Boeing (BA) reported $22.75 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 34.9%. EPS of -$1.24 for the same period compares to -$2.90 a year ago.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +4.09% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $21.86 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being -$1.54, the EPS surprise was +19.48%.
While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Boeing performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Deliveries - Total: 150 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 130.
- Deliveries - Commercial Airplanes - 737: 104 compared to the 94 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Deliveries - Commercial Airplanes - 787: 24 compared to the 20 average estimate based on three analysts.
- Deliveries - Commercial Airplanes - 777: 13 versus 9 estimated by three analysts on average.
- Deliveries - Commercial Airplanes - 767: 9 versus the three-analyst average estimate of 8.
- Revenues- Global Services: $5.28 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $5.16 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +8%.
- Revenues- Defense, Space & Security: $6.62 billion compared to the $6.4 billion average estimate based on six analysts. The reported number represents a change of +9.9% year over year.
- Revenues- Commercial Airplanes: $10.87 billion versus the six-analyst average estimate of $9.95 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +81.1%.
- Revenues- Unallocated items, eliminations and other: $-23 million versus $-47.51 million estimated by six analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -51.1% change.
- Earnings/(loss) from operations- Global Services: $1.05 billion versus $941.96 million estimated by five analysts on average.
- Earnings/(loss) from operations- Commercial Airplanes: $-557 million versus the five-analyst average estimate of $-540.37 million.
- Earnings/(loss) from operations- Defense, Space & Security: $110 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $50.31 million.
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Shares of Boeing have returned +12.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.6% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.
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