There was great news today for aerospace stock Boeing (BA), which managed to land the designation “top pick in the US for 2026.” Bernstein SocGen Group handed Boeing that win, and investors were at least modestly pleased about it. Boeing shares gained fractionally in Tuesday afternoon’s trading.
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Bernstein analysts kept their rating where it was, calling Boeing an Outperform. But Bernstein also hiked its price target on Boeing shares, taking them from $267 to $277. That still represents a 21% upside against numbers seen earlier today, reports noted.
The biggest reasons for the price target hike started with the advances that Boeing has made in its 737 and 787 lineups for the last six months. That improvement also gave Boeing a surge in revenue, up 10.18% over the last six months. This suggests good things for sales growth for 2026, supported by Boeing’s massive back order book and the improving production caps from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
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While things look pretty good for Boeing these days, Boeing likely knows that its future depends on further development. To that end, Boeing remains a Platinum Level sponsor of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and its annual EAA AirVenture Oshkosh event.
The AirVenture Oshkosh event is a “fly-in convention” where visitors bring aircraft. Boeing has sponsored AirVenture for 15 years now, and has one of the event’s single largest vendor footprints. Boeing not only gets to continue naming its area Boeing Plaza, but it agrees to cover attendance costs for all attendees under the age of 19. It continues to back KidVenture, the youth-specific slot, serves as Presenting Sponsor of WomenVenture, and supports the Airline Crew Check-In event.
Is Boeing a Good Stock to Buy Right Now?
Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Strong Buy consensus rating on BA stock based on 14 Buys, two Holds and one Sell assigned in the past three months, as indicated by the graphic below. After a 32.24% rally in its share price over the past year, the average BA price target of $252.43 per share implies 15.95% upside potential.
