How to buy Rolls-Royce shares in the UK

Rolls Royce Holdings PLC is a British aerospace and defence company which is best known for its luxury cars. The company’s engines made history in 1933 by being the first to reach 272mph. Here in the 21st century, the company is still breaking records, with its electric plane becoming the fastest electric vehicle ever created. Here is all you need to know about investing in Rolls Royce.

How to buy shares in Rolls-Royce

Open a brokerage account. Choose from our top broker picks or compare brokers in depth. Then, complete an application.
Fund your account. Add money to your account via bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
Search the platform by ticker symbol. RR in this case.
Choose an order type. Place a market order or limit order with your preferred number of shares or dollar amount.
Submit the order. It's that simple.

The whole process can take as little as 15 minutes. You'll need a smartphone or computer, an internet connection, your passport or driving licence and a means of payment.

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Quantity of shares

100

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9 Excellent	£0	$100	£586.72	Go to siteCapital at risk
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Alternative ways to invest in Rolls-Royce

Via a fund

Buying shares in just one company is generally considered a riskier bet than investing in a range of investments - AKA a "diversified portfolio". Experts generally recommend holding a mix of investments in specific assets and funds. Funds are ready-made portfolios of multiple companies' shares (potentially including Rolls-Royce), and the idea is that drops in the value of one constituent company's share price might be offset by rises in others.

Rolls-Royce is a major part of the London stock exchange, so it's included in many global funds and investment trusts, as well as tracker-style exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Is it a good time to buy Rolls-Royce stock?

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Technical analysis

View Rolls-Royce's price performance, share price volatility, historical data and technicals.

Use our graph to track the performance of RR stock over time.

Historical closes compared with the last close of 583.80

1 week (2024-12-09)	2.60%
1 month (2024-11-16)	10.86%
3 months (2024-09-16)	32.14%
6 months (2024-06-16)	38.64%
1 year (2023-12-16)	187.59%
2 years (2022-12-16)	692.24%
3 years (2021-12-16)	340.47%
5 years (2019-12-16)	155.58%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Dividend history

Financial Year	Type	Amount	Ex-dividend date	Payment date
31/12/2019	Final	7.10p	23/04/2020	01/07/2020
	Interim	4.60p	24/10/2019	03/01/2020
31/12/2018	Final	7.10p	25/04/2019	25/04/2019
	Interim	4.60p	25/10/2018	03/01/2019
31/12/2017	Final	7.10p	26/04/2018	02/07/2018
	Interim	4.60p	26/10/2017	03/01/2018

Frequently asked questions

As with the majority of the stock market, the Rolls Royce share price dropped as a result of the coronavirus stock market crash in early March. However, the RR share price had been declining for most of 2019, down from it's all-time high at the end of 2013. While investors looking to buy or sell Rolls-Royce shares will need to consider the likely impact of the coronavirus climate on its revenue and operations, it also announced it would be reducing expenditure and improve liquidity. Analysis from JP Morgan Cazenove suggested credit ratings agencies will likely downgrade the rating of aerospace companies, but Rolls Royce did not currently have the balance sheet resilience to easily navigate the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Rolls-Royce's shares were split on a 644:221 basis on 27 October 2020. So if you had owned 221 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 644 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Rolls-Royce shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 65.7% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Rolls-Royce shares which in turn could have impacted Rolls-Royce's share price.
It's as easy to sell Rolls-Royce as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Rolls-Royce shares that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Rolls-Royce shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Rolls-Royce financials

Revenue TTM	£17.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	13.33%
Gross profit TTM	£2.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	4.61%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	13.08%
Book value	-0.27p
Market capitalisation	£50.5 billion
EBITDA	£2.5 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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