Raytheon Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:RTN)

Raytheon trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "RTN."

Raytheon announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.9425 per share on Thursday, November 7th. This represents a $3.77 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, October 8th. View Raytheon's Dividend History.

Raytheon announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, November 16th 2017, which allows the company to buyback $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The aerospace company reported $2.92 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.61 by $0.31. The aerospace company earned $7.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.02 billion. Raytheon had a net margin of 10.96% and a return on equity of 26.34%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.45 earnings per share. View Raytheon's Earnings History.

Raytheon is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Raytheon.

Raytheon will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, October 24th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Raytheon updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $11.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $11.62. The company issued revenue guidance of $28.8-29.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $28.87 billion.

17 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Raytheon's stock. Their predictions range from $187.00 to $265.00. On average, they expect Raytheon's stock price to reach $214.65 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Raytheon.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Raytheon in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 12 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Raytheon.

News articles about RTN stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Raytheon earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Raytheon.

Raytheon saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,650,000 shares, an increase of 7.9% from the August 30th total of 4,310,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,740,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days. Currently, 1.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. View Raytheon's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Raytheon include Boeing (BA), Honeywell International (HON), United Technologies (UTX), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOC), General Dynamics (GD), TransDigm Group (TDG), Heico (HEI), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Textron (TXT), Rockwell Collins (COL), Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Spirit AeroSystems (SPR), Hexcel (HXL) and Curtiss-Wright (CW).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Raytheon investors own include Boeing (BA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Alibaba Group (BABA), Home Depot (HD), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Raytheon's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.33%), Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. (0.12%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.09%), Cambiar Investors LLC (0.08%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.08%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.08%). Company insiders that own Raytheon stock include Anthony F O'brien, Dinesh C Paliwal, Frank R Jimenez, Letitia A Long, Michael J Wood, Randa G Newsome, Rebecca R Rhoads, Stephen J Hadley, Taylor W Lawrence, Thomas A Kennedy, Vernon E Clark and Wesley D Kremer. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Raytheon.

RTN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, TIAA FSB, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., Decatur Capital Management Inc. and Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Raytheon company stock in the last year include Anthony F O'brien, Frank R Jimenez, Michael J Wood, Randa G Newsome, Stephen J Hadley and Wesley D Kremer. View Insider Buying and Selling for Raytheon.

RTN stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Private Capital Advisors Inc., Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV, Whittier Trust Co., Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank and Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Raytheon.

Shares of RTN can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of RTN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $202.24.

Raytheon has a market capitalization of $56.32 billion and generates $27.06 billion in revenue each year. The aerospace company earns $2.91 billion in net income (profit) each year or $10.61 on an earnings per share basis. Raytheon employs 67,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Raytheon.

The official website for Raytheon is http://www.raytheon.com/.

Raytheon's mailing address is 870 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA, 02451. The aerospace company can be reached via phone at 781-522-3000 or via email at [email protected]