NOC’s worst drop since 1999 was 59%
Northrop Grumman (NOC) fell 59% from Nov 2007 to Nov 2008. It took 3.6 years from that peak to close at a new high, in Jun 2011. Over the same years the S&P 500 fell as much as 55%.
That drop is milder than most. It ranks 773rd of the 986 stocks PortfolioAutopsy tracks, counted from the deepest.
Drawdown from the last high, 1999 to now
How NOC held up in each crash
| Crash | Years | NOC | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | 2000–02 | −33.7% | −47.5% |
| Financial crisis | 2007–09 | −58.7% | −55.2% |
| COVID crash | 2020 | −29.6% | −33.7% |
| 2022 rate shock | 2022 | −12.2% | −24.5% |
Each number is the deepest fall from a high inside that window, using daily prices with dividends reinvested.
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What was NOC’s maximum drawdown?
NOC’s deepest fall since 1999 was 58.7%, from its high on November 6, 2007 to its low on November 20, 2008. The figure uses daily prices with dividends reinvested.
How long did NOC take to recover?
3.6 years. NOC first closed above its Nov 2007 high again on June 29, 2011.
Was NOC riskier than the S&P 500?
Over the same years, NOC’s worst drop was 58.7% against 55.2% for the S&P 500 (SPY), and its worst 12 months were −56.0% against −47.4%.
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Daily adjusted closes from Yahoo Finance, January 5, 1999 through October 13, 2026, dividends reinvested. Historical facts, not a forecast and not investment advice.