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Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

$RYCEF·$172B·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$20.08-2.0%YTD+27.5%1Y+39.5%
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RYRYCEF
$RYCEFRolls-Royce Holdings plc
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $RYCEF, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Proven numbersAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-28

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

At a record high on 24% operating margins and aftermarket engine flying hours — one of the great industrial turnarounds, now at 41x.

Rolls-Royce makes large civil aero engines, defence propulsion including submarine nuclear plants, power systems, and is developing small modular reactors. The transformation under the current management is substantial and shows clearly in the numbers: Q2 revenue of £11.37B grew 28.3% YoY, following 30.7% and 26.1% in prior periods, with operating margin at 21.0% and reaching 27.7% in the December half — against 12.5% two years earlier. That margin expansion is the whole story, and it comes from repricing long-term service agreements on the civil aerospace installed base as engine flying hours recovered past pre-pandemic levels. Trailing figures: 21.6% ROIC, 24.4% operating margin, and free cash flow of £2.24B in the latest half. The reported 108.9% ROE and 1.51x debt-to-equity reflect a small equity base after years of accumulated losses, so both figures overstate their usual meaning. Twenty analysts model revenue rising from £22.9B in 2026 to £33.3B by 2030 with EPS from £0.39 to £0.73. The valuation is the question: 40.8x trailing earnings and 5.2x sales after a 46% twelve-month gain, with the stock at 91% of its 52-week range and a record high in August. Citi lifted its target 50% and Deutsche Bank raised to 1705p on margin strength, so the sell side has been chasing. Reporting is semi-annual. The risks are the ones that always attach to aero engines: a widebody demand slowdown, or a technical issue on an in-service engine programme.

Differs from X sentimentNo X sentiment snapshot is available for this OTC symbol. Press coverage is heavy and mostly bullish — record highs, target raises from Citi and Deutsche Bank — though two Invezz pieces do flag technical and downside risks alongside the bull case.

What to watch: Civil aerospace engine flying hours and long-term service agreement margins are the earnings engine. Full-year results on 2027-02-25; reporting is semi-annual so updates are infrequent. Small modular reactor progress is the optionality the multiple partly reflects. Widebody order rates are the leading demand indicator.

On the calendar: Full-year results, 2027-02-25

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

UK aerospace and defense company making gas turbine engines for widebody aircraft and defense, plus power generation systems.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Aerospace & Defense sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $RYCEF.

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

Defense budget tailwinds — NATO spending commitments and Pentagon procurement acceleration — support backlogs at prime contractors. Commercial space is a separate driver: launch cadence and satellite constellations are pulling RKLB and LUNR on their own momentum, independent of traditional defense spending.

What this means for $RYCEF

Partial — upstream oil & gas exposure ties to commodity price cycle; Rolls-Royce Holdings plc operates as a prominent industrial .

Top industry ETF

$ITAiShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF
+16.3%YTD
+15.0%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
40.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
21.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
24.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
3.5%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
5.2Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
109%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
28.4%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.5Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 30, 2026$0.29$0.24+24.5%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$0.19$0.19+0.3%
Q2 2025Jul 31, 2025$0.22$0.13+63.2%
Q4 2024Feb 27, 2025$0.12$0.12+0.2%
Next earningsThu, Feb 25·consensus EPS $0.29

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$11.4B+28.3%29.5%21.0%$0.19$2.2B
Q4 FY25$11.7B+30.7%27.4%27.7%$0.17$2.0B
Q2 FY25$9.5B+26.1%28.3%21.9%$0.52$1.8B
Q4 FY24$10.0B+26.9%21.0%12.5%$0.16$1.4B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 20 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$22.9B$22.4B – $23.4B$0.39$0.37 – $0.429
FY27$25.4B$23.5B – $26.8B$0.46$0.43 – $0.4920
FY28$28.0B$26.7B – $29.2B$0.55$0.51 – $0.5710
FY29$30.8B$29.3B – $32.1B$0.60$0.56 – $0.6311
FY30$33.3B$31.6B – $34.7B$0.73$0.68 – $0.7711

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.7.4×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.88%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+5.1%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+20.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 8.0B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.205-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.ListedOTCListed on an over-the-counter market (PNK / OTCQB / OTCQX), not a major exchange. Lower disclosure requirements and thinner liquidity.

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Rolls-Royce stock: The bull case is strong, but these risks could trigger a dropinvezz.com·8d agoRolls-Royce shares are on a path to 2,000p, but a key technical risk remainsinvezz.com·14d agoRolls-Royce target price lifted 50% by Citi as long-term forecasts riseproactiveinvestors.co.uk·15d agoHere's why the Rolls-Royce share price just hit a record highinvezz.com·26d agoDeutsche Bank lifts Rolls-Royce target to 1705p on margin strengthproactiveinvestors.co.uk·27d ago

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