Czech National Bank Buys 17,752 Shares of RTX Corporation $RTX

Czech National Bank raised its stake in RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) by 4.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 383,318 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,752 shares during the quarter. Czech National Bank’s holdings in RTX were worth $72,727,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Navalign LLC bought a new position in RTX during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC purchased a new position in RTX during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Core Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in RTX during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. 1 North Wealth Services LLC grew its position in RTX by 456.7% in the 4th quarter. 1 North Wealth Services LLC now owns 167 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 137 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Evergreen Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in RTX in the 1st quarter valued at about $31,000. Institutional investors own 86.50% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

RTX has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Susquehanna boosted their target price on RTX from $235.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Friday, July 24th. Argus set a $245.00 price target on RTX in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Weiss Ratings upgraded RTX from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Friday, July 24th. Wall Street Zen downgraded RTX from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on RTX from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, July 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $228.59.

RTX News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting RTX this week:

• Positive Sentiment: SPY-6 radar milestone supports defense growth prospects. Raytheon installed the first SPY-6(V)4 radar array at the Navy’s Wallops Island test site. The system is part of the Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer modernization program, and upcoming testing could determine the pace of fleet-wide upgrades. Successful testing would strengthen RTX’s position in naval radar and provide potential long-term program revenue. RTX Delivers First SPY-6(V)4 Radar Array for Navy Destroyer Upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Momentum-focused coverage remains favorable. Zacks and Yahoo Finance articles highlight RTX as a highly ranked momentum stock, reflecting its recent share-price strength, solid earnings execution and improving investor sentiment. However, these reports are largely screening-based rather than new fundamental catalysts. RTX Is a Top-Ranked Momentum Stock What Makes RTX a Strong Momentum Stock
• Neutral Sentiment: Valuation comparison provides context. A comparison with Lockheed Martin focuses on how investors are pricing two major defense contractors. It does not identify a material change in RTX’s outlook, but reinforces that valuation, backlog quality and execution will be important after the stock’s strong run. RTX vs. Lockheed Martin: How the Street Is Pricing Two Defense Giants
• Neutral Sentiment: Several RTX-branded GPU articles are unrelated to RTX Corporation. Stories about GeForce RTX 5090 pricing, driver crashes and gaming laptops concern NVIDIA’s graphics products, not RTX Corporation’s aerospace and defense business, and therefore should not affect the investment case for NYSE: RTX.

Insider Transactions at RTX

In other RTX news, VP Kevin G. Dasilva sold 2,250 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $216.93, for a total transaction of $488,092.50. Following the sale, the vice president directly owned 20,099 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,360,076.07. This represents a 10.07% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Troy D. Brunk sold 8,557 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $210.29, for a total transaction of $1,799,451.53. Following the transaction, the insider owned 8,809 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,852,444.61. This represents a 49.27% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 15,567 shares of company stock worth $3,304,375 over the last 90 days. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

RTX Trading Up 0.4%

NYSE:RTX opened at $223.18 on Friday. RTX Corporation has a 12 month low of $150.61 and a 12 month high of $225.65. The company has a current ratio of 1.01, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $194.52 and its 200 day moving average is $193.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $300.80 billion, a PE ratio of 39.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 0.29.

RTX (NYSE:RTX) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 23rd. The company reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.66 by $0.23. The business had revenue of $24.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.89 billion. RTX had a return on equity of 13.99% and a net margin of 8.28%.RTX’s revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.56 earnings per share. RTX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.100-7.250 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that RTX Corporation will post 7.21 earnings per share for the current year.

RTX Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a $0.73 dividend. This represents a $2.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 14th. RTX’s payout ratio is currently 51.41%.

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.