Facts You Need to Understand Boeing Stock

By Scott Lee • Tuesday, August 08 13:55 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Industrials company Boeing has moved -0.1% so far today on a volume of 3,810,079, compared to its average of 5,615,795. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -1.0%.

Boeing trades -5.87% away from its average analyst target price of $252.85 per share. The 25 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $180.0 to $310.0, and on average have given Boeing a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in BA, you'll want to know the following:

Boeing has moved 44.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of -7.09, Boeing has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of -33.6 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
BA has a forward P/E ratio of 51.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $4.67 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -1.08 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Boeing is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
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.
Based in Arlington, the company has 156,000 full time employees and a market cap of $143.18 Billion.

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