RTX Valuation

Is RTX undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of RTX when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: RTX ($116.48) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($158.37)

Significantly Below Fair Value: RTX is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for RTX?

Key metric: As RTX is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for RTX. This is calculated by dividing RTX's market cap by their current earnings.
What is RTX's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio32.9x
EarningsUS$4.72b
Market CapUS$155.04b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does RTX's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for RTX vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average24.8x
GE General Electric
33.1x12.6%US$182.2b
LMT Lockheed Martin
17.4x2.0%US$115.9b
GD General Dynamics
19.9x8.9%US$72.4b
NOC Northrop Grumman
28.8x12.1%US$68.4b
RTX RTX
32.9x15.2%US$155.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: RTX is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.9x) compared to the peer average (24.8x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does RTX's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Aerospace & Defense Industry?

4 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
CVU CPI Aerostructures
2.9xn/aUS$50.31m
ETCC Environmental Tectonics
4.7xn/aUS$29.89m
AWIN AERWINS Technologies
0.00006xn/aUS$184.00
GIGA.Q Gresham Worldwide
n/an/aUS$7.00
No more companies available in this PE range
RTX 32.9xIndustry Avg. 33.2xNo. of Companies6PE020406080100+
4 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: RTX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.9x) compared to the US Aerospace & Defense industry average (33.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is RTX's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

RTX PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio32.9x
Fair PE Ratio33.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: RTX is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (32.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst RTX forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$116.48
US$135.51
+16.3%
7.9%US$157.00US$113.00n/a22
Dec ’25US$121.83
US$134.91
+10.7%
8.2%US$157.00US$113.00n/a22
Nov ’25US$118.75
US$134.53
+13.3%
7.6%US$157.00US$113.00n/a21
Oct ’25US$124.39
US$122.79
-1.3%
10.3%US$150.00US$104.00n/a21
Sep ’25US$123.34
US$120.51
-2.3%
9.9%US$142.00US$101.00n/a21
Aug ’25US$116.74
US$118.53
+1.5%
12.3%US$142.00US$90.00n/a21
Jul ’25US$99.55
US$107.10
+7.6%
10.5%US$139.00US$86.00n/a22
Jun ’25US$107.81
US$107.10
-0.7%
10.8%US$141.00US$86.00n/a22
May ’25US$101.22
US$105.82
+4.5%
9.0%US$120.00US$86.00n/a22
Apr ’25US$97.76
US$98.03
+0.3%
9.9%US$120.00US$85.00n/a23
Mar ’25US$89.80
US$96.77
+7.8%
8.2%US$112.00US$85.00n/a23
Feb ’25US$92.17
US$97.01
+5.2%
8.8%US$112.00US$80.00n/a23
Jan ’25US$84.14
US$90.97
+8.1%
12.4%US$112.00US$75.00n/a23
Dec ’24US$82.32
US$90.41
+9.8%
12.3%US$112.00US$75.00US$121.8323
Nov ’24US$82.15
US$91.06
+10.8%
12.0%US$112.00US$75.00US$118.7523
Oct ’24US$71.97
US$91.64
+27.3%
12.6%US$111.00US$70.00US$124.3924
Sep ’24US$86.28
US$100.93
+17.0%
6.1%US$112.00US$91.00US$123.3423
Aug ’24US$87.97
US$101.64
+15.5%
6.5%US$112.00US$91.00US$116.7421
Jul ’24US$97.96
US$109.27
+11.5%
5.8%US$120.00US$98.00US$99.5522
Jun ’24US$94.09
US$109.50
+16.4%
5.9%US$120.00US$98.00US$107.8122
May ’24US$100.33
US$109.98
+9.6%
5.6%US$120.00US$100.00US$101.2220
Apr ’24US$97.93
US$109.10
+11.4%
5.3%US$120.00US$100.00US$97.7620
Mar ’24US$98.04
US$109.15
+11.3%
5.3%US$120.00US$100.00US$89.8020
Feb ’24US$98.42
US$110.00
+11.8%
5.3%US$120.00US$100.00US$92.1719
Jan ’24US$100.92
US$106.11
+5.1%
9.3%US$120.00US$83.00US$84.1420
Dec ’23US$99.50
US$104.53
+5.1%
9.6%US$120.00US$83.00US$82.3219

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 08:14
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

RTX Corporation is covered by 44 analysts. 22 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John EadeArgus Research Company
Peter ArmentBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research