NYSE:RTN - Raytheon Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Raytheon announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, May 30th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.9425 per share on Thursday, August 1st. This represents a $3.77 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.90%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 9th. View Raytheon's Dividend History.

Raytheon declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, November 16th 2017, which authorizes the company to repurchase $2,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) announced its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The aerospace company reported $2.92 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' 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 return on equity of 26.34% and a net margin of 10.96%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 8.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.45 EPS. 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 updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $11.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus 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.

15 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Raytheon's shares. Their predictions range from $187.00 to $265.00. On average, they anticipate Raytheon's share price to reach $212.4667 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Raytheon.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Raytheon in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Raytheon.

News stories about RTN stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Raytheon earned a news sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the aerospace company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Raytheon.

Raytheon saw a increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 4,671,000 shares, an increase of 16.7% from the July 31st total of 4,004,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,070,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Raytheon's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Raytheon include Northrop Grumman (NOC), L3Harris (LHX), Garmin (GRMN), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), FLIR Systems (FLIR), Telenav (TNAV), Coda Octopus Group (CODA), Applied Energetics (AERG) and PASSUR Aerospace (PSSR).

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), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), AT&T (T) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Raytheon's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.27%), BlackRock Inc. (7.75%), BlackRock Inc. (7.75%), Morgan Stanley (1.23%), Northern Trust Corp (1.17%) and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. (1.04%). 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 BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., AQR Capital Management LLC, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Prudential Financial Inc. and Putnam Investments LLC. 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 Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Thoroughbred Financial Services LLC, Point72 Asset Management L.P., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Viking Global Investors LP, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD and Schafer Cullen Capital Management Inc. 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 $198.72.

Raytheon has a market capitalization of $55.34 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]