Why RTX Corporation (RTX) Crashed on Tuesday

We recently published an article titled Gold Miners Dominate Tuesday’s Worst-Performing Stocks. In this article, we are going to take a look at where RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) stands against the other stocks.

Wall Street’s main indices bounced back from a bloodbath on Tuesday as investors gobbled up shares on hopes that the US-China trade tensions can subside.

The Dow Jones rallied by 2.66 percent, the S&P 500 rose by 2.51 percent, and the Nasdaq surged by 2.71 percent.

Despite a broader market optimism, 10 companies, predominantly gold miners, were heavily sold down amid lower gold prices.

To come up with the list, we considered only the stocks with more than $1 billion in market capitalization and $5 million in trading volume.

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RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX)

RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) saw its share prices drop by 9.81 percent on Tuesday to close at $113.75 each following a dismal earnings performance in the first quarter of the year.

In a statement, reported net income in the January to March period dropped by 10 percent to $1.5 billion from $1.7 billion year-on-year. The figure included $400 million of acquisition accounting adjustments and $100 million of restructuring and other net significant and/or non-recurring items.

Adjusted net income increased by 11 percent to $1.99 billion from $1.79 billion.

Reported and adjusted sales were at $20.3 billion, up 5 percent year-on-year.

For full-year 2025, RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) expects adjusted sales to settle between $83 billion and $84 billion, including 4 to 6 percent organic growth.

“The current environment is clearly very dynamic, but our company is well-positioned to perform operationally and our teams remain focused on executing on our commitments and delivering our robust backlog,” said RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) President and CEO Chris Calio.

Overall RTX ranks 1st on our list of Tuesday’s worst-performing stocks. While we acknowledge the potential of RTX as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than RTX but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey.