Raytheon Company

Industry: Conglomerates

Fortune Rank: 95

Raytheon Company provides products and services in the areas of defense and commercial electronics and business and special mission aircraft. For the six months ended 6/26/05, net sales rose 8% to $10.35B. Net income from cont. ops. before acct. change totaled $429M, up from $7M. Revenues reflect increased U.S. DoD expenditures in the Company's defense businesses. Net income also reflects a decrease in interest expense due to lower average debt.

Raytheon Company is engaged in the defense and government electronics, space, technical services and business, and special mission aircraft industry. The Company's government and defense business is aligned in six business segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS); Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS); Missile Systems (MS); Network Centric Systems (NCS); Space and Airborne Systems (SAS), and Technical Services. Raytheon Aircraft is one of the providers of business and special mission aircraft and delivers a line of jet, turboprop and piston-powered airplanes to individual, corporate and government customers worldwide. In November 2004, the Company sold its Raytheon Commercial Infrared (RCI) business to L-3 Communications Corporation.

Raytheon Company

Raytheon Company is a Fortune 500 company. In 2010 Raytheon Company was ranked number 95 on the Fortune 500 list, making it the 95th largest company in the United States when judged by revenue.

Raytheon Company achieved revenue of $24,881.00 million in 2010 and earned a profit of $1,935.00 million.

Raytheon Company' rank improves

The company ranking improved in 2010, moving up the Fortune 500 list to 95th compared to 108th in 2009. This was based on its 2009 revenue of $23,174 million (a change of 1 million compared to 2010) and profits of $1,672 million (a change of $0 million compared to 2009).

Another point of view

To many investors, profits are more important than the revenue a company earns. If the Fortune 500 was ranked by profits instead of revenue then Raytheon Company would be ranked 73rd rather than 95th due to its profits of $1,935 in 2010.

Raytheon Company Revenue* Profit* Fortune Ranking
201024,8811,93595
200923,1741,672108
200822,4262,578112
200723,2741,28396
200621,89487197

* US$ Million

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