A look at the one-year, three-year, and five-year performance of RTX ( RTX +0.70% ) compared to the S&P 500 index and its peer, GE Aerospace ( GE +3.95% ) , reveals a lot about the stock and its investment proposition. In general, it's good news for RTX investors, but there are nuances here that might prompt you to think more deeply about the stock.

RTX pleases investors

It's been a market-busting period for the stock, with significant outperformance over the last year and five years for RTX. However, there are a couple of things to note from the data:

RTX underperforms its peer, GE Aerospace, over every period.

RTX only slightly outperformed the S&P 500 index over the last three years.

What happened in 2023?

The last point is easy to explain, and perhaps is less si

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