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BoeingBA

Aerospace & Defense · Arlington, Virginia · In the S&P 500
Cheaper than peers
$171.55−0.64%After hours: $171.30 (−0.15%)At the close, 30 Oct · Prices from CNBC, may be delayed
▼ 19.7% over 1 year
Boeing over 1 yearDaily close, $, to 30 Oct 2026
$200$225$250Nov2026MarMayJulSep$171.55$200$250NovMarJul$171.55
Source: Nasdaq daily closes
Market value$136B
Price to earnings18.2x
Forward P/E–
Dividend yield–
Year to date−21.0%
One year−19.7%
Next earningsNot scheduled
SectorIndustrials
52-week range (closes)
$167.14$252.15

Quality and valuation

How Boeing compares with other industrials stocks. A description, not a recommendation.

Boeing and 7 aerospace & defense peers. Across: valuation (P/E) against the sector. Up: business quality against the sector. Hover or tap a logo for its numbers.

Business quality: weaker than mostValuation: cheaper than most

A weaker business than most industrials companies, priced below most of them.

Boeing trades at 18.2 times its last 12 months of earnings, against a median of 25.8x for the 89 industrials stocks we cover. The quality score blends where it ranks on revenue growth, gross margin, operating margin and free-cash-flow margin (net margin for banks and insurers) over the last 12 months, from SEC filings.

  • Revenue grew faster than the sector median: +17.5% vs +8.2%
  • Keeps less of each sale (gross margin): 9.4% vs 38.1%
  • Less profitable (operating margin): 10.3% vs 17.5%
  • Turns less of its sales into cash: 0.0% vs 13.1%

Financials

From Boeing's SEC filings, through the quarter ending 30 Sep 2026. Hover or tap a bar for its value.

Revenue grew 3.9% from a year earlierQuarterly revenue, $bn, latest Q3 ’26
$0bn$10bn$20bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$24.2bnQ3 ’26$0bn$10bn$20bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$24.2bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Growth slowed to +3.9% last quarterRevenue growth, year on year, %
−25%0%25%50%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’253.9%Q3 ’260%50%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’253.9%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Operating margin was 1.5% last quarterOperating income as a share of revenue, %
−20%0%20%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’251.5%Q3 ’260%25%Q4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’251.5%Q3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Free cash flow was $16 million over 12 monthsQuarterly free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex), $bn
$-4bn$-2bn$0bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$0.5bnQ3 ’26$-4bn$-2bn$0bnQ4 ’24Q2 ’25Q4 ’25$0.5bnQ3 ’26
Source: SEC filings
Last 12 monthsBASector median
Revenue growth+17.5%+8.2%
Gross margin9.4%38.1%
Operating margin10.3%17.5%
Free cash flow margin0.0%13.1%
Price to earnings18.2x25.8x

Stories on Boeing

Wednesday, 28 October
Big movers

Stocks Making the Biggest Moves Yesterday: Xylem, SoFi, Pentair, Celestica and Boeing

Xylem plunged 14.2% on a forecast cut and Boeing 10.7% on a slower 737 ramp, while SoFi soared 13.4%, Pentair 12.8%, and Celestica 12.1% on strong results on Tuesday.

XYL▼ 5.0%
Screens of market charts
Tuesday, 27 October
Why it moved

Boeing (BA) Shares Slide After It Delays Its 737 Production Ramp

Boeing plunged 10.7% on Tuesday, its worst day in at least five years, after it said steady 737 output will slip to early 2027 and forecast about $3 billion of free cash flow next year.

BA▼ 10.7%
A jet engine being assembled in a hangar

Similar companies

Aerospace & Defense, by market value.

CompanyPriceTodayYTDValue
GEGE Aerospace$301.80−3.59%−2.0%$312B
RTXRTX$199.80+0.20%+8.9%$270B
LMTLockheed Martin$636.95−1.03%+31.7%$147B
GDGeneral Dynamics$372.59+0.48%+10.7%$101B
HWMHowmet Aerospace$199.22−3.26%−2.8%$79.45B
NOCNorthrop Grumman$557.54−0.86%−2.2%$79.21B
TDGTransDigm Group$1,146.81−2.47%−13.8%$63.39B
LHXL3Harris$277.61−0.29%−5.4%$51.70B