BA
The Boeing Company
BA's outlook is improving, though it still trails on the overall score.
ROK
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
ROK has the edge over BA overall, supported by stronger modeled upside and stronger fundamentals.
BA Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Stable | |
| Under pressure |
BA's profitability is currently healthy, and its revenue and cash flow are stable, but its balance sheet is under pressure.
ROK Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Strong | |
| Strong | |
| Healthy |
ROK's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
BA PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current | 18x | $172 | — |
| Cheap | 51x | $496 | +189% |
| Fair | 82x | $790 | +360% |
| Expensive | 91x | $876 | +411% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
BA has the edge over ROK in the historical PE scenario, which offers more potential upside but is not a forecast.
ROK PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 24x | $303 | -25% |
| Forward | 27x | $404 | — |
| Fair | 32x | $396 | -2.1% |
| Current | 32x | $404 | — |
| Expensive | 41x | $512 | +27% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
ROK's PE is in its fair range at 32x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 27x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
BA Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Returning to profit | |
| Growth | |
| Improving | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect BA to return to profit, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
ROK Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Improving | |
| Strong growth | |
| Growth | |
| Strongly improving | |
| Moderate | |
| High |
Analysts expect earnings and revenue growth for ROK, with profitability improving.
BA Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $9.66 | +$23.38 |
| Q2 2026 | $2.78 | +$19.33 |
| Q1 2026 | $2.53 | +$20.49 |
| Q4 2025 | $2.48 | +$20.84 |
| Q3 2025 | -$13.72 | -$0.83 |
| Q2 2025 | -$16.55 | -$10.93 |
| Q1 2025 | -$17.96 | -$14.42 |
| Q4 2024 | -$18.36 | -$14.69 |
BA has returned to profit: it earned $9.66 per share over the past year, after losing money the year before.
ROK Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $15.03 | +20% |
| Q3 2026 | $12.54 | +63% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.68 | +25% |
| Q1 2026 | $9.63 | +21% |
| Q4 2025 | $8.75 | +9% |
| Q3 2025 | $7.67 | -7.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $8.52 | -3.1% |
| Q1 2025 | $7.94 | -22% |
| Q4 2024 | $8.03 | -24% |
ROK earned $12.54 per share over the past year, up 63% from the year before.
BA Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $24.2B | +3.9% |
| Q2 2026 | $24.6B | +8% |
| Q1 2026 | $22.2B | +14% |
| Q4 2025 | $23.9B | +57% |
| Q3 2025 | $23.3B | +30% |
| Q2 2025 | $22.7B | +35% |
| Q1 2025 | $19.5B | +18% |
| Q4 2024 | $15.2B | -31% |
BA has the edge over ROK on sales, with more consistent year-over-year improvement.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.5% | +22 points |
| Q2 2026 | 0.6% | +1.4 points |
| Q1 2026 | 2% | -0.3 points |
| Q4 2025 | 37% | +61 points |
| Q3 2025 | -21% | +12 points |
| Q2 2025 | -0.8% | +5.7 points |
| Q1 2025 | 2.4% | +2.9 points |
| Q4 2024 | -25% | -26 points |
BA's operating margin was 1.5% last quarter, up 22 points from the same quarter a year ago.
ROK Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $2.3B | +0.7% |
| Q2 2026 | $2.3B | +7.9% |
| Q1 2026 | $2.2B | +12% |
| Q4 2025 | $2.1B | +12% |
| Q3 2025 | $2.3B | +14% |
| Q2 2025 | $2.1B | +4.6% |
| Q1 2025 | $2B | -5.9% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.9B | -8.3% |
ROK's revenue has grown year over year for six quarters in a row: $2.3B last quarter, about level with the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 19% | +16 points |
| Q2 2026 | 24% | +7.8 points |
| Q1 2026 | 24% | +8.7 points |
| Q4 2025 | 21% | +9.4 points |
| Q3 2025 | 2.7% | -11 points |
| Q2 2025 | 16% | +3.5 points |
| Q1 2025 | 15% | +0.3 points |
| Q4 2024 | 11% | -1.3 points |
ROK has the edge over BA on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
BA Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $464M | +95% |
| Q2 2026 | $631M | +$831M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.5B | +$836M |
| Q4 2025 | $375M | +$4.5B |
| Q3 2025 | $238M | +$2.2B |
| Q2 2025 | -$200M | +$4.1B |
| Q1 2025 | -$2.3B | +$1.6B |
| Q4 2024 | -$4.1B | -239% |
BA's free cash flow has turned positive after six years mostly in the red: $16M over the past year.
