RTX (RTX) Stock Up Significantly After Jim Cramer Said It’s “the Best of the Lot”

Published on March 26, 2026 at 2:32 pm by Ramish Cheema in News

RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) is one of Jim Cramer’s Hottest Defense Technology Stock Picks.

RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) makes and sells radars, engines, missiles, and other equipment to the military. Over the year, its shares are up by 43%, and since Cramer’s remarks on Mad Money in April 2025, they are up by 51%. On April 22nd, 2025, the shares closed 9.81% lower after the firm warned that President Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs could lead to a $850 million hit to its 2025 profits. On October 21st, RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX)’s shares closed 7.7% higher after the firm’s third-quarter earnings report. The results saw the firm post $22.48 billion in revenue and $1.70 in adjusted profit per share to beat analyst estimates of $21.31 billion and $1.41. Additionally, RTX Corporation (NYSE:RTX) also raised its full-year revenue forecast to $86.5 billion and $87 billion from an earlier $84.75 billion and $85.5 billion. In 2026, the stock closed 4.7% higher on March 2nd after the US started its military operation in Iran. Here’s what the firm had said about the firm in April 2025:

“I’ve been liking the defense stocks lately because if our trading partners want better treatment from the Trump administration, the traditional go-to move is to go buy some planes and go buy some military hardware. Northrop Grumman, RTX, and Lockheed Martin all report on Tuesday morning. I think each one can be bought. But let me tell you something right now, RTX is the one. That’s the best of the lot.”