Northrop Grumman Corporation vs J M Smucker Co — how do they compare? Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $512.35 (market cap $74.42B), while J M Smucker Co trades at $112.69 (market cap $11.97B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 6.2× J M Smucker Co's market cap, and J M Smucker Co pays the higher dividend (3.93%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NOC | SJM | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $74.42B | $11.97B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Staples |
52-Week High | $768.02 | $117.05 |
52-Week Low | $496.02 | $89.53 |
Enterprise Value | $88.65B | $19.00B |
Dividend Yield | 1.79% | 3.93% |
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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 →J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily operates in the U.S. retail channel (87% of fiscal 2022 revenue), but also in U.S. food-service (7%), and international (6%). Its largest segment is pet food and treats (36% of 2022 revenue), with popular brands such as Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Nature's Recipe, and Rachael Ray Nutrish. Its second-largest category is coffee (35% across channels) with the number-two brand Folgers and number-six Dunkin'. Other large categories are peanut butter (10%), with number-one Jif, fruit spreads (5%) with number-one Smucker's, and frozen hand-held foods (6%) with number-one Uncrustables.
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