Northrop Grumman Corporation: Financial Analysis

Our leadership is founded on talented employees effectively applying advanced technology and sound business management. Northrop Grumman employees lead through competence, creativity, and teamwork (Northrop Grumman, 2016). In addition, we strive to attract and retain the best employees by providing an inclusive work environment wherein employees are receptive to diverse ideas, perspectives, and talents to help solve our toughest customer challenges. Northrop Grumman develops and maintains some of the most technically advanced products, programs, and services in the world. For this reason, our continued success requires us to provide the education and development needed to help our people grow (Northrop Grumman, 2016).

MTC initially needed to obtain substantial investment capital due to two main factors: a research-heavy industry, and the need to create most of the markets for its products. Although the founders' goal was to become a major manufacturing company, they did estimate that the company would need $50 million in capital before it would become self-sufficient. Their initial financing model was to first recruit a superior technical team, use that to attract additional equity investment and development funding from interested corporations, and then develop manufacturing capabilities. Commercial sales began 2.5 years after inception, and MTC is nearing the break-even point in 1990.

In essence, we learned many important lessons. First, when the business is new and its’ future is uncertain it should not invest in large capital. Next, the business should outsource only when it is appropriate considering the risks and benefits. And most importantly, we learned that in a small business situation, the company should focus on its’ core competency in bringing value to the business and the customers.

Northrop Grumman is primarily involved in four related by also distinct industries which are also their core competencies. They are involved in aerospace systems, electrical systems, information systems and technology systems. Involvement in these key areas allows them to focus on their customers’ needs for unmanned air systems; command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR); logistics, and cyber security.

2). Raytheon has several resources strengths, such as strong brand reputation, established customer space, and patents. With more than 95 years operating in the A&D industry, Raytheon has established credibility and reputation in the A&D customer communities, shareholders, and other stakeholders. From corporate social responsibility awards, to best place to work for, to customer awarded recognitions, Raytheon has won many industry-recognizable awards and accolades (“Raytheon Recognized”, 2017). Since with years of business, Raytheon has served the defense and other customers and strengthened the customer relationship over time. This is an important resource in winning and maintaining the government contracts. Additionally, Raytheon has more than 745 patents filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“Raytheon’s Patents”, 2017). These resources are important for Raytheon’s ability to create technologically advanced and cost effective products, services, and solutions for the customer and to satisfy the shareholders’ expectation.

largest percentage changes on Lockheed Martin’s balance sheet is the 16% vertical increase in ‘Other Liabilities’ (Other Non-Current Liabilities). This portion of the balance sheet contains payable liabilities in the future such as environmental cleanups and proceedings ($1.0B recorded in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act), expected pension payments, and deferred compensation plans. As obligations listed in this account are normally contractual or mandatory, it will be hard for the company to reduce the amount. What the company can instead do is to transfer some amount under prepaid expenses, thereby erasing some liabilities while fulfilling some pension and compensation obligations.

There are several factors that guide the choice among debt financing and equity financing such as potential profitability, financial risk and voting control. Equity financing is a method used to obtain capital in order to finance operations, growth or expansion. Sources of equity financing are extremely important. Major sources of equity financial are Retained Earnings, sale of stock, and funds provided by venture capital firms. Profits that are kept and reinvested are called Retained earnings, which is a very attractive source fund due to the savings it provides to the entity by not paying the interests, dividends or underwriting fees related to issuing securities. This source of financing does not dilute ownership, but it

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When analyzing the DuPont model, we determined that GIS has a higher profit margin, low asset turnover ratio, and low financial leverage versus the industry average, leading GIS not to perform with the same efficiency as the Industry Composite. GIS’s return on equity (ROE) was 28.25% in 2011, dipped to 24.41% in 2012, and then rose to 27.80% in 2013. GIS three-year average ROE of 26.82% is below the industry three-year median of 30.78%. This is largely attributable to a decrease on Equity due to the acquisitions that began on 2011. GIS asset turnover ratio remained steady for the past three years with a median of 0.79; however, competitors achieved a higher asset turnover ratio, of 1.07. The three-year average equity multiplier of 3.21 shows that their financial leverage is slightly lower compared to the industry median of 3.33, which indicates that the company relies less on debt rather than equity to finance its assets.

It did so in order to better focus its resources on changing customer needs as well as emphasize its strengths in the market place. The organizational structure now consists of centralized engineering and marketing organizations. This way the company has the ability to prevent product and resource overlaps and more effectively allocate its resources to areas yielding optimum profitability. The engineering side has eleven technology groups with people heading multiple groups and reporting to one person who then reports to the CEO. The marketing side has one head who reports to the CEO as well.