RTX Corporation $RTX Shares Acquired by Vontobel Holding Ltd.

Vontobel Holding Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) by 513.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 235,066 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 196,728 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in RTX were worth $43,111,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in RTX. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in RTX by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 124,986,171 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,922,464,000 after purchasing an additional 2,210,950 shares during the period. Capital Research Global Investors lifted its position in RTX by 1.1% during the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 76,197,762 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,750,087,000 after purchasing an additional 799,155 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its position in RTX by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 21,800,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,998,155,000 after purchasing an additional 625,994 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in RTX during the fourth quarter valued at $3,167,626,000. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in RTX by 2.0% during the third quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 7,642,723 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,278,740,000 after purchasing an additional 147,940 shares during the period. 86.50% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of RTX from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of RTX from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $210.00 to $220.00 in a research report on Thursday, June 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price on shares of RTX in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on shares of RTX in a report on Wednesday, April 1st. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $200.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of RTX from $238.00 to $226.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 2nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $211.38.

Key Headlines Impacting RTX

Here are the key news stories impacting RTX this week:

• Positive Sentiment: DBS Bank upgraded RTX from “hold” to “moderate buy,” signaling improved confidence in the company’s outlook and valuation.
• Positive Sentiment: Erste Group Bank raised its FY2026 and FY2027 EPS estimates for RTX, suggesting expectations for stronger earnings ahead. Source article
• Positive Sentiment: RTX’s Collins Aerospace unit is expanding its Malaysia MRO hub with a $63 million investment, which supports long-term service capacity and international growth. Source article
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary highlighted RTX as attractive on valuation after defense-contract focus, reinforcing the view that the stock may still have room to rerate if earnings hold up. Source article
• Neutral Sentiment: RTX remains one of the more watched names among investors, with multiple articles discussing defense spending, autonomous systems, and earnings expectations, but these are mostly sentiment and theme-driven rather than direct company-specific catalysts.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several headlines about “RTX” relate to Nvidia’s GeForce RTX graphics products and Microsoft’s AI GPU support, which are unrelated to RTX Corporation and are unlikely to affect the stock directly.

RTX Stock Down 0.4%

RTX stock opened at $183.52 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $247.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.43, a P/E/G ratio of 2.61 and a beta of 0.31. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $183.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of $188.99. The company has a quick ratio of 0.78, a current ratio of 1.02 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48. RTX Corporation has a 52 week low of $140.47 and a 52 week high of $214.50.

RTX (NYSE:RTX) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 21st. The company reported $1.78 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.52 by $0.26. The business had revenue of $22.08 billion during 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 quarterly revenue was up 8.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.47 earnings per share. RTX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.600-6.800 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that RTX Corporation will post 6.91 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

RTX Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 11th. Investors of record on Friday, May 22nd were given a dividend of $0.73 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 22nd. This is a boost from RTX’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.68. This represents a $2.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.6%. RTX’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 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.