What does the company do?
Raytheon Company designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, supports and provides a range of products, services and solutions for principally governmental customers in the United States and worldwide. The Company operates in six business segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS), Intelligence and Information Systems (ibis'), Missile Systems (MS), Network Centric Systems (NCS), Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) and Technical Services (TS). In April 2008, the Company acquired SI Government Solutions. In July 2008, Raytheon Company acquired Telemus Solutions, Inc., a provider of information security, intelligence and technical services to defense, intelligence and other federal customers.In October 2009, the Company acquired BBN Technologies.
How much does the company sell and earn?
Investors need to know how much stuff or services a company sells, and how much of that total it keeps as income (or profit) to grow its business or return to shareholders. The more of each, the better. In general, look for companies that sell and earn more than peers.
- Raytheon one-year sales: 24.30 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified group: -41.28% - Raytheon one-year income: 1.85 Bil.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified group: 235.50%| Sales & Income (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
|---|
| Sales | 24.30 Bil | 41.38 Bil | | Income | 1.85 Bil | 552.31 Mil |
How fast is the company growing?
- Raytheon one-year sales growth: 6.60%.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified group: -3.30 pct. pts. - Raytheon one-year income growth: 14.30%.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified group: -51.30 pct. pts.| Sales & Income Growth (past 12 months) | Company | Industry |
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| Sales Growth | 6.60% | 9.90% | | Income Growth | 14.30% | 65.60% |
How profitable is the company?
Investors prefer companies that increase profit margins -- the percentage of sales that they keep -- every year. This is accomplished either by lowering expenses or raising prices. Look for companies that consistently find ways to squeeze more profits out of sales than their peers.
- Raytheon one-year net profit margin: 7.7%
Difference from the company's 5-year average net profit margin: 1.9 pct. pts.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified group: 5.3 pct. pts.
| Net profit margins (%) |
|---|
| Company | 7.7% | | Company 5-Yr Avg. | 5.8% | | Industry | 2.4% |
How is the company's financial health?
The debt/equity ratio shows how much a firm has borrowed as a percentage of its stock equity. The lower, the better.
- Raytheon debt/equity ratio: 0.24.
Difference from the average for the Aerospace/Defense - Major Diversified group: 14.29%.
| | Company | Industry |
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| Debt/equity ratio | 0.24 | 0.21 |
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