The Boeing Company BA
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What the company does
The Boeing Company is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Aerospace & Defense), with a market value of $148.9B, based in the USA.
It employs about 182,000 people and has been listed since Jan 02, 1962.
The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, sells, services, and supports commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight and launch systems, and services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services. The Commercial Airplanes segment develops, produces, and markets commercial jet aircraft for passenger and cargo requirements.
Cheap or expensive? priced in line with its group
The company is loss-making, so it has no P/E — we compare on price-to-sales instead.
Its price-to-sales (P/S) is 1.6 versus 1.8 for 4 direct peers — priced in line with its group.
Revenue is growing 8% versus the same quarter last year.
The average analyst price target is 267.22, 42% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 15% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • The company is loss-making.
- ⚠️ Net debt is 4.2× shareholders' equity — high leverage.
- • Quarterly report in 2 days (2026-10-27) — a day the stock can move a lot.
Strengths
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (25 vs 0).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 1.0% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLI -1.9%).
This week's news
- Earnings Scoreboard: 82% firms beat EPS estimates, 79% post Y/Y earnings growth seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-24
What the article says
[Top view image of text THIRD QUARTER on office desk.] mohd izzuan Earnings season gathered momentum during the last week, with 76 S&P 500 companies reporting results across key sectors, including Financials, Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary, Industrials, and Energy. The results offered a fresh look at… source ↗
- Earnings scorecard: 17 out of 20 industrial companies beat EPS estimates this week seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-24
What the article says
Industrial companies remained in the spotlight this week as investors digested quarterly results from General Electric (GE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/GE]), Lockheed Martin (LMT [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/LMT]), RTX (RTX [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/RTX]), 3M (MMM [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MMM]),… source ↗
- Stock Market Action Plan: A Preelection Week Primer finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-24
What the article says
Investors face a heavy week from the likes of Alphabet and Amazon, along with a Fed meeting and preelection positioning. Continue Reading source ↗
- Rocket Lab And 2 Top Space Stocks To Watch finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
What the article says
Oil prices recently climbed above $113 as investors rushed into bonds and sold AI stocks, which pushed money toward safer and clearer themes. Space infrastructure sits squarely in that camp, with launch providers, satellite operators, and defence contractors all tied to long term government and commercial demand. This… source ↗
- GA-ASI Partnering With Spirit Defense For FQ-42 CCA Production finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
What the article says
SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / October 23, 2026 / General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), the world leader in Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), today is announcing our partnership with Spirit Defense, a Boeing Company, to support airframe production of the new FQ-42 Vengeance Collaborative Combat… source ↗
- Boeing (BA) Stock Looks About Right As MAX 10 Certification Lands finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
What the article says
Boeing has fallen out of favor in 2026, with the stock down 17.7% year to date, and that slide has put a sharper spotlight on whether its current price is still supported by the earnings investors are paying for. The 17.7% year to date decline challenges holders to ask whether the recent share price now better… source ↗
What changed since last week
No material change: same valuation verdict, same risk flags, price moved less than 3%.
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