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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Excellent Stock Value (NYSE: NOC)

Shares of NOC traded higher by 1.47% or $0.761/share to $52.51. Northrop Grumman Corporation is trading at a price to book ratio of 1.18. This indicates that the shares are relatively cheap compared to book value which means the market is pricing in going concern value. The PEG is 1.02 suggesting that the shares are attractively priced relative to the firm's growth rate. The price to sales ratio came in at 0.42. Hence, the firm is extremely cheap relative to its top line sales figures. On average, 2717710 shares of NOC exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 5446328. These financial metrics combined make this company seem undervalued. Value investors may have an eye on this one, especially if the stock gets cheaper.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (Northrop Grumman) is an integrated enterprise consisting of businesses that cover the entire security spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace.