Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Increases Stake in RTX Corporation $RTX

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Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTXFree Report) by 5.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 212,944 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,426 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in RTX were worth $39,054,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Milestone Asset Management Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of RTX by 34.7% in the 4th quarter. Milestone Asset Management Group LLC now owns 30,011 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,504,000 after purchasing an additional 7,738 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of RTX by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 2,315,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $424,575,000 after purchasing an additional 53,045 shares in the last quarter. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC purchased a new position in RTX in the fourth quarter valued at $2,308,000. Wealth Science Advisors LLC purchased a new position in RTX in the fourth quarter valued at $1,439,000. Finally, Groupama Asset Managment acquired a new stake in RTX in the third quarter valued at $150,078,000. 86.50% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Stories 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.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have issued reports on RTX. Melius Research raised RTX from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 2nd. Citigroup dropped their price objective on RTX from $238.00 to $226.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 2nd. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on RTX from $235.00 to $220.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, April 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company assumed coverage on RTX in a research note on Wednesday, April 1st. They set an “equal weight” rating and a $200.00 target price for the company. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 price target on shares of RTX in a report on Thursday, March 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, RTX currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.38.

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RTX Price Performance

Shares of RTX opened at $183.52 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.48, a current ratio of 1.02 and a quick ratio of 0.78. RTX Corporation has a 1-year low of $140.47 and a 1-year high of $214.50. The stock has a market cap of $247.14 billion, a PE ratio of 34.43, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 0.31. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $183.00 and a 200 day moving average price of $189.10.

RTX (NYSE:RTXGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 21st. The company reported $1.78 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.52 by $0.26. RTX had a return on equity of 13.50% and a net margin of 8.03%.The company had revenue of $22.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $21.38 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.47 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 8.7% compared to the same quarter last year. RTX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.600-6.800 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that RTX Corporation will post 6.91 EPS for the current year.

RTX Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 22nd were given a dividend of $0.73 per share. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. This is a positive change from RTX’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.68. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, May 22nd. RTX’s dividend payout ratio is presently 54.78%.

RTX Profile

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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.

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