Northrop Grumman Corporation vs Ryanair Holdings plc — how do they compare? Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $512 (market cap $74.42B), while Ryanair Holdings plc trades at $58.99 (market cap $29.31B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 2.5× Ryanair Holdings plc's market cap, and Northrop Grumman Corporation pays the higher dividend (1.79%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NOC | RYAAY | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $74.42B | $29.31B |
Sector | Industrials | Industrials |
52-Week High | $768.02 | $73.82 |
52-Week Low | $496.02 | $53.24 |
Enterprise Value | $88.65B | $26.33B |
Dividend Yield | 1.79% | 1.68% |
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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.
Read more on NOC →Ryanair is the leading airline group by passenger numbers in Europe. The company employs a low-cost no-frills model to offer low fares to leisure customers on short-haul intra-European routes. In 2020, the most recent pre-pandemic fiscal year, the company carried 149 million passengers, utilizing a fleet of 467 Boeing 737 aircraft across its 1,800 routes. To keep costs low the company serves predominantly lower-cost secondary airports. The company generated sales of EUR 8.5 billion in fiscal 2020.
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