CFRA, an independent research provider, has provided MT Newswires with the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:
Our 12-month target price remains $194, reflecting a 25x multiple applied to our 2025 EPS estimate, below The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)’s recent historical forward average. We think a discounted multiple is reasonable in light of elevated regulatory risk. We cut our 2024 EPS estimate by $0.67 to $3.34, but leave 2025’s at $7.76. BA noted recently that its January production cadence was below the production limit of 38 737-MAX aircraft that has been temporarily imposed by the FAA. We still think BA will gradually expand production toward that 38 limit during 2024, but our EPS reduction in 2024 reflects a slower pace, particularly in 1H 2024. The secular backdrop for BA remains attractive, given a lot of expected retirements of aging aircraft over the next 20 years. Nonetheless, taking advantage of that backdrop will necessitate BA first ironing out its varied quality control issues.