The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA)

The only reason this stock is beaten down so bad is because, as the saying goes, "common sense ain't common."

Insane that this company has been beaten-up so badly by the markets. Long term hold here...this one is for real...

I like the direction the company is going, from big to fuel effiecient. Boeing has many highly profitable projects on the horizon (dreamliner and I believe they will get the contract for the Air Force KC-X Tanker). Machinist have be pacified for the next 4 years.

An excellent long hold. Its taken a beating recently but the future is bright.

Boeing is the largest maker of unmanned combat air vehicles which I believe is the future of air combat.

Also have some big projects on the horizon like the dream liner.

Still a ton of orders on the books, and not many competitiors

New, efficient planes will boost global sales.

787 dreamliner will turn them around once it hit the market in full

Premier aircraft manufacturer. Beaten up badly during the market drop, but the stock should rebound.

Cheap at 7 P/E, strike will end and orders are solid for foreeable future

Can you say Dreamliner?

Superb order book, strong balance sheet, better management than the competition, and the new 787 will keep this stock humming for 7 years at least. Watch for emerging competition from Brazil, China.

When 787 gets on line!

Simply say....... "dreamliner"

BOEING IS A AMERICA DREAM

**As taken from SMART MONEY**

6 Stocks That Passed Our Toughest Value Test

The broad stock market has been in decline for about a year. Steel shares didn't turn sour until summer, when commodity prices began to tumble. A ton of hot-rolled sheet steel now fetches half its July price. Since mid-June, Nucor (NUE: 33.56, +1.77, +5.56%) and Steel Dynamics (STLD: 8.75, -0.24, -2.66%) have lost two-thirds and three-quarters of their stock value, respectively.

Managers for each company have decried their stock price as nonsensical of late. Relative to the broad market's decline, they have little to complain about. Five-year holders of big steel stocks have still about doubled their money. Those in S&P 500 index funds are down. On valuation, though, the bosses have a point. Steel Dynamics shares go for a mere three times the company's past four quarters' worth of earnings. That's less than a quarter of the broad market's price.

Of course, the miniscule price/earnings ratio suggests investors expect earnings to plunge. They surely will. Early Thursday, Charlotte-based Nucor reported a 93% jump in third-quarter earnings per share, beating analysts' expectations, but also called financial projections for its fourth quarter "impractical," citing a "world-wide financial crisis that is unique in both size and scope in our lifetime." Late Wednesday, Steel Dynamics reported a 92% rise in third-quarter earnings per share, falling short of expectations. It withdrew full-year guidance but took a shot on the fourth quarter: "about half" of third-quarter earnings.

A halving of earnings is never welcome news. But a halving of earnings that recently nearly doubled would prove less of a disaster than the current stock price suggests. Suppose earnings indeed fall from 98 cents to 49 between the third and fourth quarters. A year's worth of the new, lower earnings pace puts shares at just over four times earnings. Clearly, investors are bracing for worse. Perhaps they expect a world-wide slowdown in construction to leave steelmakers with a glut of inventory. Steel companies, though, have reduced production to try to prevent just such an outcome. And while lower steel prices won't help the top line, lower prices for raw materials used to make steel, like ferrous scrap, might help keep margins healthy.

Thursday afternoon, while the broad market was trading 2% higher, shares of Steel Dynamics were up more than 15%. Investors might be re-thinking the valuations. They might also be drawn in by Steel Dynamics' 4.5% dividend yield. The stock turned up recently on a search for companies that seem cheap relative to sales, profits and free cash flow, and that pay ample dividends. Have a look at all six companies the screen produced if you like, or run the search anytime using SmartMoney's stock screener and the full list of search criteria.
Three-Point Value Screen Stock Ticker Company Name Industry Curr. Price Price Chg. - YTD (%) Trailing P/E Yield (%)
Data as of Oct. 15, 2008.
MO Altria Group Cigarettes 18.07 -22.38 4.70 7.08
BA Boeing Aerospace/Defense-Maj Dvd 42.33 -51.60 7.60 3.78
DTE DTE Energy Electric Utilities 32.44 -26.21 7.70 6.54
NTRI NutriSystem Consumer Services 11.40 -57.75 5.50 6.14
PAS PepsiAmericas Beverages-Soft Drinks 16.65 -50.03 9.40 3.24
STLD Steel Dynamics Steel & Iron 7.33 -75.39 2.60 5.46
Three-Point Value Screen Recipe

* Trailing price/earnings ratio below industry median
* Price/sales ratio below industry median
* Price/free-cash-flow ratio below 20
* Dividend yield greater than 3%
* Trailing 12-month sales greater than $500 million
* Average daily trading volume greater than 100,000 shares

Jack Hough is an associate editor at SmartMoney.com and author of "Your Next Great Stock."

Bigtime market share with plenty of orders to fulfill.

Way oversold. Dominant player in global aerospace industry. Diversified. Bright future.

Considerably oversold with the rest of the market -- entering a time of government intervention in markets -- "national Champion" stocks are defensive --

The Boeing Company is probably the worlds best Aerospace company. The company has recently stumbled with it's delivery of the 787, but make no mistake that after the labor contracts are settled that plane will fly and so will their profits and future. With huge backlog orders for efficient planes in a world where airlines need efficient planes to survive, you can bet that backlog will remain stable and perhaps grow even further. BOEING has excellent operating margins and return on Equity as well superior free cash flow. Their Earnings and Sales figures will fall in line within a year. DON'T BET AGAINST THIS COMPANY. That would be a loosing bet.