Northrop Grumman (NOC) Options Chain

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480.72-3.76 (-0.78%)

At close: Oct 9, 4:00 PM ET · Delayed 15 min

Expiration date

Expiration: Dec 18, 2026
Days to expiration: 68
Share price: $480.72
Put/call ratio (OI): 0.79
Put/call ratio (volume): 0.37
ATM implied volatility: 33.2%
Expected move: ±$68.78
Open interest (C / P): 2.65K / 2.08K

NOC options summary

The NOC options chain for the December 18, 2026 expiration lists 81 call and 76 put contracts, with 68 days until expiration. Open interest stands at 2,645 calls and 2,085 puts, a put/call ratio of 0.79, which is fairly balanced between calls and puts. At-the-money implied volatility near the $480.00 strike is 33.2%, which implies the market expects a move of about ±$68.78 (14.3%) in Northrop Grumman stock by expiration.

The most open interest sits at the $740.00 call (501 contracts) and the $550.00 put (192 contracts).

Summary generated from market data by MetaCap's automated system. Methodology

NOC options chain · December 18, 2026

NOC calls and puts by strike price. Shaded cells are in the money.
Calls							Puts
OI	Vol	IV	Last	Bid	Ask	Strike	Bid	Ask	Last	IV	Vol	OI
—	—	—	—	—	—	290.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	25.0%	1	0
1	—	227.1%	214.80	251.00	260.00	295.00	0.00	0.00	0.31	25.0%	3	0
1	—	223.4%	210.50	246.10	256.00	300.00	0.00	0.00	0.78	25.0%	3	0
1	—	218.5%	206.10	241.00	251.00	305.00	0.00	0.00	0.45	25.0%	6	0
12	—	214.0%	200.50	236.20	246.00	310.00	0.00	4.60	0.05	62.3%	1	12
2	—	209.3%	195.70	231.10	241.00	315.00	0.00	0.00	1.76	25.0%	32	0
7	—	204.8%	191.90	226.10	236.00	320.00	0.00	0.60	0.24	46.0%	5	37
1	—	199.9%	187.50	221.50	230.00	325.00	0.05	3.60	1.30	54.0%	2	11
—	—	—	—	—	—	330.00	0.00	7.30	1.17	60.8%	2	21
1	—	192.3%	176.00	211.70	221.00	335.00	0.00	0.00	1.44	12.5%	20	0
11	—	188.2%	172.00	206.80	216.00	340.00	0.00	5.50	1.05	53.2%	4	31
17	—	184.2%	166.60	202.00	211.00	345.00	0.00	4.90	0.57	50.1%	6	5
17	—	426.2%	265.50	332.00	341.00	350.00	0.10	2.05	0.45	46.5%	3	91
1	—	176.8%	157.50	192.00	202.00	355.00	0.00	4.90	0.66	55.3%	—	2
—	—	—	—	—	—	360.00	0.00	4.90	0.80	53.4%	3	17
0	—	—	351.00	0.00	0.00	365.00	0.05	6.50	0.70	55.9%	2	32
1	—	165.7%	145.30	177.90	187.00	370.00	0.05	6.50	1.10	53.8%	4	15
6	—	162.0%	139.30	173.10	182.00	375.00	0.00	4.90	1.12	47.6%	2	14
—	—	—	—	—	—	380.00	0.05	5.30	1.50	46.7%	6	12
0	2	46.5%	94.30	95.00	101.70	385.00	0.00	4.90	1.62	43.8%	—	13
—	—	—	—	—	—	390.00	0.00	4.90	2.39	41.9%	10	44
—	—	—	—	—	—	395.00	0.00	4.90	2.36	40.0%	2	56
20	20	120.3%	164.10	133.30	140.00	400.00	0.50	5.00	2.30	38.4%	3	90
0	1	117.6%	148.00	129.20	135.00	405.00	0.05	8.20	3.40	43.4%	1	17
1	—	138.9%	143.90	141.20	148.00	410.00	0.70	6.00	3.00	36.9%	1	12
—	—	—	—	—	—	415.00	2.10	7.20	4.60	37.4%	1	44
—	—	—	—	—	—	420.00	3.80	9.10	5.05	38.8%	1	41
1	—	129.5%	130.90	127.20	134.00	425.00	1.20	9.60	7.25	37.6%	1	27
1	1	37.2%	124.71	55.00	61.40	430.00	3.30	10.00	6.80	36.1%	1	22
3	8	123.0%	117.30	118.00	124.00	435.00	3.20	11.30	7.42	36.0%	3	39
3	2	119.7%	116.90	113.60	118.80	440.00	4.10	12.80	10.10	36.0%	1	37
3	8	116.7%	109.20	109.00	114.20	445.00	5.20	13.30	9.25	34.4%	1	28
5	1	36.1%	43.60	40.60	47.00	450.00	7.10	15.00	12.70	34.4%	1	138
6	1	36.1%	40.00	37.20	43.90	455.00	10.40	16.10	12.61	33.4%	4	27
4	6	34.3%	40.40	34.50	39.50	460.00	10.70	18.90	14.30	34.4%	1	28
4	6	106.5%	93.80	90.70	98.60	465.00	13.30	19.70	14.75	32.8%	6	21
4	2	103.3%	96.00	86.80	93.00	470.00	14.00	23.00	20.90	34.0%	1	31
17	10	31.7%	29.70	24.00	29.20	475.00	18.60	25.20	20.30	33.8%	1	27
39	12	32.7%	24.50	23.00	27.60	480.00	19.10	27.60	23.35	33.6%	3	53
NOC $480.72
32	2	32.8%	25.69	20.80	25.40	485.00	22.80	28.90	29.70	31.9%	1	45
7	2	34.7%	19.00	16.10	24.80	490.00	24.00	33.00	29.53	33.4%	10	43
4	1	34.4%	46.05	14.20	22.50	495.00	29.40	34.10	33.00	31.2%	25	66
8	1	32.7%	15.90	14.50	19.20	500.00	32.00	37.90	35.45	32.0%	15	45
18	21	34.4%	18.00	13.10	18.80	505.00	34.00	42.30	41.68	33.4%	1	29
71	2	34.2%	13.40	9.00	17.00	510.00	37.10	45.90	28.01	33.7%	8	15
