RTX Stock Pays Out $56 Bil – Investors Take Note
In the last decade, RTX (RTX) stock has returned a notable $56 Bil back to its shareholders through cold, hard cash via dividends and buybacks. Let’s look at some numbers and compare how this payout power stacks up against the market’s biggest capital-return machines.
As it turns out, RTX stock has returned the 47th highest amount to shareholders in history.
| RTX | S&P Median | |
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| Dividends | $27 Bil | $4.4 Bil |
| Share Repurchase | $29 Bil | $5.5 Bil |
| Total Returned | $56 Bil | $9.1 Bil |
| Total Returned as % of Current Market Cap | 20.7% | 24.5% |
Why should you care? Because dividends and share repurchases represent direct, tangible returns of capital to shareholders. They also signal management’s confidence in the company’s financial health and ability to generate sustainable cash flows. And there are more stocks like that. Here is a list of the top 10 companies ranked by total capital returned to shareholders via dividends and stock repurchases.
Top 10 Stocks By Total Shareholder Return
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| Total Money Returned | As % Of Current Market Cap | via Dividends | via Share Repurchases | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | $874 Bil | 21.9% | $143 Bil | $731 Bil |
| MSFT | $376 Bil | 12.0% | $172 Bil | $204 Bil |
| GOOGL | $357 Bil | 8.6% | $15 Bil | $342 Bil |
| XOM | $218 Bil | 36.7% | $146 Bil | $72 Bil |
| WFC | $212 Bil | 72.1% | $58 Bil | $153 Bil |
| META | $184 Bil | 10.3% | $10 Bil | $174 Bil |
| JPM | $181 Bil | 21.3% | $0.0 | $181 Bil |
| JNJ | $159 Bil | 28.6% | $105 Bil | $54 Bil |
| ORCL | $158 Bil | 34.5% | $35 Bil | $123 Bil |
| CVX | $157 Bil | 46.4% | $99 Bil | $58 Bil |
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What do you notice here? The total capital returned to shareholders as a % of the current market cap appears inversely proportional to growth prospects for reinvestments. Stocks like Meta (META) and Microsoft (MSFT) are growing much faster, in a more predictable way, compared to the others, but they have returned a much lower fraction of their market cap to shareholders.
That’s the flip side to high capital returns. Sure, they are attractive, but you have to ask yourself the question: Am I sacrificing growth and sound fundamentals? With that in mind, let’s look at some numbers for RTX. (see Buy or Sell RTX Stock for more details)
RTX Fundamentals
- Revenue Growth: 8.8% LTM and 9.4% last 3-year average.
- Cash Generation: Nearly 5.5% free cash flow margin and 10.3% operating margin LTM.
- Recent Revenue Shocks: The minimum annual revenue growth in the last 3 years for RTX was 1.6%.
- Valuation: RTX stock trades at a P/E multiple of 41.0
| RTX | S&P Median | |
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| Sector | Industrials | – |
| Industry | Aerospace & Defense | – |
| PE Ratio | 41.0 | 24.4 |
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| LTM* Revenue Growth | 8.8% | 6.4% |
| 3Y Average Annual Revenue Growth | 9.4% | 5.6% |
| Min Annual Revenue Growth Last 3Y | 1.6% | 0.1% |
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| LTM* Operating Margin | 10.3% | 18.8% |
| 3Y Average Operating Margin | 7.7% | 18.3% |
| LTM* Free Cash Flow Margin | 5.5% | 14.0% |
*LTM: Last Twelve Months
The table gives good overview of what you get from RTX stock, but what about the risk?
RTX Historical Risk
RTX isn’t immune to big drops. It lost about 52% in both the Dot-Com crash and the Global Financial Crisis, and nearly 52% again during the Covid selloff. Even the 2018 correction and last year’s inflation shock slammed it down by around 28% and 33%, respectively. So, no matter the strengths behind the stock, these kinds of pullbacks show the risk is very real when markets turn south.
But the risk is not limited to major market crashes. Stocks fall even when markets are good – think events like earnings, business updates, and outlook changes. Read RTX Dip Buyer Analyses to see how the stock has recovered from sharp dips in the past.
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