Rolls-Royce stock: RBC maintains GBp 1,600.00 target for Rolls-Royce stock

Published on 10/21/2026 at 16:23 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Rolls-Royce schedules its trading update for November 12, 2026. Rolls-Royce stock costs EUR 15.87 on October 21, 2026, up 0.70 percent versus Xetra close.

RBC target and trading date

RBC maintained a Buy rating and a GBp 1,600.00 target on October 10, 2026.
Underlying first-half 2026 revenue reached GBP 11.3 billion, while operating profit was GBP 2.5 billion.
Rolls-Royce stock costs EUR 15.87 at Lang & Schwarz on October 21, 2026 at 4:10 p.m. CEST, plus 0.70 percent versus the Xetra close of October 20, 2026.
The next trading update is scheduled for November 12, 2026.

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Rolls-Royce Holdings (GB00B63H8491) has a GBp 1,600.00 analyst target from RBC, which maintained its Buy rating in a report dated October 10, 2026, as The Globe and Mail reports. The target stands 20.98 percent above the London price of GBp 1,322.60 on October 21, 2026. At Lang & Schwarz, Rolls-Royce stock was trading at EUR 15.87 on October 21, 2026 at 4:10 p.m. CEST, up 0.70 percent versus the Xetra close of October 20, 2026 at EUR 15.76.

First-half figures support the target

The latest operating figures give the analyst view a concrete foundation. Defense And Tech reports underlying revenue of GBP 11.3 billion for the first half of 2026, versus GBP 9.1 billion in the first half of 2025. Underlying operating profit reached GBP 2.5 billion, with a 22.5 percent margin compared with 15.4 percent a year earlier.

Stock stays below the yearly high

The London-listed shares stood at GBp 1,322.60 on October 21, 2026, with a 52-week range of GBp 990.00 to GBp 1,586.00. That places the price 16.62 percent below the high and 33.60 percent above the low. Trading volume was 3,301,451 shares, while the market capitalization stood at GBP 109.6 billion.

What comes next for Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce has scheduled its next trading update for November 12, 2026, according to the Rolls-Royce investor-relations page. The date gives investors the next formal checkpoint for the raised operating-profit guidance of GBP 4.7 billion to GBP 4.9 billion and free cash flow guidance of GBP 3.8 billion to GBP 4.0 billion for 2026.

Comparison with peers

Rolls-Royce: up 0.70 percent, P/E 36.76, market capitalization GBP 109.6 billion.

GE Aerospace (NYSE, USD): up 1.12 percent, P/E 35.05, market capitalization USD 314.6 billion.

Safran (Euronext Paris, EUR): up 0.48 percent, P/E 33.82, market capitalization EUR 130.3 billion.

Price and valuation remain the frame

RBC's GBp 1,600.00 target leaves a measurable gap above the current London quotation, while the euro quotation remains close to the October 20 Xetra close. The next update will test whether the first-half margin expansion is progressing toward the full-year guidance range.

Rolls-Royce stock was trading at EUR 15.87 at Lang & Schwarz on October 21, 2026 at 4:10 p.m. CEST, plus 0.70 percent versus the Xetra close of October 20, 2026 at EUR 15.76. The further course of trading is shown by the continuously updated real-time quote of Rolls-Royce stock.