Legal & General Group Plc Takes Position in RTX Corporation $RTX

Legal & General Group Plc bought a new stake in shares of RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 6,679,261 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,267,256,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Fortress Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in RTX in the second quarter valued at $358,000. Navalign LLC acquired a new position in shares of RTX during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Commonwealth Retirement Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of RTX during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Evergreen Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of RTX during the 1st quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Core Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of RTX in the 4th quarter valued at about $31,000. 86.50% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about RTX

Here are the key news stories impacting RTX this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, completed altitude testing of its Enhanced Power and Cooling System (EPACS). The testing validated performance in high-altitude conditions and supports greater cooling capacity for advanced mission systems on the F-35, as well as potential future defense and commercial aircraft. The milestone reinforces RTX’s role in upgrading the F-35 platform, although it does not by itself indicate an immediate revenue or earnings change. RTX Collins Aerospace EPACS altitude testing announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: A sector comparison of GE Aerospace, Boeing and RTX says aerospace and defense leaders have outperformed their broader sector basket in 2026. The article may support continued investor interest in RTX, but it provides no new company guidance, contract award or operational update. Aerospace and defense stock performance comparison
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple articles discuss Acer gaming laptops, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards, RTX 5090 pricing and gaming benchmarks. These stories concern NVIDIA’s products—not RTX Corporation—and therefore should not materially affect RTX shares.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted 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. Robert W. Baird set a $240.00 price target on RTX in a report on Friday, July 24th. Erste Group Bank cut RTX from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a “buy” rating and set a $238.00 price objective on shares of RTX in a report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Dbs Bank raised RTX from a “hold” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 10th. 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 given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, RTX has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $228.59.

RTX Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NYSE RTX opened at $209.22 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 1.01 and a quick ratio of 0.78. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $204.25 and a 200-day moving average price of $195.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $281.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.50 and a beta of 0.29. RTX Corporation has a 1 year low of $150.61 and a 1 year high of $226.88.

RTX (NYSE:RTX) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, July 23rd. The company reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.66 by $0.23. RTX had a net margin of 8.28% and a return on equity of 13.99%. The company had revenue of $24.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $22.89 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.56 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 14.5% compared to the same quarter last year. RTX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 7.100-7.250 EPS. On average, equities research analysts forecast that RTX Corporation will post 7.22 EPS for the current fiscal year.

RTX Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 3rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 14th will be paid a $0.73 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 14th. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.4%. RTX’s dividend payout ratio is 51.41%.

Insider Transactions at RTX

In other news, EVP Ramsaran Maharajh sold 13,655 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $223.92, for a total value of $3,057,627.60. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 13,184 shares in the company, valued at $2,952,161.28. This trade represents a 50.88% 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 hyperlink. Also, insider Troy D. Brunk sold 8,557 shares of RTX stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, July 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $210.29, for a total value of $1,799,451.53. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 8,809 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,852,444.61. The trade was a 49.27% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 29,222 shares of company stock valued at $6,362,003 over the last ninety days. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About RTX

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.