 | 8.9 | -12.2 | -8.0 | 9.3 | 1.4 | -8.3 | 5.7 | 5.4 | -7.9 | -8.1 | 4.3 | 0.8 | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 12.5 | 5.2 | -7.0 | 7.5 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 1.9 | -6.0 | -0.2 | -2.2 | +40.5% |
| 2018 | 10.9 | 2.8 | -0.3 | -7.8 | 1.6 | -6.0 | -2.3 | -0.7 | 6.3 | -17.5 | -0.8 | -5.8 | -20.2% |
| 2017 | -1.5 | 7.9 | -3.7 | 3.4 | 5.4 | -1.0 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | -0.2 | +32.0% |
| 2016 | -6.8 |