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Boeing BA Return on invested capital

Return on invested capital at other companies

General Dynamics logo
General DynamicsGD
14%+0.9pp
Raytheon Technologies logo
Raytheon TechnologiesRTX
8.1%+2.9pp
L3Harris Technologies logo
L3Harris TechnologiesLHX
11.7%+1.4pp
Textron logo
TextronTXT
14%+0.8pp
Lockheed Martin logo
Lockheed MartinLMT
24.4%-1.6pp
Northrop Grumman logo
Northrop GrummanNOC
13.2%+2.3pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$22.2B+14.0%
Gross profit$2.5B+5.3%
Operating income$448.0M-2.8%
Net income-$4.0M+89.2%
EPS (diluted)-$0.11+31.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$9.4B-6.9%
Total equity$6.0B+280%
Total assets$164.79B+5.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$179.0M+88.9%
CapEx$1.3B+89.2%
Free cash flow-$1.5B+36.5%

Valuation

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Market cap$177.86B+21.9%
P/E78.4×
P/S1.9×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin4.8%+3.7pp
Operating margin4.6%+2.6pp
Net margin2.5%+1.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity1,504.4%
Debt / equity10.4×
Current ratio1.2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Boeing’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Boeing’s 10-Q, filed April 22, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Boeing's return on invested capital?
Boeing (BA) reported return on invested capital of 8.1% in Q4 2025.
How has Boeing's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Boeing's return on invested capital increased by 123.8% year-over-year, from -34.1% to 8.1%.
What is the long-term trend for Boeing's return on invested capital?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Boeing's return on invested capital has grown at a -4.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -91% to -75.5%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.