Boeing Stock (NYSE:BA) Slips as Timeline Emerges for Commerical Profitability

There was a bit of bad news for aerospace stock Boeing BA -1.37% ▼ today, as it offered up projections on when its commercial aircraft division would become profitable. It turns out that that date is now later than expected. Not too much later, but later nonetheless. Investors were less than pleased with this notion, and sent shares down fractionally in Tuesday afternoon’s trading.

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Where earlier projections looked for 2026 to be the year where Boeing turned a profit on commercial aircraft, the newest projections look for something a little more pessimistic: a profit in 2027 instead. A year’s difference only means so much in the grand scheme of things, but it was still disappointing.

Boeing lost $632 million in its commercial airplane division back in 2025. That was, however, down substantially from the $2.1 billion it lost in 2024. And Boeing also looks for production to pick up; by the end of 2026, Boeing looks to increase its production of 737 MAX jets from 42 to 47. With new jets going through certification processes right now, that should only help improve things, assuming Boeing can actually get them through.

Self-Flying Plane

Boeing, via its Wisk Aero subsidiary, has taken a step forward in autonomous aircraft. A full-scale prototype known as N607WA is the “…second flight-test example of its sixth-generation autnomous eVTOL aircraft.” An eVTOL, or electric vertical take-off and landing, craft is basically considered an “air taxi” that requires no pilot.

The latest version has had some modifications made from the previous version, mainly geared toward “…weight saving in certain areas and improved stiffness in others.” This was not a matter of addressing range or energy reserve requirements, but rather on accommodating ballast weight to test loading and center-of-gravity changes.

Is Boeing a Good Stock to Buy Right Now?

Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Strong Buy consensus rating on BA stock based on 13 Buys and one Hold assigned in the past three months, as indicated by the graphic below. After a 32.12% rally in its share price over the past year, the average BA price target of $276.36 per share implies 31.08% upside potential.

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