RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from Brokerages

Shares of RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) have earned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-two analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month target price among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $204.4444.

A number of brokerages have issued reports on RTX. Melius Research raised shares of RTX from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday. TD Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of RTX in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Citigroup cut their target price on shares of RTX from $238.00 to $226.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of RTX in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $235.00 price target on shares of RTX in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th.

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

Insider Activity at RTX

In other RTX news, EVP Dantaya M. Williams sold 12,713 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $202.83, for a total transaction of $2,578,577.79. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 16,749 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,397,199.67. This trade represents a 43.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Ramsaran Maharajh sold 15,124 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.65, for a total transaction of $3,095,126.60. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 13,184 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,698,105.60. This trade represents a 53.43% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 89,255 shares of company stock valued at $18,151,956 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in RTX in the fourth quarter worth about $3,167,626,000. Auto Owners Insurance Co lifted its holdings in shares of RTX by 24,730.9% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 10,102,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,852,882,000 after purchasing an additional 10,062,269 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of RTX by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 124,986,171 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,922,464,000 after purchasing an additional 2,210,950 shares in the last quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership grew its stake in shares of RTX by 1,545.1% in the 4th quarter. Artisan Partners Limited Partnership now owns 1,723,710 shares of the company’s stock worth $316,128,000 after buying an additional 1,618,933 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its stake in shares of RTX by 49.1% in the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 4,402,120 shares of the company’s stock worth $807,349,000 after buying an additional 1,450,596 shares during the last quarter. 86.50% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

RTX Trading Up 0.0%

RTX opened at $196.25 on Monday. RTX has a one year low of $112.27 and a one year high of $214.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $200.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $184.71. The firm has a market capitalization of $264.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 39.57, a PEG ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.43.

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

RTX Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 20th were given a $0.68 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, February 20th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. RTX’s dividend payout ratio is currently 54.84%.

About RTX

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.