Trust Co. of Vermont Acquires New Stake in The Boeing Company $BA

Trust Co. of Vermont bought a new position in shares of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund bought 2,912 shares of the aircraft producer’s stock, valued at approximately $630,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC bought a new position in Boeing during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Boeing during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Ares Financial Consulting LLC bought a new position in Boeing during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. CrossGen Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Boeing in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Finally, Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Boeing in the fourth quarter worth approximately $27,000. Institutional investors own 64.82% of the company’s stock.

Boeing News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Boeing this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Boeing received a $75 million U.S. Air Force contract for Air Force One spare parts. Although modest relative to Boeing’s overall business, the award supports its defense and government-services backlog. Air Force One parts contract
• Positive Sentiment: United Launch Alliance, Boeing’s joint venture with Lockheed Martin, reportedly completed a $1.5 billion private bond offering—triple its original target. The financing could support ULA’s launch operations and growth, though the debt is at the venture level rather than a direct Boeing contract. Boeing-Lockheed ULA bond offering
• Neutral Sentiment: Boeing appointed Celso Ferrer to lead its Latin America and Caribbean operations. His regional airline and safety experience could help rebuild customer relationships and expand commercial opportunities, but the financial impact is likely longer term. Boeing Latin America leadership appointment
• Negative Sentiment: The U.S. Army temporarily grounded Apache helicopters after a fatal crash near Fort Hood that killed two service members. Boeing manufactures the Apache, and the stand-down increases concerns about program reliability, potential investigations and delivery delays. Apache helicopter grounding
• Negative Sentiment: A new Netflix documentary revisits the 737 MAX tragedies and alleges that a profits-over-quality culture contributed to Boeing’s safety failures. Renewed scrutiny of whistleblower claims may weigh on the company’s reputation, regulatory risk and future aircraft demand. Freefall documentary review
• Negative Sentiment: Recent second-quarter results showed revenue growth of 8% year over year to $24.56 billion, but Boeing missed the consensus EPS estimate. With a high P/E ratio, substantial debt and continued execution challenges, investors remain sensitive to further setbacks. Boeing second-quarter earnings comparison

Analysts Set New Price Targets

BA has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein assumed coverage on shares of Boeing in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. The Goldman Sachs Group lowered shares of Boeing from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. BNP Paribas Exane raised shares of Boeing from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $230.00 to $300.00 in a research note on Monday, August 3rd. UBS Group initiated coverage on shares of Boeing in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. They set a “buy” rating on the stock. Finally, Citigroup downgraded Boeing from a “buy” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have issued a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $272.58.

Boeing Stock Performance

NYSE BA opened at $222.91 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $176.18 billion, a PE ratio of 96.50 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 6.77, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a current ratio of 1.14. The Boeing Company has a 52-week low of $176.77 and a 52-week high of $254.35. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $222.08 and a 200 day simple moving average of $222.53.

Boeing (NYSE:BA) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The aircraft producer reported ($0.76) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.34) by ($0.42). Boeing had a net margin of 2.41% and a negative return on equity of 346.82%. The company had revenue of $24.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $24.26 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($1.24) earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 8.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, research analysts predict that The Boeing Company will post -0.87 EPS for the current year.

Boeing Profile

Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense systems, and space and security technologies. Founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, the company today operates as an integrated aerospace and defense contractor with a global customer base. Boeing relocated its corporate headquarters to Arlington, Virginia in 2022 and maintains extensive engineering, manufacturing and service operations across the United States and around the world.

Boeing’s principal lines of business include Commercial Airplanes, which produces and supports a range of jetliners used by airlines globally; Defense, Space & Security, which develops military aircraft, rotorcraft, surveillance and reconnaissance systems, satellites, and launch and missile systems; and Boeing Global Services, which provides aftermarket maintenance, training, spare parts, digital analytics and logistics support.