William Blair Has Bullish Estimate for Boeing Q1 Earnings

The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) – Stock analysts at William Blair raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Boeing in a research note issued on Wednesday, March 19th. William Blair analyst L. Dipalma now anticipates that the aircraft producer will post earnings per share of ($3.01) 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 issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 28th. The aircraft producer reported ($5.90) EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($1.60) by ($4.30). During the same period in the prior year, the company earned ($0.47) earnings per share.

BA has been the topic of several other research reports. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Boeing to a “sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 12th. UBS Group upped their price target on Boeing from $208.00 to $217.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $200.00 target price on shares of Boeing in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Barclays upgraded shares of Boeing from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $190.00 to $210.00 in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their target price on shares of Boeing from $184.00 to $215.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating, thirteen have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $195.68.

Boeing Trading Up 3.2 %

Shares of BA stock opened at $178.32 on Monday. Boeing has a 1 year low of $137.03 and a 1 year high of $196.95. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $172.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $163.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $133.75 billion, a P/E ratio of -9.73 and a beta of 1.53.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Boeing

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Boeing by 24.4% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 64,442,717 shares of the aircraft producer’s stock valued at $11,406,361,000 after acquiring an additional 12,641,715 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its stake in shares of Boeing by 2.3% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 27,778,195 shares of the aircraft producer’s stock worth $4,223,397,000 after purchasing an additional 636,594 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Boeing by 29.5% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 15,171,869 shares of the aircraft producer’s stock valued at $2,677,170,000 after purchasing an additional 3,452,075 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in Boeing by 33.6% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 6,504,610 shares of the aircraft producer’s stock valued at $1,151,316,000 after buying an additional 1,634,231 shares during the period. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Boeing by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 5,030,899 shares of the aircraft producer’s stock worth $890,469,000 after buying an additional 164,042 shares during the last quarter. 64.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Boeing

In other news, EVP Uma M. Amuluru sold 3,159 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.69, for a total value of $570,799.71. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 19,213 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,471,596.97. This trade represents a 14.12 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.09% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.