Boeing expects higher jet deliveries next year; shares jump
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Tue, December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM EST
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STORY: Shares of Boeing rose more than 9% Tuesday morning after the plane maker said it expects higher jet deliveries and positive free cash flow next year.
Boeing has been trying to improve its image after a more than 5-year corporate crisis involving safety and production issues of its 737 series, which has hurt its reputation and sent it deeply into debt.
But the company's CFO, speaking at a UBS conference on Tuesday, said he expects deliveries on both the 737 and the 787 to grow in 2026.
He added that those deliveries, along with other improvements in the company's defense and space unit, are expected to be Boeing's primary drivers for better margins next year.
He also said Boeing would deliver on its annual $10 billion free cash flow target, a metric closely watched by investors.
Boeing has been trying to win a race for narrow-body plane orders with Airbus but has historically lagged well behind the European planemaker.
Airbus is now dealing with challenges of its own, after discovering an industrial quality issue affecting fuselage panels on several dozen A320-family aircraft and following a weekend recall of jets over a software bug.
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