{"id":42098,"date":"2026-05-20T17:16:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/42098\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T17:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T17:16:27","slug":"5000-invested-in-rolls-royce-shares-on-17-april-is-now-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/42098\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a35,000 invested in Rolls-Royce shares on 17 April is now worth\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Man Image source: Getty Images <\/p>\n

Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR.) shares have been on a phenomenal run in recent years, returning 1,030% to investors over the last five years.<\/p>\n

However, 2026 hasn\u2019t been the aircraft engine manufacturer\u2019s year so far. In fact, the last few weeks haven\u2019t been so great for the company.<\/p>\n

Since 17 April, its shares have fallen by 9.8%. If an investor had put \u00a35,000 into its shares on this date, they would have already lost \u00a3490. Therefore, their investment would have sunk to \u00a34,510.<\/p>\n

But I still think Rolls-Royce is a great company. So, could this pullback in its share price be an opportunity to consider buying some of its shares?<\/p>\n

Confidence in guidance <\/p>\n

Rolls-Royce released its trading update yesterday (30 April) covering the quarter to 31 March. Even during the war in Iran, CEO Tufan Erginbilgic, commented that their guidance of \u00a34-\u00a34.2bn in underlying operating profit and \u00a33.6bn-\u00a33.8bn in free cash flow for 2026 remains unchanged.<\/p>\n

This may reassure some investors, given current global events. Other causes for optimism included:<\/p>\n

Large engine flying hours (EFH) grew 5% to 115% of 2019 levels in the three months to March.<\/p>\n

EFH for 2026 is expected to be at 115%-120% of 2019 levels.<\/p>\n

Large engine original equipment (OE) deliveries increased by 18% in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Defence OE deliveries increased 20% year on year.<\/p>\n

Power systems orders had their record month in March, with an order backlog of \u00a37.3bn.<\/p>\n

Even after the CEO\u2019s statements, investors shouldn\u2019t ignore the fact that the war in Iran creates big risks for the firm. Rising jet fuel prices are a big concern, as they could hinder demand for flying, but even supply if there is a shortage.<\/p>\n

Some airlines insist that the chance of such jet fuel shortages is decreasing. However, it shouldn\u2019t be ignored that if this were to happen, it would hit Rolls-Royce\u2019s biggest and most profitable civil aviation division.<\/p>\n

That said, I still believe the catalysts for the firm should set it up for long-term success.<\/p>\n

Power systems and nuclear energy <\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve read my previous articles about Rolls-Royce, you may have noticed that I\u2019m particularly a fan of its investments in small modular reactors (SMRs).<\/p>\n

After all, this could revolutionise the way nuclear energy is conducted, and could be a game-changer for the firm in the long run.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s already executing on agreements to build three SMRs in Wales and six in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

However, I\u2019m starting to become a big fan of another of its operations, its Power Systems division.<\/p>\n

As mentioned above, its backlog for orders is already at \u00a37.3bn. And I only see demand for this growing further.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image source: Getty Images Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR.) shares have been on a phenomenal run in recent years, returning 1,030%…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[20731],"tags":[21223,1451,21222,1238,3702],"class_list":["post-42098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rolls-royce","tag-engine-manufacturer","tag-investors","tag-power-systems","tag-rolls-royce","tag-shares"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116608040479526132","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}