The Boeing Company BA
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
The Boeing Company is a large-cap company in the Industrials sector (Aerospace & Defense), with a market value of $153.0B, 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 1.6 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 273.42, 41% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 22% 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.
Strengths
- ✅ Generates free cash flow — profit becomes cash in the bank.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (24 vs 0).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 2.3% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLI -0.3%).
This week's news
- FAA Boosts Boeing 737 Max 10 Certification Hopes With Software Glitch Ruling finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Boeing shares gain as FAA finds no safety issue with 737 MAX software glitch finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Alaska Airlines expands international push as Seattle rivalry with Delta intensifies seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-02
- Boeing (BA) Wins Navy F A XX Fighter Program In Fresh Defense Vote finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-02
- Jim Cramer Likes HEICO (HEI) but Warns About Aerospace and Boeing (BA) finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
- Boeing shares rise 4% as engineers approve contract, easing strike risk finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-01
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.