21	3	34.8%	11.80	7.40	15.90	515.00	41.00	49.20	30.67	33.5%	4	23
40	5	34.8%	9.05	6.20	14.50	520.00	44.00	51.40	51.43	31.6%	5	68
38	2	33.9%	7.83	5.00	12.50	525.00	48.00	55.50	36.52	32.1%	8	105
42	20	35.4%	12.00	4.00	12.40	530.00	52.10	60.60	53.60	33.9%	2	182
9	4	35.5%	20.80	3.00	11.30	535.00	56.10	64.50	62.29	33.9%	5	44
113	2	35.3%	7.27	5.90	10.10	540.00	60.30	68.80	38.40	34.4%	4	15
100	1	34.4%	4.90	1.20	8.60	545.00	64.50	71.30	69.83	31.9%	1	17
34	3	34.2%	4.50	3.80	7.60	550.00	70.90	75.50	73.20	31.8%	2	192
26	1	35.6%	6.60	1.40	7.60	555.00	0.00	0.00	32.05	—	1	0
47	2	32.3%	4.05	3.00	5.10	560.00	79.80	84.50	53.55	32.5%	5	25
6	1	34.1%	10.55	2.35	5.40	565.00	84.40	88.80	39.40	32.3%	3	4
46	1	34.0%	2.00	2.00	4.80	570.00	41.60	49.60	63.60	—	12	7
8	1	35.4%	2.50	0.00	4.90	575.00	0.00	0.00	30.95	—	15	0
72	3	34.3%	2.70	0.30	3.90	580.00	0.00	0.00	33.00	—	15	0
32	1	37.7%	1.75	0.00	4.90	585.00	101.30	108.60	100.60	36.4%	1	2
25	4	36.7%	1.21	0.00	4.00	590.00	73.00	79.00	85.00	—	3	3
5	1	39.9%	8.98	0.00	4.90	595.00	59.00	65.00	74.20	—	2	3
62	13	36.1%	1.44	0.00	3.00	600.00	85.80	93.80	72.90	—	2	17
13	1	42.1%	4.60	0.00	4.90	605.00	67.00	72.70	84.80	—	2	3
13	2	44.5%	1.55	0.05	5.50	610.00	124.40	134.00	101.84	42.7%	1	0
0	10	12.5%	28.30	0.00	0.00	615.00	0.00	0.00	30.55	—	10	0
20	8	45.1%	3.51	0.00	4.90	620.00	77.00	83.10	121.74	—	5	6
104	1	49.0%	1.54	0.00	4.90	640.00	94.90	100.70	105.00	—	2	2
7	4	50.9%	0.45	0.00	4.90	650.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
183	3	43.7%	0.50	0.00	2.10	660.00	174.30	184.00	184.50	52.3%	2	4
1	—	55.4%	1.51	0.00	4.90	675.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
185	30	51.7%	1.80	0.00	3.40	680.00	130.30	137.20	138.50	—	2	21
50	6	50.6%	0.45	0.00	4.90	695.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
85	6	53.5%	0.31	0.05	3.00	700.00	150.60	157.10	157.00	—	2	1
23	8	54.3%	0.20	0.00	4.90	720.00	0.00	0.00	72.62	—	4	0
501	390	53.7%	0.10	0.00	1.75	740.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
125	80	59.8%	0.20	0.00	4.90	760.00	0.00	0.00	79.72	—	—	0
111	87	53.4%	0.20	0.00	1.90	780.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	1	64.9%	4.80	0.00	4.90	800.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
7	1	72.9%	4.70	0.30	7.20	820.00	159.00	167.00	124.40	—	—	1
24	23	69.7%	0.06	0.00	4.90	840.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	21	72.0%	0.15	0.00	4.90	860.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	14	74.2%	0.05	0.00	4.90	880.00	212.80	221.00	167.60	—	—	1
0	—	25.0%	0.96	0.00	0.00	900.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	920.00	251.00	260.00	195.80	—	—	1
3	3	84.3%	3.40	0.00	4.90	980.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
3	1	91.5%	0.15	0.00	4.90	1,060.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
5	3	92.9%	9.43	0.00	4.80	1,080.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
81	—	94.5%	8.20	0.00	4.80	1,100.00	—	—	—	—	—	—
0	1	25.0%	0.24	0.00	0.00	1,120.00	—	—	—	—	—	—

In-the-money callsIn-the-money puts. IV = implied volatility, OI = open interest (contracts). Each contract covers 100 shares. Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.

Frequently asked questions

What is the NOC put/call ratio?

For the December 18, 2026 expiration, the NOC put/call ratio based on open interest is 0.79 (2,085 puts vs 2,645 calls), and 0.37 based on today's volume. A ratio above 1 means more puts than calls.

What is NOC's implied volatility?

At-the-money implied volatility for NOC options expiring December 18, 2026 is about 33.2%, an annualized estimate of how much the market expects Northrop Grumman stock to move.

How many NOC option expiration dates are there?

NOC has 11 listed expiration dates, from Oct 16, 2026 to Jan 19, 2029.

What does "in the money" mean?

A call is in the money when the strike price is below the current share price; a put is in the money when the strike is above it. In-the-money contracts have intrinsic value and are shaded in the table.