Sepio Capital LP lowered its stake in RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX – Free Report) by 17.0% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 18,049 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,705 shares during the period. Sepio Capital LP’s holdings in RTX were worth $3,310,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Cowa LLC boosted its holdings in RTX by 4.2% in the fourth quarter. Cowa LLC now owns 3,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $709,000 after purchasing an additional 156 shares during the last quarter. First Financial Bankshares Inc boosted its holdings in RTX by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. First Financial Bankshares Inc now owns 5,782 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,060,000 after purchasing an additional 245 shares during the last quarter. Xponance LLC boosted its holdings in RTX by 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Xponance LLC now owns 189,438 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,743,000 after purchasing an additional 11,267 shares during the last quarter. Winning Points Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in RTX in the fourth quarter worth approximately $477,000. Finally, Wescott Financial Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in RTX by 34.1% in the fourth quarter. Wescott Financial Advisory Group LLC now owns 5,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $991,000 after purchasing an additional 1,373 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.50% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on RTX shares. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of RTX from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $210.00 to $220.00 in a report on Thursday, June 4th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of RTX from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Melius Research upgraded shares of RTX from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 2nd. UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of RTX from $209.00 to $199.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on shares of RTX from $235.00 to $220.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 22nd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $211.38.
Trending Headlines about RTX
Here are the key news stories impacting RTX this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, completed a $63 million expansion of its Malaysia maintenance, repair and overhaul hub, which should boost RTX’s Asia-Pacific service capacity and cash-flow potential as airline fleets grow. RTX’s Collins Aerospace expands Malaysia MRO hub with $63M investment
- Positive Sentiment: Erste Group Bank raised its FY2026 and FY2027 EPS estimates for RTX, signaling slightly better profit expectations even though the stock remains rated Hold.
- Positive Sentiment: Recent coverage around RTX’s aerospace service expansion and the Malaysia MRO buildout reinforces the case that demand for aftermarket maintenance services remains strong. RTX Malaysia MRO Expansion Adds Asia Pacific Cash Flow Potential
- Neutral Sentiment: RTX was listed among the stocks attracting heavy attention on Zacks, but that article did not add new operational or financial news by itself. RTX Corporation (RTX) is Attracting Investor Attention: Here is What You Should Know
- Neutral Sentiment: Several search and technology articles mentioning “RTX” were about Nvidia RTX graphics products, not RTX Corporation, so they are unlikely to affect the stock.
RTX Trading Up 3.8%
Shares of RTX stock opened at $184.15 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $183.23 and its 200-day simple moving average is $189.03. The stock has a market capitalization of $247.98 billion, a PE ratio of 34.55, a P/E/G ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 0.31. RTX Corporation has a 1-year low of $140.13 and a 1-year high of $214.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 0.78.
RTX (NYSE:RTX – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 21st. The company reported $1.78 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.26. The business had revenue of $22.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $21.38 billion. RTX had a net margin of 8.03% and a return on equity of 13.50%. The company’s revenue was up 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.47 EPS. RTX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.600-6.800 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that RTX Corporation will post 6.91 earnings per share for the current year.
RTX Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.73 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 22nd. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. This is a boost from RTX’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.68. RTX’s dividend payout ratio is 54.78%.
RTX Company Profile
RTX (NYSE: RTX) is a U.S.-based aerospace and defense company that designs, manufactures and services advanced systems for commercial, military and governmental customers worldwide. The company was created through the 2020 combination of Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corporation and later adopted the RTX name, positioning itself as a diversified provider across the aerospace and defense value chain.
RTX’s operations span a broad set of capabilities. Its commercial aerospace businesses include Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines and Collins Aerospace systems, which supply propulsion, avionics, aerostructures, interiors and integrated aircraft systems.
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