Compare International Business Machines Corp (IBM) vs Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) Price & Performance

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International Business Machines Corp vs Northrop Grumman Corporation — how do they compare? International Business Machines Corp trades at $237.35 (market cap $224.62B), while Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $574.85 (market cap $81.78B). The key difference: International Business Machines Corp is far larger — about 2.7× Northrop Grumman Corporation's market cap, and International Business Machines Corp pays the higher dividend (2.84%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.

	IBM	NOC
Market Cap	$224.62B	$81.78B
Volume	4,481,527	—
Sector	Technology	Industrials
52-Week High	$329.23	$768.02
52-Week Low	$205.77	$496.02
Enterprise Value	$281.76B	$95.77B
Dividend Yield	2.84%	1.63%

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IBM

Big Tech plans $725B AI spend in 2026, but IBM warns revenue may not justify it.24/7 Wall Street · 1 day agoNeutral IBM and Together AI launch first large-scale NVIDIA HGX B300 AI inference cluster on IBM Cloud.PRNewsWire · 1 day agoBullish OpenAI expands Daybreak cyber defense with new GPT-5.6-Cyber model for advanced security tasksTechCrunch · 1 day agoBullish View details →

NOC

Northrop Grumman rated BUY on strong Q2 2026 results and $7.6B backlog securing future cash flow.Seeking Alpha · 4 days agoBullish View details →

About International Business Machines Corp

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) provides computer solutions. The Company offers application, technology consulting and support, process design and operations, cloud, digital workplace, and network services, as well as business resiliency, strategy, and design solutions. IBM serves clients worldwide.

About Northrop Grumman Corporation

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.