RTX Corporation $RTX Stake Boosted by Bank of Montreal Can

Bank of Montreal Can boosted its holdings in RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) by 50.5% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,566,008 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 525,720 shares during the quarter. Bank of Montreal Can owned approximately 0.12% of RTX worth $262,040,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Legal & General Group Plc increased its position in RTX by 13.4% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 7,167,501 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,199,338,000 after buying an additional 846,656 shares during the period. Pinkerton Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in shares of RTX by 0.4% during the third quarter. Pinkerton Wealth LLC now owns 65,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,993,000 after acquiring an additional 273 shares during the period. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of RTX by 8.2% during the third quarter. Clarkston Capital Partners LLC now owns 2,022 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,000 after acquiring an additional 154 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. grew its position in shares of RTX by 7.7% during the third quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 854,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $142,928,000 after acquiring an additional 61,116 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Schroder Investment Management Group increased its holdings in shares of RTX by 17.4% in the 3rd quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 1,666,667 shares of the company’s stock worth $272,717,000 after acquiring an additional 247,270 shares during the period. 86.50% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at RTX

In related news, EVP Ramsaran Maharajh sold 15,124 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.65, for a total transaction of $3,095,126.60. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 13,184 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,698,105.60. This trade represents a 53.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Neil G. Mitchill, Jr. sold 35,755 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $205.56, for a total transaction of $7,349,797.80. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 59,556 shares in the company, valued at approximately $12,242,331.36. This trade represents a 37.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 89,255 shares of company stock valued at $18,151,956. Corporate insiders own 0.15% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

RTX has been the topic of several recent research reports. Wolfe Research reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of RTX in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Robert W. Baird set a $225.00 price target on shares of RTX in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of RTX in a report on Monday, December 29th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of RTX in a research report on Friday. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered RTX from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Sunday, December 14th. One investment 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 issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, RTX has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $202.00.

RTX Trading Down 0.5%

RTX stock opened at $207.10 on Wednesday. RTX Corporation has a 12-month low of $112.27 and a 12-month high of $214.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.51, a current ratio of 1.03 and a quick ratio of 0.80. The stock has a market capitalization of $277.99 billion, a PE ratio of 41.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.02 and a beta of 0.42. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $198.46 and a 200-day simple moving average of $179.61.

RTX (NYSE:RTX) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The company reported $1.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.47 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $24.24 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $22.65 billion. RTX had a return on equity of 13.08% and a net margin of 7.60%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.54 earnings per share. RTX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 6.600-6.800 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that RTX Corporation will post 6.11 EPS for the current fiscal year.

RTX Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 20th will be issued a $0.68 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 20th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. RTX’s dividend payout ratio is 54.84%.

RTX News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting RTX this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Pratt & Whitney (an RTX business) won a follow-on contract to supply TJ150 engines for Leidos’ AGM-190A small cruise missile — a direct defense backlog win that should help near‑term revenue visibility and support cash flow. Pratt & Whitney contract
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/media coverage highlights RTX’s strong 1‑year performance (shares up ~62.5% over the past year) and cites defense contract wins, production investment and rising earnings expectations — these narratives reinforce the company’s FY2026 guidance and investor confidence. RTX outperforms industry
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street analyst commentary is broadly constructive, with multiple write-ups and broker interest cited as supporting buy/hold sentiment — analyst momentum can sustain investor demand if earnings/guidance remain intact. Wall Street analysts on RTX
• Neutral Sentiment: Sector-level flows: coverage notes a defense ETF could continue rallying if the Iran conflict escalates — positive for defense demand but not a company-specific driver; ETF inflows are supportive but also increase correlation across names. Defense ETF outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Several high‑visibility stories about “RTX” GPUs (NVIDIA restarting RTX 3060 production with Samsung, restocked RTX 50‑series laptops, novelty gold RTX 5090) are driving headline noise — these relate to NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX brand, not RTX Corporation, and may cause ticker/name confusion among retail traders rather than change RTX Corp fundamentals. NVIDIA RTX 3060/Samsung
• Negative Sentiment: Barron’s notes defense stocks haven’t broadly benefited from Iran‑related headlines, indicating investor skepticism about sustainable revenue upside — sector weakness or rotation can pressure RTX shares even when company fundamentals are solid. Defense stocks are down
• Negative Sentiment: Risk reminder from Forbes: commentary on historical volatility and “hidden dangers” for defense investors underscores downside risk (large drawdowns in past corrections) — this can dampen sentiment and amplify downside on negative macro or execution news. Forbes risk piece

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.