Insider trade

Director Mark A Iii Welsh sold about $560 of Northrop Grumman shares

Traded Nov 24, 2025 · Filed Nov 25, 2025

~$560
Reported value · 1 sh @ $560.39: 4,377
Holds after · shares reported: -14.8%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +14.2%, $565.56 → $482.00 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Northrop Grumman sold $560 of Northrop Grumman shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Sold under a plan set up in advance, so the timing wasn't a fresh decision
Routine for them: 7 sales in the past year
3 insiders at Northrop Grumman sold within a month

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Nov 24, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Nov 25, 2025

Director<$25KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$560

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

34 days after results of Oct 21, 2025, 64 days before results of Jan 27, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $565.56 on Nov 24, 2025, 30% above its 52-week low and 11% below its high, after a 9% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $433.45 (Feb 19, 2025) to $637.95 (Oct 8, 2025), 65% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $618.88 on Oct 13, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-2.4%	+0.6%	-3.0%
30 days	+1.8%	+1.6%	+0.3%
90 days	+28.3%	+1.1%	+27.2%
180 days	-1.8%	+10.4%	-12.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001628280-25-053935
Filed / recorded: Nov 25, 2025, 5:46 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP /DE/
Issuer CIK: 1133421
Ticker: NOC
Reporting person: Mark A Iii Welsh
Relationship: Director
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Nov 24, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1
Price per share: $560.39
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 4,377
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the reporting person on August 23, 2025.

Around the same time

Officer sold ~$47K of Northrop Grumman

Scheduled in advance10mo ago

10mo ago

328Shares

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record