Price: $173.4
· 1 day: +0.52% · 5 days: +1.08% · 1 month: -7.92% · YTD: -20.14%
As of 2026-11-06 21:00 UTC.
52-week range: $165.01 – $254.35 (currently at 9% of the range).
BA is in a downtrend, momentum soft. $175 is the level overhead; $167.14 the first support below.
5 of 6 technical checks lean bearish.
| Trend | Downtrend · below 50-day & below 200-day |
|---|---|
| Momentum | RSI 32.38 · bearish · MACD bearish |
| Trend strength | ADX 32.3 · strong trend |
| Location | -9.9% vs 50-day MA |
| 52-week range | -31% from high · +4% from low |
| Volatility | ATR 6.32 · ~3.6%/day |
| Level | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| $175.0 (resistance) | round | 0.92% |
| $183.69 (resistance) | swing zone | 5.93% |
| $192.4 (resistance) | sma 50 | 10.96% |
| $167.14 (support) | 52w low | -3.61% |
| $150.0 (support) | round | -13.49% |
| $125.0 (support) | round | -27.91% |
| RSI (14) | 32.38 | MACD | -5.9495 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADX (14) | 32.3 | ATR (14) | 6.32 |
| 50-day average | $192.4 | 200-day average | $215.12 |
Next earnings: 2027-01-26. BA earnings date, time and past reactions.
Report of 2026-10-23, updated 2026-11-04.
Boeing shares rose 2.6% on the day and are up 6.4% over the past five trading sessions, while the S&P 500 slipped 1.99% in the same period, reflecting a relative strength gain for the stock despite broader market weakness.
The picture holds: the price at $177.86 remains below the swing‑zone resistance at $183.69 and the 50‑day SMA at $193.94, keeping the downside breakout level at a daily close below $175.0 unchanged. The stop at $185.19 (based on $183.69 plus a quarter of the 6.0 ATR) and the target at $167.14 (52‑week low) also stay intact. A new 140‑jet 737‑10 order from Avolon was announced today (PR Newswire), and insider buying was reported (Investing.com), but neither event moves the key levels. What would change the picture? A weekly close above the 50‑day SMA at $193.94 would challenge the current alignment.
Boeing Company (BA) shares trade at $182.58, down 2.6% today, three days after the FAA certified the 737 MAX 10 and only 1.9% above the 52-week low of $179.12. The approval lifted a long-running overhang, yet the stock fell instead of rallying. The daily and weekly trends both point down, so the balance of evidence leans negative with medium conviction. A weekly close above $201.01 would be the first sign that this is changing.
On October 20, 2026 the FAA granted final certification to the 737 MAX 10, which Reuters reported clears deliveries of the largest 737 variant. Airlines have ordered more than 1,550 of them, 31% of the 737 backlog. The approval was widely expected. Jim Cramer's Charitable Trust bought more Boeing at about $191.16 on October 19 explicitly ahead of it. The shares now trade well below that price, so the good news was priced in and the stock sold off anyway.
The market explains little of this. Over five days BA is down 4.0% against 0.5% for the S&P 500, and over a month it is down 8.7% against 1.1%. A sector comparison is not available. Today's 2.6% drop against 0.6% for the index has no headline behind it, so the move is not explained by the news. Strong results elsewhere in aerospace were not rewarded either: GE Aerospace beat estimates with orders up 49%, and its shares still fell on October 20. The stock is 9.2% below its September 21 close of $201.15.
The argument about BA is no longer whether the MAX 10 gets certified. It is how fast aircraft become cash. The bullish case, as Investing.com puts it, is that roughly 30% of the unfilled 737 order book is tied to this variant and Boeing carries about $13 billion in deferred 737 production costs that deliveries can start to absorb. The Motley Fool adds the caveat that CEO Kelly Ortberg said in September that production had not yet stabilized at 47 aircraft per month. The other side is competitive: the Air Force gave its first Collaborative Combat Aircraft production contracts to General Atomics and Anduril, and as Yahoo! Finance notes, the designs from Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman were passed over. Fuel is another cost for the airline customers: Alaska Air posted a third-quarter GAAP loss on elevated fuel costs.
Valuation shows how far sentiment and price have split. Of 27 analysts, the consensus is buy, with a mean price target of $267.22 and a range from $206 to $305. The price is 31.7% below the mean, and even the lowest target is above where the stock trades. Analysts are pricing the recovery. The market, on this evidence, is doubting the timing.
The long-term thesis is weakened. BA sits below both its 10-week and 40-week averages, its 50-day average of $201.01 is under the 200-day at $218.56, and the stock is 27.6% below its 52-week high of $252.15. It is down 22.0% over six months and 15.9% this year while the S&P 500 is up 11.4%. Over 200 days it trails the index by 20.4%. This is a steady markdown phase, not a panic, and the recovery story in the press has not yet been confirmed by price.
For the next 2–6 weeks the balance of evidence leans negative, with medium conviction, 2 of 4. Two things support it: the daily trend runs with the weekly downtrend, and the stock has lagged the S&P 500 by 8.2% over 50 days. Conviction is not higher because only half the checks line up.
The strongest case against is that the stock looks stretched on the downside. The RSI is 34.41, close to oversold, the price is only 1.9% above the 52-week low, every analyst target sits above the price, and earnings arrive on October 27. A bounce from these levels would not be surprising. It does not tip the balance because oversold readings can last in a falling trend, and the stock has just failed to rally on the best news it has had in months. That is why the reading is medium and not high.
In this downtrend the structure holds below $183.69, a swing zone where sellers have shown up on rallies. The price, $182.58, is just under it. The trend ends above $201.01, the 50-day average, which sits next to the $200 round number and the September peak of $201.15. Between the two, nothing in the data marks a firmer ceiling, so each rally into $183.69 is the first test.
The breakout level is a daily close below $179.12, the 52-week low. From there the first target is $175, then $150. Against a stop at $184.71, which is the $183.69 swing zone plus a quarter of the 4.07 average daily range, the math gives 0.7 to 1 at $175 and 5.2 to 1 at $150. The 3 to 1 threshold is met only because of the distant $150 target. The nearer target on its own does not reach it.
The rule is a weekly close above $201.01, the 50-day average. The non-price fact that could produce it is evidence that the 737 line has stabilized at 47 aircraft per month, with MAX 10 deliveries beginning. That would answer the cash-flow question the bulls are asking and give the market a reason to look past the fuel and defense headwinds.
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