Yeah i looked at RR at those penny levels as i had iag but decided to sell iag and leave RR alone as i couldnt see the airlines picking up at any point!! Sheesh should have held and picked up small amount of RR … SO i kind of buy small amounts in companies now just in case then slowly top up but keep holding!
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I’m still buying bit by bit, even at this price.
Will stop when I reach 1000 shares (167 more to go).
Nice, think I’ll get around £50 in dividends.
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Passed the £8.00 mark today
Let’s hope they get to the projected £11.50 this year
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Investing.com – Fitch Ratings has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating of Rolls-Royce (OTC:RYCEY) plc to ‘BBB+’ from ‘BBB-’, with a positive outlook on the IDR.
The upgrade is a reflection of the significantly improved financial profile of Rolls-Royce, including a Fitch-calculated EBITDA margin of 16.4% and a free cash flow (FCF) margin of 12% in 2024, along with a gross leverage of 1.2x and a net cash position. The company’s robust business profile is underscored by its leadership in the commercial aerospace engine market and solid positions in the defense and power systems segments.
Fitch sees a positive outlook for Rolls-Royce, anticipating further enhancement of its core profitability in the short to medium term. The company is expected to maintain a conservative capital structure and financial policies, including a prudent shareholder distribution policy.
Fitch anticipates that Rolls-Royce will continue to improve its operating margins in the short to medium term, aligning with its main sector peers and Fitch’s expectations of the ‘A’ category for the aerospace & defense sector. The Fitch-calculated EBITDA margin is projected to rise above 17% in 2025 and approach 18% in 2026. These improvements are expected to be driven by strong demand for engines and related maintenance services in commercial aerospace, growth in the defense division, and ongoing improvement in the power systems segment’s cost position.
In 2024, Rolls-Royce achieved a strong FCF margin of 12%, up from 7.5% in 2023. This increase was driven by improvements in underlying earnings and continued growth in long-term service agreements (LTSA). Fitch anticipates the cash inflow from LTSA contracts to remain positive, albeit somewhat lower in the short to medium term. The FCF margin is expected to remain around 7% over the next three to four years, supported by the resilience and strength of underlying operating cash flows.
Rolls-Royce’s 2024 results exceeded previous upgrade sensitivities, with key ratios demonstrating stronger than expected performance. Revenue rose by over 15% to GBP17.8 billion, while the Fitch-calculated EBITDA margin increased to 16.4%, and the FCF margin rose to 12%. This improvement was driven by the largest commercial aerospace division, but earnings margins increased across all divisions, reflecting strong underlying demand for products and services and the benefits of ongoing efficiency measures.
Rolls-Royce’s balance sheet remains strong for the ‘BBB+’ rating. Through strong FCF generation, Rolls-Royce achieved a GBP1.5 billion Fitch-calculated net cash position at the end of 2024, while EBITDA gross leverage improved to 1.2x from 1.7x at the end of 2023. Shareholder returns are expected to total GBP1.8 billion in 2025, including the recently announced GBP1 billion share buyback.
The company’s recovery is supported by a strong order backlog across all three of its segments. In civil aerospace, the large engine order book reached 1,843 engines at the end of 2024, up from 1,632 at the end of 2023. In defense, the order backlog at the end of 2024 was GBP17.4 billion, up from GBP9.2 billion at the end of 2023. The order backlog for power systems was GBP4.8 billion at the end of 2024.
Rolls-Royce’s business profile reflects strong revenue and geographical diversification, and a high proportion of turnover sourced from service activities. The company’s financial risk profile has recently significantly improved relative to major peers and is now broadly consistent with strong investment-grade rated peers in the sector.
Rolls-Royce reported strong liquidity of GBP8.1 billion at the end of 2024, including GBP5.6 billion of cash on hand and an undrawn GBP2.5 billion revolving credit facility. Due to high levels of liquidity, the group repaid the EUR550 million bond and cancelled the remaining GBP 1billion UK export finance facility in 2024. A one-year extension option on the GBP2.5 billion undrawn revolving credit facility was exercised in October 2024, extending the maturity to November 2027.
Rolls-Royce is a leading UK-based multinational engineering business focused on the design, development, manufacture, and servicing of integrated power systems for use in the air, on land, and at sea.
Investing.com – Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (LON:RR) is actively pursuing partnerships with various entities in the space industry, according to Bloomberg News. The company’s goal is to collaborate on its micro-nuclear reactor project, which it intends to send to the moon in the early 2030s.
