By Robert Barba

 

Northrop Grumman Corp. (NOC) swung to a loss in the latest quarter on a pension-related charge.

The aerospace-and-defense company reported a fourth-quarter net loss of $409 million, or $2.43 a share, compared with earnings of $356 million, or $2.06 a share, a year earlier.

The results included a $1.8 billion mark-to-market pension and other post-retirement benefits expense, compared with $655 million a year earlier.

Adjusted earnings were $5.61 a share. Analysts polled by FactSet expected adjusted earnings of $4.77 a share.

Sales were $8.72 billion, up 7% from $8.16 billion a year earlier. Revenue from aerospace systems rose 10%, while mission systems sales rose 6%.

Analysts expected $8.86 billion in total sales.

 

Write to Robert Barba at robert.barba@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

January 30, 2020 07:08 ET (12:08 GMT)

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