Northrop Grumman Corporation vs Wendys Co — how do they compare? Northrop Grumman Corporation trades at $512.35 (market cap $74.42B), while Wendys Co trades at $7.62 (market cap $1.50B). The key difference: Northrop Grumman Corporation is far larger — about 49.6× Wendys Co's market cap, and Wendys Co pays the higher dividend (7.13%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NOC | WEN | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $74.42B | $1.50B |
Sector | Industrials | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $768.02 | $11.33 |
52-Week Low | $496.02 | $6.17 |
Enterprise Value | $88.65B | $5.31B |
Dividend Yield | 1.79% | 7.13% |
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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 →The Wendy's Company is the second-largest burger quick-service restaurant, or QSR, chain in the United States by systemwide sales, with $11.1 billion in 2021, narrowly edging Burger King ($10.3 billion) and clocking in well behind wide-moat McDonald's ($45.7 billion). After divestitures of Tim Hortons (2006) and Arby's (2011), the firm manages just the burger banner, generating sales across a footprint that spans almost 7,000 total units in 30 countries. Wendy's generates revenue from the sale of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, and fries throughout its company-owned footprint, through franchise royalty and marketing fund payments remitted by its franchisees, which account for 94% of stores, and through franchise flipping and advisory fees.
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