The Boeing Co. is an aerospace company. Co. operates in three segments: Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Defense, Space & Security (BDS), Global Services (BGS). Its BCA segment develops, produces and markets commercial jet aircraft to the commercial airline industry worldwide. Its family of commercial jet aircraft in production includes the 737 narrow-body model and the 767, 777 and 787 wide-body models. Its BDS segment is engaged in the research, development, production and modification of manned and unmanned military aircraft and weapons systems strike, surveillance and mobility. Its BGS segment provides services to its commercial and defense customers worldwide. We show 61 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our BA shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute BA market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing BA market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing BA's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of BA versus a peer is one thing; comparing
BA market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like BA can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching BA by allowing them to research the BA market cap history. |
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