RTX Corporation $RTX Shares Sold by Rathbones Group PLC

Rathbones Group PLC decreased its stake in shares of RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) by 1.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 824,699 shares of the company’s stock after selling 14,002 shares during the quarter. Rathbones Group PLC’s holdings in RTX were worth $151,250,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. LeConte Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of RTX by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. LeConte Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,247 shares of the company’s stock valued at $412,000 after buying an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Innova Wealth Partners lifted its position in RTX by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Innova Wealth Partners now owns 1,597 shares of the company’s stock worth $293,000 after acquiring an additional 54 shares during the period. Worth Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of RTX by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Worth Asset Management LLC now owns 1,579 shares of the company’s stock valued at $290,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period. Zullo Investment Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of RTX by 1.2% during the third quarter. Zullo Investment Group Inc. now owns 4,713 shares of the company’s stock worth $789,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Finally, Parkside Financial Bank & Trust boosted its position in RTX by 0.3% in the third quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 16,465 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,755,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.50% of the company’s stock.

RTX News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting RTX this week:

• Positive Sentiment: President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request calls for a large increase in defense spending, a clear macro tailwind for defense contractors like RTX that could boost backlog and future revenue. The Defense Budget Request Is Here. It’s Quite Something.
• Positive Sentiment: Unusually heavy options activity: investors bought ~47,356 RTX call options (up ~147% vs. average), suggesting short-term bullish positioning or hedging ahead of catalysts. (Options flow can amplify intraday moves.)
• Positive Sentiment: Erste Group initiated coverage with a Buy, citing strength in RTX’s engines business and broader defense spending growth — another vote of confidence from the sell-side. Erste Group Initiates RTX With Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Melius Research upgraded RTX from Hold to Buy, adding to the positive analyst momentum that can support demand for the shares. Finviz note
• Neutral Sentiment: Citigroup trimmed its price target from $238 to $226 but kept a Buy rating — still positive long-term but a modest reduction in upside expectations versus prior coverage. Benzinga
• Neutral Sentiment: Wells Fargo began coverage and set a Hold rating (new coverage can temporarily re-weight flows but is not a strong buy/sell signal). Wells Fargo coverage note
• Neutral Sentiment: RTX’s unit released an open-source toolkit for testing covert communications — a product/tech update that may support defense tech positioning but has uncertain near-term revenue impact. Seeking Alpha
• Neutral Sentiment: Numerous consumer tech headlines mention “RTX” GPUs (NVIDIA’s branding) — these are unrelated to RTX Corporation and can create headline noise that confuses retail flows. Example coverage on local AI acceleration and GPU reviews is about NVIDIA products, not RTX Corp. PCWorld

RTX Price Performance

Shares of RTX stock opened at $196.25 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $264.14 billion, a PE ratio of 39.57, a P/E/G ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.43. RTX Corporation has a twelve month low of $112.27 and a twelve month high of $214.50. The company has a quick ratio of 0.80, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $200.25 and a 200 day moving average price of $184.71.

RTX (NYSE:RTX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The company reported $1.55 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.08. The company had revenue of $24.24 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.65 billion. RTX had a return on equity of 13.08% and a net margin of 7.60%.RTX’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.54 earnings per share. RTX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.600-6.800 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that RTX Corporation will post 6.11 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

RTX Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 20th were issued a dividend of $0.68 per share. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 20th. RTX’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 54.84%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

RTX has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $204.00 price target on shares of RTX in a research report on Thursday, January 29th. Melius Research raised shares of RTX from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of RTX in a research report on Monday, December 29th. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of RTX in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Vertical Research restated a “buy” rating and issued a $227.00 target price on shares of RTX in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $204.44.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Neil G. Mitchill, Jr. sold 35,755 shares of RTX stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $205.56, for a total value of $7,349,797.80. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 59,556 shares in the company, valued at $12,242,331.36. This trade represents a 37.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, VP Kevin G. Dasilva sold 8,136 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $201.30, for a total transaction of $1,637,776.80. Following the transaction, the vice president owned 27,102 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,455,632.60. This trade represents a 23.09% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 89,255 shares of company stock valued at $18,151,956. 0.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

RTX 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.