NYSE:BAAerospace & Defense
Boeing (BA) Stock Climbs On Cash Flow Progress Despite Profit Gaps
Boeing stock jumped 4.8% to US$221.56 today, even as the headline print was another quarterly loss. The market cheered the cash story instead of the earnings line. Revenue for the second quarter came in at US$24.6b and free cash flow turned positive at US$631m, which matters far more for a heavily indebted manufacturer than a single quarter of earnings per share.
Short term traders are reacting to relief. Long term investors will be weighing that fresh cash generation against a still heavy...