About Boeing Company (The)
Boeing Company (The) (BA) is a Consumer Cyclical company in the Aircraft industry with a market capitalisation of $146B. The stock trades at 79.94x trailing earnings.
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Aircraft
- Market cap
- $146B
- P/E ratio
- 79.94
- EPS (TTM)
- $2.48
- Revenue (TTM)
- $89.5B
- Free cash flow
- -$1.9B
- Profit margin
- 2.5%
- Shares outstanding
- 790.4M
Financial health: Weak4/10
3 strengths, 5 concerns. Weakest points: debt to equity, net debt vs cash flow, gross margin and 2 more.
- Debt to equity: 9.87 (Concern, benchmark < 0.5) — Debt of 9.87x equity is high against the 0.5x benchmark. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Net debt vs cash flow: — (Concern, benchmark < 4 years) — Carries $24.4B of net debt while free cash flow is negative, so the debt is not being repaid from the business.
- Current ratio: 1.19 (Watch, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover 1.19x short-term liabilities, against Graham's 1.5x floor. It has been broadly flat over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 41.0% (Strong, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 41.0% on shareholder equity, comfortably past the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 4.8% (Concern, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 4.8% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, well short of the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 2.5% (Concern, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 2.5% of revenue into profit, well short of the > 10% mark.
- Free cash flow: -$1.9B (Concern, benchmark positive) — Burned $1.9B of cash after capital spending, so operations did not fund themselves. It has deteriorated over the last 4 years.
- Revenue growth: 34.5% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 34.5% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: 118.9% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed 118.9% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- PEG ratio: 1.49 (Watch, benchmark < 1) — At 1.49, the price looks fair relative to expected growth — Lynch treated 1.0 as fair value.