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Boeing Co.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Weak signals across every dimension
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0 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Stable quality
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
2/2
Revenue growth at 34.5% towers over the sector median at 4.3%, yet the gains mask structural strain. Operating margin sits -71% below the median at 4.8%, a sign that cost pressures are eroding profitability even as the top line expands. ROE reaches 289.1%, well above the sector median, but that strength rests on a shrinking equity base rather than durable operational power. Debt/EBITDA stands at 8.6×, +277% above the median—leverage has climbed as cash generation weakened. The F-Score of 6/9 reflects this tension: efficiency metrics hold, but profitability and liquidity lag. The last quarterly report missed consensus by a wide margin, and valuation offers no cushion; the P/E of 83.7× sits in the bottom quartile of the sector. Growth alone cannot offset deteriorating margins and rising debt.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA | Boeing Co. | 6/9 | 289% | +34% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
Analyst sentiment is steady; has not always beaten consensus.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.
When Boeing reports on 2026-10-27, track whether operating margin moves toward the sector median of 16.5% — it currently sits 71% below it. Also watch whether revenue growth holds its 4.29% pace and whether Debt/EBITDA shows any retreat from its current 2.29× level.
On SEC EDGAR, open Boeing's most recent 10-K and focus on the Leverage and Liquidity section — the F-Score flags only 1 out of 3 signals there. Cross-check management's discussion of debt refinancing plans against the Debt/EBITDA figure of 2.29×.
Pick two or three Industrials companies from the section 06 table and line up one metric — operating margin or Debt/EBITDA are the most instructive given Boeing's weak signals in both. The table is alphabetical with no ranking, so the comparison is yours to draw.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +152%+94%-423%+87%
Over 4 years: —47.84—8.64
Over 4 years: +7%+17%-14%+34%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 4 of 8 recent quarters — a mixed record.
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
| 5% |
| CAT | Caterpillar | 6/9 | 44% | +4% | 16% |
| CSX | CSX | 4/9 | 23% | -3% | 32% |
| DE | Deere | 5/9 | 21% | -12% | — |
| EMR | Emerson Electric | 7/9 | 11% | +3% | — |
| ETN | Eaton | 6/9 | 22% | +10% | — |
| GD | General Dynamics | 8/9 | 18% | +10% | 10% |
| GE | GE Aerospace | 5/9 | 46% | +18% | — |
| HON | Honeywell | 6/9 | 29% | +8% | 22% |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works | 6/9 | 94% | +1% | 26% |
| LMT | Lockheed Martin | 6/9 | 77% | +6% | 10% |
| MMM | 3M | 5/9 | 76% | +2% | 19% |
| RTX | RTX | 7/9 | 11% | +10% | 10% |
| UNP | Union Pacific | 7/9 | 40% | +1% | 40% |
| UPS | UPS | 4/9 | 34% | -3% | 9% |
A sample of 15 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →