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Rolls-Royce Holdings plc

$RYCEY·$164B·Aerospace & Defense·Industrials
$19.84+1.0%1Y+40.6%
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RYRYCEY
$RYCEYRolls-Royce Holdings plc
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Today's AI verdict on what's driving $RYCEY, 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 2026-07-31

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

Rolls-Royce just raised guidance again on both the defense boom and the AI-data-center power buildout — up 4% today into a fresh FTSE 100 record.

Rolls-Royce is the UK aerospace and industrial-power champion — big-engine civil aerospace (Trent series on wide-body jets), defense (military engines, submarine reactors), Power Systems (MTU industrial gensets, increasingly for data-center backup), and a small but strategic New Markets division. Today's H1 print landed with a 46% profit jump, a raised full-year guide, and the stock leading the FTSE 100 up 4% to a fresh index record.

Why the setup keeps compounding:

  • Revenue is running well above trend: Q4 2025 revenue grew ~30% year-over-year on $11.6B, extending a run of +26% and +27% earlier — this is the wide-body aftermarket recovery plus a defense-cycle upswing hitting the P&L together, not one at the expense of the other.
  • The beat cadence keeps overshooting: EPS surprises of 24%, 0%, 447% and 70% over the last four prints — meaning consensus has repeatedly failed to catch how quickly the operating turnaround is compounding into higher margin dollars.
  • The AI-data-center angle is genuine: MTU (Power Systems) is a real supplier of backup power and gensets for hyperscale data-center campuses — layer that onto the defense-boom narrative and Rolls-Royce is now credibly a two-theme stock (aerospace + AI infrastructure), not a single-story cyclical.

The near-term catalysts are already resolving positively — the raise-and-beat pattern is intact and today's tape confirmed it with volume 2.8x the 30-day norm. What breaks the setup is a wide-body flight-hour softening (still the biggest single revenue driver) or a UK/EU defense-budget pullback; what extends it is a named data-center backup-power contract that puts a specific dollar figure on the AI-adjacent story.

What to watch: Stock is at 92% of its 52-week range with no scheduled catalyst until the February 25 full-year print. Near-term downside triggers: a wide-body flight-hour softening (still the biggest revenue driver) or a UK/EU defense-budget pullback. Upside catalyst: a named data-center backup-power supply contract with a specific dollar figure.

On the calendar: 2027-02-25 — Full-year earnings

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What it does

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

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc operates as a prominent global industrial technology corporation, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, since its founding in 1884. The company's diverse activities are organized into four key divisions: Civil Aerospace, Power Systems, Defence, and New Markets. Its Civil Aerospace unit is dedicated to designing, manufacturing, and marketing aircraft engines for major commercial airlines, regional jets, and business aviation, alongside providing comprehensive after-sale support. The Power Systems segment concentrates on developing, producing, promoting, and selling integrated power and propulsion systems for various applications, including marine, defense, electricity generation, and industrial sectors. For military applications, the Defence segment supplies aero engines for transport and patrol aircraft, in addition to naval propulsion units and nuclear power plants for submarines, complete with associated maintenance services. Finally, the New Markets segment is focused on the creation, production, and distribution of small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced electrical power solutions. Rolls-Royce also delivers extensive maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services throughout its product portfolio.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

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

Aerospace & Defense · Industrials

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Fundamentals & catalyst

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

Key ratios

P/E
21.2How 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
22.1%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
25.1%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
3.2%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
5.7Same 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
228%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
27.8%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
1.6Total 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$0.30$0.24+25.1%
Q4 2025Feb 26, 2026$0.19$0.19+0.1%
Q2 2025Jul 31, 2025$0.71$0.13+446.9%
Q4 2024Feb 27, 2025$0.20$0.12+69.9%
Next earningsThu, Feb 25·consensus EPS $0.29

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q4 FY25$11.6B+29.9%27.4%27.7%$0.17$2.1B
Q2 FY25$9.5B+26.1%28.3%21.9%$0.52$1.8B
Q4 FY24$10.0B+26.9%21.0%17.2%$0.16$1.4B
Q2 FY24$8.9B+58.2%23.8%13.3%$0.14$1.5B

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 11 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$22.5B$22.3B – $22.8B$0.37$0.37 – $0.382
FY27$25.0B$25.0B – $25.0B$0.45$0.44 – $0.4511
FY28$27.5B$27.0B – $27.9B$0.53$0.52 – $0.544
FY29$30.4B$29.8B – $30.8B$0.59$0.58 – $0.605
FY30$33.0B$32.3B – $33.4B$0.72$0.71 – $0.745

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.2.8×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.93%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.+8.2%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.+18.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMega float · 8.2B shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today0.1% 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.β1.295-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.

FTSE 100 hits record as Rolls-Royce and miners power London stocksinvezz.com·2d agoHere's why the Rolls-Royce share price is leading the FTSE 100 Index todayinvezz.com·2d agoRolls-Royce jumps 4% as it sees boost from both the defense boom and AI data center buildoutcnbc.com·2d agoRolls-Royce raises guidance as profit jumps 46%proactiveinvestors.co.uk·2d agoRolls-Royce raises full-year profit forecast after strong first halfreuters.com·2d ago

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