For the quarter ended June 2025, RTX (RTX) reported revenue of $21.58 billion, up 9.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.56, compared to $1.41 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $20.53 billion, representing a surprise of +5.12%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +7.59%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.45.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.
Here is how RTX performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:- Adjusted Net Sales- Collins Aerospace: $7.62 billion versus $7.25 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8.9% change.
- Adjusted Net Sales- Pratt & Whitney: $7.63 billion versus $7.14 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +12.2% change.
- Net Sales- Raytheon: $7 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $6.74 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +7.5%.
- Adjusted Net Sales- Eliminations & Other: $-673 million compared to the $-631.25 million average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +13.9% year over year.
- Operating Profit- Collins Aerospace- Adjusted: $1.25 billion compared to the $1.23 billion average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Profit- Raytheon- Adjusted: $809 million compared to the $715.09 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Profit- Pratt & Whitney- Adjusted: $608 million versus $594.88 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Operating Profit- Corporate expenses and other unallocated items- Adjusted: $-42 million compared to the $-54.83 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Operating Profit- Eliminations and Other- Adjusted: $-17 million versus $-19 million estimated by three analysts on average.
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Shares of RTX have returned +3.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +5.9% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.Zacks' Research Chief Names "Stock Most Likely to Double"
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