thursday marks the last chance for investors to receive the next dividend payout from northrop grumman noc the company announced on wednesday that it would pay shareholders a quarterly dividend of 173 per share on friday northrop grumman will go exdividend meaning the stock will trade lower to reflect that payout in other words the stock will likely open 173 lower than it would have opened on any other day in order to be eligible to receive a companys dividend shareholders must own the stock prior to the exdividend date—in this case friday shareholders who own noc as of the end of thursdays session are eligible to receive the 173 dividend payout for every share that they own according to the company this dividend will be paid out to shareholders on december 14 2022 investors will then be able to either reinvest those dividends back into the stock or use the payment in some other way to read more news on northrop grumman click here click here to visit our dividends calendar