Rolls-Royce is making bank again and it's not from selling cars

Esteemed automotive brand Rolls-Royce has recorded huge profits in 2025, but it’s not the luxury car sales that are doing the heavy lifting.

For decades, Kings and Queens have rolled up the streets of Buckingham Palace in Rolls-Royce cars.

The brand has always been a leader in luxury car sales, thanks to icons like the Cullinan and Phantom.

But the London-registered company has now hit a record high via stocks and shares that have little to do with the fabled cars.

Rolls-Royce hits record high in shares thanks to its engines

Given its esteemed reputation for high-end cars, even selling the most expensive car in the world with the Droptail La Rose Noire, Rolls-Royce isn’t all about its vehicles.

In fact, its biggest revenue stream is from engines and aerospace operations.

As of 2024, the company made over half of its money from supplying plane engines to the likes of Airbus and Boeing.

Now, the FTSE 100 company has recorded its highest ever share value, after recording profits of over $4 billion.

Currently valued at $119billion, Rolls-Royce has made huge strides in its aerospace engineering sector after being taken over by Tufan Erginbilgiç in 2023.

Most of this success has been down to its Trent engines, improving the durability of the huge mechanical masterpieces, which power aviation staples like the Boeing 787 Dreamliners, and Airbus’ A-340, A350, and A380.

The company also made significant profits from its power generators for data centres, which is around 25 percent of its revenue stream.

While the records of Rolls-Royce Holdings’ profits are different from the Cars sector, the company makes significantly more from its plane parts.

For example, in 2024, the luxury car sales reportedly made profits of $177 million from around 5,712 cars sold, which is a huge gulf away from the billions made in aerospace.

What’s next in the car department?

All of this success in different sectors doesn’t mean Rolls-Royce is slowing down in its efforts as a leading luxury car manufacturer.

In recent years, they launched the incredible $28m Boat Tail, sported by the likes of Beyonce, and it continues to take orders on the Cullinan and Spectre.

And there’s a lot more to come from the EV department, with some wild concept cars from 2035 waiting in the wings.

So, fear not, the car brand isn’t being dwarfed amid its aerospace empire, and it could actually benefit from the engine’s multi-billion-dollar profits.

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