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Boeing (NYSE:BA) Debt and Risk Analysis

A company’s debt, liabilities and risk are very important factors in understanding the company. Having an understanding of a company’s debt and liabilities is a key component in understanding the risk of a company, thus helping aid in a decision to invest, not to invest or to stay invested in a company. There are many metrics involved in understanding the debt of a company, but for this article, I will look at The Boeing Company’s (BA) total debt, total liabilities,

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Boeing: (BA: NYSE) Profitability Analysis

Earnings and Earnings Growth

1. Earnings = sales x profit margin

• 2010 – $64.306 billion x 5.14% = $3.307 billion

• 2011 – $68.735 billion x 5.84% = $4.018 billion

Boeing’s earnings increased from $3.307 billion in 2010 to $4.018 billion in 2011. This was an increase of 21.5%.

2. Earnings per share = net income / shares outstanding

• 2010 – $3.307 billion / 735.26 million = $4.50

• 2011 – $4.018 billion / 744.70 million = $5.39

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