RTX Corporation RTX

What the company does

RTX Corporation is a mega-cap company in the Industrials sector (Aerospace & Defense), with a market value of $257.8B, based in the USA.

It employs about 180,000 people and has been listed since Jan 02, 1970.

RTX Corporation, an aerospace and defense company, provides systems and services for commercial, military, and government customers worldwide. It operates through three segments: Collins Aerospace (Collins), Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon. The Collins segment offers aerospace and defense products, and aftermarket services for civil and military aircraft manufacturers and commercial airlines, as well as regional, business, and general aviation, defense, and commercial space operations.

Cheap or expensive? relatively expensive

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 31.1 versus 21.4 for 4 direct peers — relatively expensive.

Revenue is growing 11% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple drops to 24.6 — they expect higher earnings.

The average analyst price target is 229.17, 20% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 42% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• No risk flags were detected from the data we have.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 11 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (16 vs 0).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (1.4% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock fell 1.5% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLI -1.9%).

The company published its quarterly report this week — see the plain-language summary above.

This week's news

• Earnings Scoreboard: 82% firms beat EPS estimates, 79% post Y/Y earnings growth seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-24
  What the article says

  [Top view image of text THIRD QUARTER on office desk.] mohd izzuan Earnings season gathered momentum during the last week, with 76 S&P 500 companies reporting results across key sectors, including Financials, Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary, Industrials, and Energy. The results offered a fresh look at… source ↗

• Earnings scorecard: 17 out of 20 industrial companies beat EPS estimates this week seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-24
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  Industrial companies remained in the spotlight this week as investors digested quarterly results from General Electric (GE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GE]), Lockheed Martin (LMT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/LMT]), RTX (RTX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RTX]), 3M (MMM [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MMM]),… source ↗

• Rocket Lab And 2 Top Space Stocks To Watch finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
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  Oil prices recently climbed above $113 as investors rushed into bonds and sold AI stocks, which pushed money toward safer and clearer themes. Space infrastructure sits squarely in that camp, with launch providers, satellite operators, and defence contractors all tied to long term government and commercial demand. This… source ↗

• Dow and Small Caps Climb Weekly While Nasdaq Slips on Megacap Earnings Charges finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Stock Preachers News Commentary - Stocks closed a volatile earnings week with a split verdict: the Dow gained 0.64% and the Russell 2000 jumped 2.07%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.45% and the S&P 500 slipped 0.22%. The VIX rose to 19.40 and the VXN climbed to 28.13 as… source ↗

• Top Stock Reports for Apple, Berkshire Hathaway & Goldman Sachs finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
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  Friday, October 23, 2026 The Zacks Research Daily presents the best research output of our analyst team. Today's Research Daily features new research reports on 16 major stocks, including Apple Inc. (AAPL), Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.B) and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (GS), as well a micro-cap stock SIFCO… source ↗

• What Does RTX (RTX) Altimeter Upgrade Push Mean For Business Aviation? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  RTX (NYSE:RTX) unit Collins Aerospace plans to upgrade business aviation radio altimeters to meet new FAA standards from 2027. The refreshed altimeter line targets 5G interference resilience so operators can keep using existing avionics architectures instead of full replacements. Collins Aerospace is positioning the… source ↗

What changed since last week

• Risk flag cleared: earnings report coming up.

• A new quarterly report was published (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026).