Boeing Co (BA): Today's Featured Aerospace/Defense Laggard

Boeing was a leading decliner within the aerospace/defense industry, falling $5.01 (-4.7%) to $101.87 on heavy volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Boeing

(

BA

) pushed the Aerospace/Defense industry lower today making it today's featured Aerospace/Defense laggard. The industry as a whole was unchanged today. By the end of trading, Boeing fell $5.01 (-4.7%) to $101.87 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 44,301,154 shares of Boeing exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 4,917,700 shares. The stock ranged in price between $98.99-$108.15 after having opened the day at $106.86 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $106.88. Other companies within the Aerospace/Defense industry that declined today were:

Ducommun

(

DCO

), down 2.7%,

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings

(

SPR

), down 2.2% and

Aerovironment Incorporated

(

AVAV

), down 1.9%.

The Boeing Company, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, development, manufacture, sale, and support of commercial jetliners, military aircraft, satellites, missile defense, human space flight, and launch systems and services worldwide. Boeing has a market cap of $80.0 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector. Shares are up 40.0% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday. Currently there are 17 analysts that rate Boeing a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 4 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Boeing

as a

buy

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and increase in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows low profit margins.

On the positive front,

Innovative Solutions and Support

(

ISSC

), up 4.8%,

TAT Technologies

(

TATT

), up 3.6%,

CPI Aerostructures

(

CVU

), up 2.5% and

DigitalGlobe

(

DGI

), up 1.6%.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the aerospace/defense industry could consider

iShares DJ US Aerospace & Def Idx

(

ITA

) while those bearish on the aerospace/defense industry could consider

ProShares Short Dow 30

(

DOG

).

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