Boeing posted a $663 million loss for the fourth quarter as supply chain issues weighed on results despite a rebound in aircraft sales and deliveries that drove up revenue.
Airlines and aircraft manufacturers have benefited from a pointy recovery in air travel, some of the affected industries from the Covid pandemic. But Boeing’s leaders have been hesitant to ramp up aircraft production until the availability chain has stabilized.
The corporate is producing 31 of its 737 jets a month and plans to extend that to about 50 per 30 days in 2025 or 2026. It said it might raise what has been low production rate of the 787 Dreamliners to 5 every month toward the top of the 12 months and to 10 per 30 days in 2025 or 2026. Deliveries of those wide-body planes had been paused for around two years until this summer attributable to production flaws.
A Boeing 747-8F operated by AirBridgeCargo takes off from Leipzig/Halle Airport.
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For the complete 12 months, Boeing had a lack of $5 billion despite a 7% increase in revenue to $66.6 billion.
Here’s how the corporate performed within the fourth quarter compared with analysts’ estimates complied by Refinitiv:
- Adjusted loss per share: $1.75 vs. expected earnings per share of 26 cents.
- Revenue: $19.98 billion vs. $20.38 billion expected.
Boeing generated $3.1 billion in money flow within the fourth quarter, higher than analyst forecasts, and $2.3 billion for the 12 months, essentially the most since 2018, before the second of two fatal 737 Max crashes that sparked a yearslong crisis for the corporate.
Its industrial aircraft unit generated $9.2 billion in sales within the fourth quarter, up 94% from a 12 months earlier as deliveries jumped, however it still produced a loss attributable to abnormal costs and other expenses akin to research and development, the corporate said.
Boeing reiterated its expectation to generate between $3 billion and $5 billion in free money flow this 12 months.
“We’re happy with how we closed out 2022, and despite the hurdles in front of us, we’re confident in our path ahead,” CEO Dave Calhoun said Wednesday in a memo to employees. “We’ve got a strong pipeline of development programs, we’re innovating for the longer term and we’re increasing investments to organize for our next generation of products.”
