William Blair Issues Optimistic Forecast for Boeing Earnings

The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) – William Blair lifted their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Boeing in a report issued on Wednesday, March 19th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now forecasts that the aircraft producer will earn ($3.01) per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of ($3.98). The consensus estimate for Boeing’s current full-year earnings is ($2.58) per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Boeing’s Q2 2025 earnings at ($1.14) EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at ($0.01) EPS and FY2025 earnings at ($3.51) EPS.

Boeing (NYSE:BA) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The aircraft producer reported ($5.90) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($1.60) by ($4.30). During the same period in the prior year, the business posted ($0.47) EPS.

Several other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on the company. Northcoast Research upgraded Boeing from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Citigroup raised their target price on shares of Boeing from $207.00 to $210.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, February 10th. Barclays upgraded shares of Boeing from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $190.00 to $210.00 in a report on Monday, January 6th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on shares of Boeing from $103.00 to $113.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a report on Monday, March 17th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on shares of Boeing from $184.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Boeing has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $195.68.

Boeing Trading Up 1.0 %

Shares of NYSE BA opened at $182.71 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $137.05 billion, a P/E ratio of -9.97 and a beta of 1.53. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $173.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $163.90. Boeing has a 12-month low of $137.03 and a 12-month high of $196.95.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Prostatis Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Boeing by 23.3% during the fourth quarter. Prostatis Group LLC now owns 8,096 shares of the aircraft producer’s stock worth $1,433,000 after purchasing an additional 1,531 shares during the period. Chancellor Financial Group WB LP purchased a new position in Boeing during the 4th quarter worth $313,000. Objective Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Boeing in the 4th quarter worth $219,000. 111 Capital purchased a new stake in shares of Boeing in the fourth quarter valued at about $681,000. Finally, Thoma Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Boeing during the fourth quarter worth about $508,000. 64.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Uma M. Amuluru sold 3,159 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.69, for a total transaction of $570,799.71. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 19,213 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,471,596.97. This trade represents a 14.12 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Corporate insiders own 0.09% of the company’s stock.

About Boeing

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 Commercial Airplanes; Defense, Space & Security; and Global Services segments.