Brown Advisory Inc. Cuts Stock Position in RTX Corporation $RTX

Brown Advisory Inc. lowered its stake in RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) by 2.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 277,647 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,976 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc.’s holdings in RTX were worth $50,920,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. BNP Paribas bought a new position in RTX in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Navalign LLC bought a new position in shares of RTX during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of RTX in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Core Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of RTX in the 4th quarter worth $31,000. Finally, 1 North Wealth Services LLC increased its stake in shares of 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.50% of the company’s stock.

Key Headlines 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.

RTX Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of NYSE RTX opened at $183.52 on Monday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $183.00 and its two-hundred day moving average is $189.10. 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 capitalization of $247.14 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.43, a PEG ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 0.31.

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

RTX Increases Dividend

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

RTX has been the subject of several analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company initiated coverage on RTX in a research note on Wednesday, April 1st. They issued an “equal weight” rating and a $200.00 price objective for the company. Weiss Ratings lowered RTX from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday. Erste Group Bank lowered RTX from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Melius Research upgraded RTX from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. Finally, Citigroup cut their price objective on RTX from $238.00 to $226.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fourteen have given a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $211.38.

RTX Company 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.