RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) Receives $185.41 Average Price Target from Analysts

Shares of RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) have received a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the twenty-three analysts that are presently covering the stock, MarketBeat.com reports. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $186.8824.

Several research analysts have issued reports on the company. Bank of America upped their price target on RTX from $175.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 27th. BNP Paribas Exane initiated coverage on RTX in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $210.00 price target for the company. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on RTX from $151.00 to $168.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a $190.00 price objective on shares of RTX in a research note on Tuesday, November 25th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of RTX from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Sunday, December 14th.

Trending Headlines about RTX

Here are the key news stories impacting RTX this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong fundamentals & guidance — RTX reported a solid Q3 with revenue up ~12% year/year, an EPS beat and set FY‑2025 guidance (6.10–6.20 EPS), giving investors confidence in near‑term earnings growth.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/upgrades and price targets — Multiple firms (Citigroup, BofA, UBS, JP Morgan and others) have recent Buy/Overweight ratings and several price targets above current levels, supporting upward momentum; median analyst target remains above many prior levels. QuiverQuant RTX note
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks style/quality lift — Zacks highlights RTX as a strong growth stock under its style scores, which can attract momentum and quant-driven flows. Zacks: Here’s Why RTX is a Strong Growth Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: GPU/memory supply headlines (NVIDIA/ASUS) — A wave of articles about Nvidia/ASUS ending or pausing RTX 5070 Ti/5060 Ti production and memory shortages is dominating tech news but is only tangential to RTX (a defense/aerospace firm). These reports may affect component suppliers broadly but are unlikely to be a direct driver for RTX today. ExtremeTech GPU memory story The Verge ASUS clarification PCMag Nvidia shipping update
• Negative Sentiment: Political risk / contract-threat chatter — Social media and news summaries flagged a high‑profile threat from political leadership to cut government contracts; that controversy creates headline risk and uncertainty around future defense awards. QuiverQuant RTX note
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling & institutional rebalancing — QuiverQuant flags notable insider sell activity (multiple senior execs selling) and large institutional reductions (State Street removed a big position), which can weigh on sentiment and signal portfolio trimming. QuiverQuant insider/flows detail

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other RTX news, EVP Neil G. Mitchill, Jr. sold 4,849 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.15, for a total transaction of $873,547.35. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 59,556 shares in the company, valued at approximately $10,729,013.40. This trade represents a 7.53% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On RTX

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in RTX. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in RTX by 0.6% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 122,775,221 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,543,978,000 after buying an additional 700,487 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of RTX by 0.5% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 112,706,833 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,457,452,000 after purchasing an additional 552,009 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its holdings in RTX by 1.1% in the third quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 76,197,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,750,087,000 after purchasing an additional 799,155 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of RTX by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 21,174,194 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,543,078,000 after acquiring an additional 575,004 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new position in RTX during the second quarter valued at approximately $2,359,602,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.50% of the company’s stock.

RTX Trading Up 1.2%

Shares of RTX stock opened at $202.13 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $180.39 and a 200-day simple moving average of $166.78. RTX has a fifty-two week low of $112.27 and a fifty-two week high of $202.17. The firm has a market cap of $271.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 41.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.89 and a beta of 0.44. The company has a quick ratio of 0.81, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.58.

RTX (NYSE:RTX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 21st. The company reported $1.70 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.41 by $0.29. RTX had a net margin of 7.67% and a return on equity of 13.28%. The firm had revenue of $22.48 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $21.26 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.45 earnings per share. RTX’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.9% compared to the same quarter last year. RTX has set its FY 2025 guidance at 6.100-6.200 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that RTX will post 6.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

RTX Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 21st were issued a $0.68 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 21st. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. RTX’s dividend payout ratio is presently 55.85%.

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.