Northrop Grumman Corporation vs Ulta Beauty Inc — how do they compare? Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $574.85 (market cap $81.78B), while Ulta Beauty Inc trades at $542.13 (market cap $23.27B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 3.5× Ulta Beauty Inc's market cap, and Northrop Grumman Corporation pays a 1.63% dividend while Ulta Beauty Inc pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NOC | ULTA | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $81.78B | $23.27B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $768.02 | $706.82 |
52-Week Low | $496.02 | $450.75 |
Enterprise Value | $95.77B | $25.35B |
Dividend Yield | 1.63% | — |
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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 →With more than 1,300 stores and a partnership with Target, Ulta Beauty is the largest specialized beauty retailer in the U.S. The firm offers makeup (43% of 2021 sales), fragrances, skin care, and hair care products (20% of 2021 sales), and bath and body items. Ulta offers private-label products and merchandise from more than 500 vendors. It also offers salon services, including hair, makeup, skin, and brow services, in all stores. Most Ulta stores are approximately 10,000 square feet and are in suburban strip centers. Ulta was founded in 1990 and is based in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
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