The aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing (NYSE: BA) has been having a rough year ever since an Alaska Airlines flight, flying one of the company’s MAX series airplanes, was forced to make an emergency landing after a piece of the fuselage broke off mid-flight.
The company’s stock has been on a steady decline ever since as more and more accidents started occurring – though none as deadly as the 2019 crash which first brought the problems with the MAX series into light – and as additional quality control concerns started mounting.
On Monday, March 25, Boeing investors might finally be able to catch a break, as the CEO of the ailing company – Dave Calhoun – decided to accept command responsibility and announced he will step down by the end of 2024.
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The departure of Boeing’s highest executive is part of a bigger drive to restructure the company and resolve the issues that have crept into its business.
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Boeing shares had an immediate reaction to the news of Calhoun’s departure and took off in the extended session. In Monday’s premarket, BA shares rose as much as 3.88% to a press time price of $196.17.
Still, the spike, despite being notable, has hardly put a dent into Boeing stock’s longer-term decline. Since January 1, BA is down 24.99% as it started the year at $251.76 and found itself closing at $188.85 on Friday, March 22 – the latest full trading day.
The more recent performance has, despite the issues, been more mixed. The last 30 days, for example, saw Boeing fall 5.83% but the stock is 4.74% in the green on the weekly chart.
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