Boeing Valuation

Is BA undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of BA when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: BA (€168.08) is trading below our estimate of fair value (€197.58)

Significantly Below Fair Value: BA is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for BA?

Key metric: As BA is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for BA. This is calculated by dividing BA's market cap by their current revenue.
What is BA's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio1.8x
SalesUS$73.29b
Market CapUS$132.51b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does BA's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for BA vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average1.4x
AIR Airbus
1.8x10.3%€121.7b
RTX RTX
2x5.1%US$155.0b
LMT Lockheed Martin
1.6x3.2%US$115.9b
FACC FACC
0.3x6.1%€270.2m
BA Boeing
1.8x13.2%€132.5b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: BA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.8x) compared to the peer average (1.4x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does BA's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Aerospace & Defense Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
BA 1.8xIndustry Avg. 1.4xNo. of Companies11PS01.22.43.64.86+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: BA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.8x) compared to the European Aerospace & Defense industry average (1.4x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is BA's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

BA PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio1.8x
Fair PS Ratio0.5x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: BA is expensive based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst BA forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€168.08
€175.23
+4.3%
17.1%€239.60€81.46n/a24
Dec ’25€147.88
€173.61
+17.4%
17.1%€238.20€80.99n/a24
Nov ’25€141.90
€167.91
+18.3%
17.1%€229.85€79.07n/a24
Oct ’25€139.34
€189.68
+36.1%
14.8%€248.44€99.37n/a24
Sep ’25€155.80
€197.99
+27.1%
10.8%€247.17€166.28n/a25
Aug ’25€166.68
€204.58
+22.7%
11.2%€254.84€162.17n/a25
Jul ’25€172.84
€203.21
+17.6%
11.8%€256.25€163.07n/a25
Jun ’25€160.62
€207.88
+29.4%
13.9%€277.77€162.03n/a27
May ’25€161.86
€211.22
+30.5%
16.1%€280.59€130.94n/a28
Apr ’25€178.14
€226.91
+27.4%
10.5%€279.30€186.20n/a28
Mar ’25€185.48
€238.72
+28.7%
9.7%€277.23€184.82n/a28
Feb ’25€191.24
€237.45
+24.2%
10.7%€289.80€174.80n/a29
Jan ’25€234.30
€243.22
+3.8%
12.2%€290.56€172.52n/a29
Dec ’24€215.25
€228.07
+6.0%
9.6%€275.85€174.71€147.8829
Nov ’24€179.78
€227.43
+26.5%
9.9%€260.23€179.80€141.9027
Oct ’24€181.16
€241.94
+33.6%
10.8%€295.09€194.19€139.3423
Sep ’24€206.65
€237.06
+14.7%
10.1%€286.56€194.12€155.8022
Aug ’24€218.00
€230.96
+5.9%
10.6%€282.26€191.21€166.6821
Jul ’24€194.04
€216.77
+11.7%
9.8%€270.40€167.26€172.8424
Jun ’24€195.36
€220.31
+12.8%
9.3%€272.29€168.43€160.6222
May ’24€185.82
€211.34
+13.7%
11.5%€264.00€147.96€161.8621
Apr ’24€195.88
€210.43
+7.4%
10.2%€240.62€150.36€178.1420
Mar ’24€189.54
€212.69
+12.2%
10.2%€243.62€152.24€185.4821
Feb ’24€196.66
€207.80
+5.7%
12.3%€240.62€147.50€191.2420
Jan ’24€176.10
€192.10
+9.1%
14.3%€235.53€113.99€234.3020
Dec ’23€168.66
€186.24
+10.4%
15.7%€242.18€117.21€215.2520

Analyst Forecast: Target price is less than 20% higher than the current share price.


Discover undervalued companies

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/23 12:16
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/23 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on .

Analyst Sources

The Boeing Company is covered by 70 analysts. 24 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
John EadeArgus Research Company
Peter ArmentBaird
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research