Boeing said Wednesday it lost $663 million in the fourth quarter as rising production costs and supply chain problems offset rising revenue.
It was another disappointing quarter for the aerospace giant, which has yet to recover from the fatal crashes of two of its 737 Max jets and a pandemic that depressed airline demand for new planes until recently.
The loss amounted to $1.06 per share. Excluding “non-core items” such as pension cost adjustments, the loss was $1.75 per share. stock. Revenue rose 35% from a year earlier to $19.98 billion.
Analysts expected the company to earn 20 cents a share on revenue of $18.75 billion, according to a FactSet survey.
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Boeing preferred to focus on cash flow, which increased for the quarter and the full year — the first full year of positive cash flow since 2018.
Boeing, based in Arlington, Virginia, has seen deliveries rise since regulators approved the 737 Max to fly again in late 2021 and after the company convinced regulators it fixed production problems on another plane, the larger 787 Dreamliner. Deliveries are an important source of the company’s cash.
Sales have also picked up as airlines become confident that demand for air travel is recovering from the worst of the pandemic.
Boeing’s defense and space business returned to a narrow profit in the fourth quarter after losing $2.85 billion in the previous quarter on huge costs related to several programs, including the completion of two new Air Force One presidential jets.
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