Clorox Co vs Northrop Grumman Corporation — how do they compare? Clorox Co trades at $108.39 (market cap $13.09B), while Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $574.85 (market cap $81.78B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 6.2× Clorox Co's market cap, and Clorox Co pays the higher dividend (4.62%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CLX | NOC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $13.09B | $81.78B |
Sector | Consumer Staples | Industrials |
52-Week High | $127.16 | $768.02 |
52-Week Low | $86.12 | $496.02 |
Enterprise Value | $18.47B | $95.77B |
Dividend Yield | 4.62% | 1.63% |
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With a history dating back more than 100 years, Clorox now plays in a variety of categories across the consumer products space, including cleaning supplies, laundry care, trash bags, cat litter, charcoal, food dressings, water-filtration products, and natural personal-care products. Beyond its namesake brand, the firm's portfolio includes Liquid-Plumr, Pine-Sol, S.O.S, Tilex, Kingsford, Fresh Step, Glad, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, Brita, and Burt's Bees. Just shy of 85% of Clorox's sales stem from its home turf.
Read more on CLX →Northrop Grumman is a defense contractor that is diversified across short-cycle and long-cycle businesses. The firm's segments include aeronautics, mission systems, defense services, and space systems. The company's aerospace segment creates the fuselage for the massive F-35 program and produces various piloted and autonomous flight systems. Mission systems creates a variety of sensors and processors for defense hardware. The defense systems segment is a long-range missile manufacturer. Finally, the company's space systems segment produces various space structures, sensors, and satellites.
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