BOEING CO

Boeing Co. is an American aerospace company that specializes in the manufacturing of commercial jetliners along with systems pertaining to defence, space, and security. Boing Co. is also a service provider to aftermarket support.

Boeing Co. is headquartered in Chicago, IL and has a rich history that dates back to 1916 when the company was started by American lumber industrialist, William E. Boeing after he founded Aero Products Company.

In partnership with Conrad Westervelt, the B&W Seaplane was created followed by the renaming of the company to that of Boeing Airplane Company in 1917.

In 1929, Boeing Airplane & Transport Corporation was founded and during the same year, the name was changed to United Aircraft and Transport Corporation.

After the company name had changed, several aircraft makers were acquired, some of which included Avion, Chance Vought, Sikorsky Aviation, and more.

1931 saw the merger of four smaller airlines into United Airlines followed by the split between aircraft and air transportation in 1934.

From this dissolution, Boeing Airline Company became one of three organizations with the other two being United Aircraft and United Airlines.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Boeing Co. diversified its industries to include outer space travel, marine craft, agriculture, energy production as well as transit systems.

Vertol Corporation was bought over by Boeing Co. in the 1960s which allowed Boeing Co. to incorporate the manufacturing of helicopters into its portfolio.

Boeing Co. partnered with organizations form Anglo-Norway, Russia, and the Ukraine to create Sea Launch in 1995 which was aimed at the provision of commercial launch services which send satellites to the geostationary orbit by making use of floating platforms.

During 1995, Boeing Co. agreed to pay a significant amount to settle misconduct lawsuits in addition to lawsuits relating to the illegal hiring of government officials and the improper use of proprietary information.

2000 saw the acquisition of the Hughes Electronics’ satellite segment followed by the move of Boeing Co.’s headquarters to Chicago in 2001.

In 2009, Boeing Co. spent a great deal of funds on lobbying expenditures and by 2013, Boeing Co. had secured the highest tax break ever at a state level.

Boeing Co. oversees a high-value product portfolio which includes commercial as well as military aircraft, satellites, weapons and weapons systems, electronic and defence systems, systems used in space craft launching, advanced information and communication systems

Today, Boeing is the largest aerospace and manufacturing company in its field with allied government customers in over 150 countries worldwide with constant and innovative developing in its already extensive portfolio of products and services.

In January 2025, the total staff compliment for Boeing Co. reported was 161,133 in locations that range from Alabama, Arizona, California, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Caroline, Texas, Washington, and several other locations.

Today, there are still clean up studies and lawsuits in progress due to the contamination of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory which is the Rocketdyne test as well as development site in Southern California.

Six different fuels from biofuel providers such as Tecbio, Aquaflow Bionomic in New Zealand along with other developers were tested in 2007 in addition to 20 other fuels that would be tested as soon as they were evaluated.

Since 2008, Boeing Co. has been a member of the Algal Biomass Organization, or ABO, in efforts to make more use of biofuels aimed at the reduction of flight-related greenhouse-gas emissions by 60 to 80%.

Between 2008 and 2009, Boeing Co. had become second on a list pertaining to the Top 100 US Federal Contractors with contracts with a total value of between US$22 billion and US$23 billion.

Boeing Co. saw one of its greatest, ground-breaking commercial airplane’s take to the sky in 2009 when the 787-8 Dreamliner was flown for the first time. With this innovation, greater fuel efficiency could be achieved in addition to reduced carbon emissions produced.

Data pertaining to tests that were conducted between Boeing Co. and the U.S Air Force in 2010 showed that in a test the Boeing C-17 running on 50% JP-8 along with 25% Hydro-treated Renewable jet fuel and 25% Fischer-Tropsch fuel had provided successful results.

By 2017, Boeing Co. had recorded US$93.3 billion in sales along with ranking 24th in the Fortune 500 list in 2018, 64th in the Fortune Global 500 list and 19th in the list pertaining to the “World’s Most Admired Companies” list within the same year.

In 2019, Boeing Co. celebrated the 10-year successful operation of its 787-8 Dreamliner and today, more than 80 customers had already ordered more than 1,400 of this aircraft which has carried over 420 million passengers.

With the emergence and spread of Covid-19 globally, Boeing Co. announced in March 2025 that it planned a two-week shutdown of factories located in Seattle.

On a global scale, with domestic and international flights having been grounded to curb the spread of the virus globally, Boeing Co. has seen a significant drop in shares as a lot of orders to customers around the world have had to be cancelled.

Despite the ongoing pandemic, Boeing Co. has made conceited efforts in continuing critical operations while adhering to both local and national government directives with increased health, safety and physical distancing practices that are currently in place.

While product purchases and delivery thereof being impacted by the ongoing pandemic, customers who need aftermarket support will need to be in contact with their appointed Customer Program Manager should they have any questions.

An analysis conducted showed that there will be a projected 9% drop pertaining to airline traffic worldwide in 2025 and although aircraft is still being manufactured, the pace of deliveries of Boeing Co. aircraft will vary depending on the current pandemic.

Despite growing concerns, Boeing Co. has not yet indicated any slippage from winning approval pertaining to the Boeing 737 Max which is expected to return to service by mid-2020 after two fatal crashes which halted production in January 2025.

Boeing Co. trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the stock symbol BA. Boeing Co. forms part of both the DJIA, S&P 100 and S&P 500 components.

An analysis on the market performance for the 2019 period indicated a total revenue of US$76,559 billion along with net income of US$636 billion.

Financial results for the 2019 period were adversely affected by the grounding of Boeing Co. 737 Max after two fatal crashes which resulted in additional impact on material reductions in revenue, earnings per share and operating cash flow.

Despite this, Boeing Co. has made conceited efforts in managing its liquidity in addition to efforts to increase the balance sheet in a flexible manner.

In conclusion, Boeing Co. is yet to deliver strong performance despite the grounding of 737 Max following the fatal crashes in addition to the emergence and spread of Covid-19 and the resulting devastating impact on operations.

Due to Covid-19, prices on shares and in turn dividends may be greatly affected in what shareholders can expect at the end of the quarter, but improvements are forecasted towards later 2025 quarters as the pandemic eases.

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