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RTX Corporation RTX
$184.68 -0.18% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $248.90B
Strong growthLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 20, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +14.4%).
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $5.68, up 24.8% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $93.50B, up 11.8% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth84Strong
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 33%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 6%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 30%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 49%
Quality58Neutral
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 41%
- Gross marginBottom 30%
- Operating marginTop 32%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 49%
- Interest coverTop 36%
Value63Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 42%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 32%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 48%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 36%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 22%
Momentum49Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 39%
- 6-month returnBottom 38%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 36%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 40%
Revisions87Strong
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 29%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 39%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 47%
Stability94Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 8%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 1%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 24%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 49%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 10.6% | 11.8% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 56.3% | 24.8% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 20.0% | 20.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 11.2% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 3.7% | 12.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 11.8% | 10.6% | ↑ | Top 37% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 24.8% | 56.3% | ↓ | Top 33% |
| Gross margin | 20.3% | 20.0% | ↑ | Bottom 30% |
| Operating margin | 11.2% | 10.0% | ↑ | Top 32% |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 7.4% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 12.9% | 3.7% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 7.3% | — | Top 41% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 9.7% | — | Top 30% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.91×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 1.90×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 6.2×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.50%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.00%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.50%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.8%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +14.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 6 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $237.60
- Target vs current price
- +28.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 26
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 65%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +13.9% | +7.3% | +10.5% | +13.1% | — |
| Apr 21, 2026 | +17.9% | -4.4% | -11.4% | -10.1% | -0.7% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | +5.4% | +3.7% | +3.6% | +2.2% | -6.8% |
| Oct 21, 2025 | +20.6% | +7.7% | +11.5% | +9.3% | +24.3% |
| Jul 22, 2025 | +8.3% | -1.6% | +3.0% | +2.6% | +5.2% |
| Apr 22, 2025 | +8.9% | -9.8% | -1.0% | +8.8% | +20.1% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | +11.6% | +2.6% | +3.9% | +1.8% | -3.8% |
| Oct 22, 2024 | +8.2% | -0.3% | -0.4% | -5.2% | -3.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $1.89 | $1.66 | +13.9% | $24.71B |
| Apr 21, 2026 | $1.78 | $1.51 | +17.9% | $22.08B |
| Jan 27, 2026 | $1.55 | $1.47 | +5.4% | $24.24B |
| Oct 21, 2025 | $1.70 | $1.41 | +20.6% | $22.48B |
| Jul 22, 2025 | $1.56 | $1.44 | +8.3% | $21.58B |
| Apr 22, 2025 | $1.47 | $1.35 | +8.9% | $20.31B |
| Jan 28, 2025 | $1.54 | $1.38 | +11.6% | $21.62B |
| Oct 22, 2024 | $1.45 | $1.34 | +8.2% | $20.09B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 32.5× | 35.9× | 24th | Top 42% |
| P/E (forward) | 25.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 17.4× | — | — | Bottom 48% |
| EV / Sales | 2.99× | — | — | Bottom 36% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 4.83% | — | — | Top 32% |
| Earnings yield | 3.08% | — | — | Top 42% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 23.1× – 65.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +10.5%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +24.8%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +12.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -0.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +1.0%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -10.6%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -5.2%
- RSI (14)
- 23.9
- Relative volume
- 0.97×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 23.2%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 50th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.76
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.43
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -18.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -19.3%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2022 | Oct 5, 2023 | -33.9% | 367 days | 149 days (May 9, 2024) |
| Mar 2, 2026 | May 15, 2026 | -19.3% | 53 days | 47 days (Jul 24, 2026) |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | -18.1% | 32 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 22, 2020 | Oct 28, 2020 | -16.7% | 4 days | 8 days (Nov 9, 2020) |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Apr 22, 2025 | -16.2% | 19 days | 19 days (May 19, 2025) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $248.90B
- P/E (TTM)
- 32.5
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $5.68
- Revenue (TTM)
- $93.50B
- Dividend yield
- 1.53%
- 52-week range
- $155.64 – $226.88
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $64.39B | $67.07B | $68.92B | $80.74B | $88.60B |
| Gross profit | $12.49B | $13.67B | $12.09B | $15.41B | $17.79B |
| Operating income | $5.14B | $5.50B | $3.56B | $6.54B | $9.30B |
| Net income | $3.86B | $5.20B | $3.19B | $4.77B | $6.73B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.56 | $3.50 | $2.23 | $3.55 | $4.96 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $20.09B | $21.62B | $20.31B | $21.58B | $22.48B | $24.24B | $22.08B | $24.71B |
| Net income | $1.47B | $1.48B | $1.53B | $1.66B | $1.92B | $1.62B | $2.06B | $2.14B |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.09 | $1.10 | $1.14 | $1.22 | $1.41 | $1.19 | $1.51 | $1.57 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $7.07B | $7.17B | $7.88B | $7.16B | $10.57B |
| Capital expenditure | -$2.32B | -$2.77B | -$3.17B | -$2.63B | -$2.63B |
| Free cash flow | $4.75B | $4.39B | $4.72B | $4.53B | $7.94B |
| Dividends paid | -$2.96B | -$3.13B | -$3.24B | -$3.22B | -$3.57B |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.33B | -$2.80B | -$12.87B | -$444.0M | -$50.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $8.30B
- Total assets
- $173.97B
- Total liabilities
- $105.83B
- Total debt
- $38.86B
- Net debt
- $30.55B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $66.38B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $0.73 | Sep 3, 2026 |
| May 22, 2026 | $0.73 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Feb 20, 2026 | $0.68 | Mar 19, 2026 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | $0.68 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | $0.68 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| May 23, 2025 | $0.68 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| Feb 21, 2025 | $0.63 | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Nov 15, 2024 | $0.63 | Dec 12, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 13,642,843
- Days to cover
- 3.80
- Change vs previous report
- +10.6%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1,589-for-1,000
- Jun 13, 2005
- 2-for-1
- May 18, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Dec 11, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Jun 11, 1984
- 2-for-1