Boeing reports Q4 loss but reaffirms 2023 targets
Live MintPersistent supply chain woes and staffing issues led to another quarterly loss at Boeing, but the company on Wednesday confirmed its 2023 outlook amid strong aviation demand. Boeing said its commercial plane business was dented by "abnormal costs," while labor instability and supply chain disruption weighed on its defense, space and security unit. He predicted that 2023 would remain "bumpy" as far as the supply chain, but said the ramp-up was aided by shared knowledge that demand for aviation remains strong. CFRA Research analyst Colin Scarola, who has a "strong buy" recommendation on Boeing with a $255 price target, expects supply chain problems to ease in the second half of 2023 and predicted that China's shift on Covid-19 "will boost 737 demand as well as aid the supply chain."