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Home›Compare›NOC vs GD
Head-to-head · SEC filings only

Northrop Grumman vs General Dynamics: which stock is the better buy?

Our verdict

On the filings, General Dynamics (GD) is the stronger stock right now — higher on our blended fundamentals-plus-verdict read, and we currently rate it BUY.

NOC: 66/100GD: 81/100blended fundamentals + verdict
NOCNorthrop GrummanHold

Quality defense prime at a fair 17.9x with strong demand tailwinds, but 10% margins and flat earnings cap the upside — own, don't chase.

Revenue $42.0B · FY2025
Is NOC a buy? →
GDGeneral DynamicsBuy

Quality defense compounder with a Navy-submarine tailwind, double-digit EPS growth and a fair 22.7x multiple — buy the dip.

Revenue $52.5B · FY2025
Is GD a buy? →

The numbers, from the filings

MetricNOCGD
Fundamentals score6973
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.2%+10.1%
Net income growth (YoY)+0.2%+11.3%
Net margin10.0%8.0%
Return on equity25.1%16.4%
ROIC (est.)11.0%12.6%
Liabilities / Equity2.08—
Piotroski F-score6 / 98 / 9

Bold green = the stronger figure. All rows derive from SEC XBRL filings — no market-price data on this page.

Common questions

Northrop Grumman or General Dynamics — which stock is better?
On the filings, General Dynamics (GD) is the stronger stock right now — higher on our blended fundamentals-plus-verdict read, and we currently rate it BUY. This comparison uses SEC-filing data only: fundamentals scores, revenue and income growth, margins, returns on capital and balance-sheet health.
Is NOC (Northrop Grumman) a buy?
Our current verdict on Northrop Grumman is HOLD (conviction 4/5), re-evaluated nightly against its SEC filings. The one-page verdict has the reasoning.
Is GD (General Dynamics) a buy?
Our current verdict on General Dynamics is BUY (conviction 3/5), re-evaluated nightly against its SEC filings. The one-page verdict has the reasoning.
What data is this comparison based on?
Everything here derives from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings: growth, margins, returns and health ratios, plus our filings-only fundamentals scores and buy/hold/sell verdicts. We deliberately exclude market-price data, so the comparison reflects the businesses, not the tape.

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AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jun 21, 2026, 11:29 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

›About this recommendation — produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg · not investment advice

AI-generated analysis, produced by our proprietary engine from SEC filing data.

Investment recommendation produced by TENK/calls (tenkcalls.com), Luxembourg. Completed Jun 21, 2026, 11:02 AM ET. Ratings & methodology: definitions · All recommendations to date: track record · Conflicts: disclosures. Not investment advice.

Research and education only — not financial advice. TENKis not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer and gives no personalized advice. Every call is impersonal — identical for all users, generated on a schedule from SEC filings plus a delayed/third-party price feed — may be wrong or out of date, and is not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. The operator and an affiliated trading operation may hold or trade the securities TENK rates; see Disclosures. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Do your own research.

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NVDA$210.96▲4.03%AAPL$315.32▼0.28%GOOGL$357.18▼0.48%GOOG$355.03▼0.34%MSFT$385.10▲0.19%AMZN$245.34▼0.69%TSM$434.11▼0.65%SPCX$145.30▼4.51%AVGO$399.97▼0.28%META$669.21▲5.97%TSLA$407.76▲0.30%MU$979.30▼1.24%LLY$1,188.58▼2.33%BRK-B$493.71▼0.35%BRK-A$739,750.00▼0.17%JPM$336.47▲0.30%WMT$113.90▲1.51%AMD$557.89▲2.04%ASML$1,797.32▼0.38%V$348.97▲0.22%JNJ$256.98▼0.82%XOM$138.88▲1.03%INTC$109.84▼2.40%AMAT$602.50▲2.35%CSCO$121.31▲2.54%MA$526.74▲0.68%LRCX$350.33▼0.80%ABBV$248.08▼0.73%CAT$952.41▲1.49%BAC$59.67▲0.71%
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NVDA$210.96▲4.03%AAPL$315.32▼0.28%GOOGL$357.18▼0.48%GOOG$355.03▼0.34%MSFT$385.10▲0.19%AMZN$245.34▼0.69%TSM$434.11▼0.65%SPCX$145.30▼4.51%AVGO$399.97▼0.28%META$669.21▲5.97%TSLA$407.76▲0.30%MU$979.30▼1.24%LLY$1,188.58▼2.33%BRK-B$493.71▼0.35%BRK-A$739,750.00▼0.17%JPM$336.47▲0.30%WMT$113.90▲1.51%AMD$557.89▲2.04%ASML$1,797.32▼0.38%V$348.97▲0.22%JNJ$256.98▼0.82%XOM$138.88▲1.03%INTC$109.84▼2.40%AMAT$602.50▲2.35%CSCO$121.31▲2.54%MA$526.74▲0.68%LRCX$350.33▼0.80%ABBV$248.08▼0.73%CAT$952.41▲1.49%BAC$59.67▲0.71%
NVDA$210.96▲4.03%AAPL$315.32▼0.28%GOOGL$357.18▼0.48%GOOG$355.03▼0.34%MSFT$385.10▲0.19%AMZN$245.34▼0.69%TSM$434.11▼0.65%SPCX$145.30▼4.51%AVGO$399.97▼0.28%META$669.21▲5.97%TSLA$407.76▲0.30%MU$979.30▼1.24%LLY$1,188.58▼2.33%BRK-B$493.71▼0.35%BRK-A$739,750.00▼0.17%JPM$336.47▲0.30%WMT$113.90▲1.51%AMD$557.89▲2.04%ASML$1,797.32▼0.38%V$348.97▲0.22%JNJ$256.98▼0.82%XOM$138.88▲1.03%INTC$109.84▼2.40%AMAT$602.50▲2.35%CSCO$121.31▲2.54%MA$526.74▲0.68%LRCX$350.33▼0.80%ABBV$248.08▼0.73%CAT$952.41▲1.49%BAC$59.67▲0.71%