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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricRTXRTX CorpGEGENERAL ELECTRIC COLMT.TOLMT.TOBABOEING COMedian of the restexcluding RTX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$194.71▲ 3.11 (1.62%)
$293.54▼ 2.34 (0.79%)
C$33.27▲ 3.12 (10.35%)
$187.55▼ 4.73 (2.46%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/1010.0/107.3/107.0/107.3/10
Market value$261.36B$307.85B$7.62B$189.85B
Revenue$88.60B$45.85B$105.32B$89.46B
Profit$6.73B$8.70B$7.04B$2.23B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.9.7%18.5%5.6%34.5%18.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.——10.2%4.8%7.5%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.10.5%—10.3%4.8%7.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.7.6%19.0%6.7%2.5%6.7%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.9.0%15.8%9.2%-2.1%9.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.10.3%46.6%74.6%41.0%46.6%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.7.8%—27.0%6.4%16.7%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.38.82x35.37x1.08x84.94x35.37x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.21.09x—2.44x38.70x20.57x
Price to book4.01x16.48x0.81x34.81x16.48x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.59x5.96x7.90x29.85x7.90x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/85/86/97/96.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greynot reportedgreydistress

How RTX compares with the others

  • RTX's operating margin of 10.5% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (7.5%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 9.7% against 18.5%.
  • It trades at a P/E in line with the median of the other companies selected (38.8x against 35.4x).
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.6x against 7.9x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.