It’s Time for Boeing Stock to Make Its Descent

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Shares of Boeing (NYSE:BA) have been on a monster run over the past few months. Boeing stock has risen over 33% since briefly breaking $300 last Christmas Eve. The last leg of the rally was due to a solid earnings beat that has taken the stock 12% higher. While certainly the initial take off in BA was warranted, I think the rally has come too far, too fast.

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Look for Boeing stock to come back to earth over the coming weeks.

Earnings, as mentioned, were unquestionably a beat. Both earnings and revenues came in well above analysts estimates, sending shares soaring. Boeing is starting to get a little rich on a valuation basis, however. Shares are fast approaching the highest multiple over the past six months with a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 23. The previous time BA stock traded at such a lofty valuation level was last October, which coincided with a major intermediate-term top in the stock.


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Price to sales is at the highest level of the past 10 years and is now well over 2. It is also at the biggest premium to the S&P 500 over that same time frame. Note that price to sales is also a cleaner number than P/E and can’t be manipulated as easily by accounting and buybacks.


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BA is looking extremely overbought on a technical basis. Its 14-day RSI is now at the highest level of the past year with a reading of nearly 80. The 14-day Detrended Price Oscillator reached the highest it has been over the past twelve months as it passes 50. Boeing stock is also trading at a massive premium the 100-day moving average of $350.90. Prior instances that shares traded so far above the 100-day were inevitably met with a reversion back toward this average.

Bottom Line on Boeing Stock


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In my previous post on Boeing from Dec. 11, I had a bullish opinion on BA stock with shares near the $320 level. I felt BA stock was undervalued fundamentally and oversold technically. Now that BA has rallied $100 points, my bullish opinion has become somewhat bearish because price does matter.

Boeing stock is getting overvalued fundamentally and overbought technically. Given the recent incessant run-up in both the markets generally and Boeing stock in particular, a pullback is likely looming on the horizon. I would look to short BA near current levels with an initial downside target around the old highs at the $390 area.

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