ROK Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $602M | +49% |
| Q2 2026 | $654M | +34% |
| Q1 2026 | $275M | +61% |
| Q4 2025 | $170M | -42% |
| Q3 2025 | $405M | +10% |
| Q2 2025 | $489M | +105% |
| Q1 2025 | $171M | +149% |
| Q4 2024 | $293M | +$328.3M |
ROK generated $1.7B in free cash flow over the past year, up 25% from the year before.
BA Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.3% | +2.1M shares |
| 1 year | +4.3% | +32.8M shares |
| 3 years | +31% | +186M shares |
| 5 years | +35% | +204M shares |
| Available history | +40% | +227M shares |
BA has 793M diluted shares, up 4.3% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | — |
ROK Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +0.4% | +400K shares |
| 1 year | -1% | -1.1M shares |
| 3 years | -3.1% | -3.6M shares |
| 5 years | -4.4% | -5.1M shares |
| Available history | -3.9% | -4.6M shares |
ROK has the edge over BA on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $502M |
| Q2 2026 | $155M |
| Q1 2026 | $446M |
| Q4 2025 | $153M |
| Q3 2025 | $69M |
| Q2 2025 | $124M |
| Q1 2025 | $132M |
| Q4 2024 | $100M |
ROK spent $1.3B buying back its own shares over the past year, about three times what it spent the year before.
BA Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 3.0x | Elevated |
| Q2 2026 | 5.7x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 6.0x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 6.9x | High |
| Q2 2024 | 361.8x | High |
| Q1 2024 | 36.1x | High |
| Q4 2023 | 36.4x | High |
| Q3 2023 | 96.1x | High |
BA's net debt is about 3.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), down from more than 20 years a year ago.
ROK Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q1 2026 | 1.9x | Healthy |
| Q4 2025 | 2.0x | Moderate |
| Q3 2025 | 2.2x | Moderate |
| Q2 2025 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q1 2025 | 2.4x | Moderate |
| Q4 2024 | 2.3x | Moderate |
ROK has the edge over BA on leverage, with a lower net debt burden relative to earnings.
BA Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 31.1 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 9.6 | Oversold |
BA's weekly RSI is 31 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 10 (oversold).
ROK Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 44.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 25.8 | Neutral |
ROK's weekly RSI is 44 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 26 (neutral).
BA PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | BA | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 18x | 24x | 26% below |
| PE % | 0 | 58 | 58 pts below |
BA has the edge over ROK on valuation relative to its sector.
ROK PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | ROK | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 32x | 24x | 34% above |
| PE % | 52 | 58 | 6 pts below |
ROK is trading at 32x earnings, a 34% premium to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
BA Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $184.6 | 7.1% below |
| 20 week MA | $203.8 | 16% below |
| 50 week MA | $215.5 | 20% below |
| 100 week MA | $205.9 | 17% below |
| 200 week MA | $200.6 | 14% below |
BA is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 14% below its 200-week average.
ROK Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $423.7 | 4.6% below |
| 20 week MA | $438.7 | 7.9% below |
| 50 week MA | $422.9 | 4.4% below |
| 100 week MA | $368.2 | 9.8% above |
| 200 week MA | $326.1 | 24% above |
ROK has the edge over BA on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
BA Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $330.1 | $217.2 | -34% |
| 2021 | $217.2 | $204.2 | -6% |
| 2022 | $204.2 | $189.1 | -7.4% |
| 2023 | $189.1 | $260.7 | +38% |
| 2024 | $260.7 | $180.7 | -31% |
| 2025 | $180.7 | $216.4 | +20% |
| 2026 YTD | $216.4 | $171.6 | -21% |
BA has finished lower in four of the last six years. It's down 21% so far in 2026.
ROK Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $203.0 | $248.6 | +22% |
| 2021 | $248.6 | $340.1 | +37% |
| 2022 | $340.1 | $256.7 | -25% |
| 2023 | $256.7 | $310.5 | +21% |
| 2024 | $310.5 | $290.5 | -6.4% |
| 2025 | $290.5 | $399.8 | +38% |
| 2026 YTD | $399.8 | $404.2 | +1.1% |
ROK has the edge over BA on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.