Yahoo Finance Boeing's (BA) Q1 Earnings Miss Estimates, Revenues Beat
The Boeing Company BA incurred an adjusted loss of $1.27 per share for first-quarter 2023, wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of 98 cents. The bottom line, however, improved from the year-ago quarter’s loss of $2.75 per share.
The year-over-year upside can be attributed to improved commercial aerospace volume.
Including one-time items, the company reported GAAP loss of 69 cents per share, narrower than the year-ago quarter’s reported loss of $2.06.
Revenues
Boeing’s revenues amounted to $17.92 billion, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $17.36 billion by 3.3%. The top line also improved 28% from the year-ago quarter’s reported figure of $13.99 billion.
This improvement was driven by higher year-over-year revenues registered by the company’s Commercial Airplanes, Global Services and Defense, Space & Security business units.
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Total Backlog
Backlog at the end of the first quarter was $411.45 billion, up from $404.38 billion recorded at the end of fourth-quarter 2022.
Segmental Performances
Commercial Airplane: Revenues at this segment increased 60% year over year to $6.70 billion, driven by higher 737 and 787 deliveries. The segment incurred an operating loss of $615 million compared with an operating loss of $897 million in the year-ago quarter.
Boeing delivered 130 commercial planes during the quarter under review, up 37% year over year.
The backlog for this segment remained healthy, with more than 4,500 airplanes valued at $334 billion.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS): The segment recorded revenues of $6.54 billion, indicating a year-over-year increase of 19%. This was primarily driven by improved deliveries. The unit incurred an operating loss of $212 million compared with an operating loss of $929 million in the year-ago quarter.
The backlog at BDS was $58 billion, 30% of which comprised of orders from international clients.
Global Services: Revenues at this segment improved 9% to $4.72 billion on account of higher commercial services volume and favorable mix. This unit generated an operating income of $847 million compared with $632 million in the prior-year quarter.
Boeing Capital Corporation (BCC): This segment reported negative quarterly revenues of $42 million.
Financial Condition
Boeing exited first-quarter 2023 with cash and cash equivalents of $10.81 billion, and short-term and other investments of $3.96 billion. At the end of 2022, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $14.61 billion, and short-term and other investments of $2.61 billion. Long-term debt amounted to $47.47 billion at the end of the first quarter, down from $51.81 billion recorded at the end of 2022.
The company’s operating cash outflow as of Mar 31, 2023, was $318 million compared with $3.22 billion at the end of 2022.
Free cash outflow totaled $786 million at the end of first-quarter 2023 compared with $3.57 billion at the end of first-quarter 2022.
Zacks Rank
Boeing currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
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