Northrop Grumman Corporation vs Smith & Nephew plc — how do they compare? Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $575.54 (market cap $81.78B), while Smith & Nephew plc trades at $30.05 (market cap $12.54B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 6.5× Smith & Nephew plc's market cap, and Smith & Nephew plc pays the higher dividend (2.65%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NOC | SNN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $81.78B | $12.54B |
Sector | Industrials | Health |
52-Week High | $768.02 | $38.70 |
52-Week Low | $496.02 | $28.73 |
Enterprise Value | $95.77B | $15.57B |
Dividend Yield | 1.63% | 2.65% |
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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 →Smith & Nephew designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and arthroscopic technologies, and wound-care solutions. Roughly 42% of the U.K.-based firm's revenue comes from orthopedic products, and another 30% is sports medicine and ENT. The remaining 28% of revenue is from the advanced wound therapy segment. Roughly half of Smith & Nephew's total revenue comes from the United States, just over 30% is from other developed markets, and emerging markets account for the remainder.
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