The UK-based aerospace manufacturer is currently in discussions with potential partners. These discussions revolve around launch and landing services, and lunar transportation, according to Katie Jarman, Rolls-Royce (OTC:RYCEY) Assistant Chief Engineer for Space. Jarman shared this information on Wednesday.
She emphasized that Rolls-Royce recognizes its limitations in the space industry. In an interview, she stated, “We know that we are not a space company. We are not going to be able to put a micro-reactor on the moon and operate it by ourselves.” This statement highlights the company’s need for partnerships to successfully accomplish its lunar mission.
Rolls royce are currently linked with defence, clean energy, air travel, automobile industry - now they want to link into the aerospace market, all that’s left is somehow team this up with the social media industry and AI, then the sky is literally the limit!
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I remember I bought this company when none news was out about them I only bought them as I worked in a raf base walked by their plants inside and seen the engines being built so I bought like 400 too I think back when they were way under a pound and sold and 5 pounds something feeling like a king back then haha.
The all the news about small reactors came out and everything else and I kept feeling like this was a train I had seen before and didn’t want to buy back in at a high price.
There seemed to be so many stocks judt having retail investors piling cash into them just for them to end up showing bad earnings or something else and way over priced then it crashes.
For some reason after seeing many I thought this might be one but it kept going up 
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Hay Good Buddy how’s ya doing, Hope you are well.
I am currently holding 2000 + of RR and invest regularly. I think RR are going to do good things in the future that’s why I keep adding to this Stock.
I first bought the stock in June 2022 got 3 shares for the sum of £2.67, They are currently trading @ £6.59 I think the highest price was £8.13 in March, it’s a good Stock my Man, Maybe consider dipping your toe back in even @ £50 pm at current rate will get you x 7 Shares in this rock solid Stock well worth it in my Humble opinion 
BFN
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Hello good friend been better I guess hehe thanks. How you getting on? Hope you have been well.
yes the issue is having so many etfs to cover diff sectors not to mention I changed my portfolio 2x selling from gia to isa with a rebalance then selling a good few stocks with major returns to buy into other sectors RR was one Lloyds was another and so on. Then I sold anything in profit to rebalance to what I felt was safer and glad I did as my number one stock was rio tinto beating all my ETFs and all stocks. I can’t imagine the losses right now had I kept going with it at the rates I now have etfs in my top 5 spots. I still hold rio just less than half of what I did before. To think it is near 40 and was 64 or whatever on its peaks lol.
The issue is monthly stock cash currently I do not 350 now that only goes so far especially when you’re buying snp500, all world etc infact just 1 of each that’s more than half gone there.and I have plenty stoll to buy so sometimes I save up a few months or more if I see huge rallys on many stocks for for not much reason behind it.
My aim is to get to 850 a month stocks that’s the best I can do in the job I have and still living good. The issue is I still have things to pay work stuff Salary sac, driving lessons and many others but soon I hope maybe a few years from now I can finally start rattling into the markets. I feel 850 is good enough with the portfolio I have to start firing into multi etfs and stocks also it would defo expand the overall portfolio by a decent chunk each year. If I get overtime even better.
I still like RR maybe I could start adding it slowly at 15 to 20 or if I find something else a little expensive that month.
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This fell over 11% on Friday, could be a nice entry point. What ETFs (apart from FTSE) hold this does anyone know?
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I know this one does:
https://community.freetrade.io/t/ishares-msci-europe-industrials-sector-ucits-etf-eur-acc-esin-share-chat/69519/2
If you search for it on justetf, you should then get a list of efts that includes this as one of their holdings.
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Hi My Man I think we are working on the same wavelength here Buddy.
I too sold all stocks in my GIA even my Gov Bonds and then Sold everything in my ISA I had a feeling that something was wrong so instinct said Sell and I did.
I made some good gains on all Holdings and an absolute KILLING on PLTR when it was riding HIGH @ $125 per share I timed it just so right.
Got back in to PLTR again cos it’s on of those Stocks that will perform always in my Humble opinion and in a few years It will be back to $125 but I expect it to excel in the Market so I will keep buying it as I think this one is a keeper and one for you if you want to hitch a ride up to the Moon, BFN
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Is this new dip another buying opportunity?
Yesterday was
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Looking at BAE systems I think RR has plenty of growth,with a share buy back later in the year. Ex dividend tomorrow should roughly pay 6p per share
Nice, I bought RR not expecting dividends!
Also, just saw, competition from Bill Gates:
Surely they’re too late to the party???
Perhaps, but who knows!?