PREVIEW: Boeing shares slide ahead of Q4 earnings report

Boeing BA.N shares down 0.4% on Mon ahead of co's Q4 earnings due before the opening bell on Tues

The plane maker is expected to post a loss/share of $0.39 compared with Q4 2024's $5.90 loss/share, on revenue of $22.60 bln, a y/y increase of 48.3%, according to LSEG data

BA has met or topped EPS estimates in five of past eight qtrs, per LSEG

Of the 29 analysts that cover BA, the recommendations breakdown is 24 "strong buy" or "buy," remaining 5 rate stock "hold"

Median price target of $265.50 is up 6.2% from a month ago (LSEG)

BA shares up >15% YTD vs ~3% gain in Dow Industrials .DJI and ~8.5% advance S&P 1500 Aerospace Defense index .SPCOMAED over the same time period

BA recently traded at 116 times fwd earnings, per LSEG

BA options imply a 4.6% swing for the shares, in either direction by Friday, per Trade Alert data; that higher than the stock's avg move of 3.5% on the day of results over the last eight qtrs