The price is based on the future earnings of the company from now until forever which is one reason why companies have wildly different PE ratios. This is a sho

The price is based on the future earnings of the company from now until forever which is one reason why companies have wildly different PE ratios. This is a short term problem but the commercial jet market is still basically a duopoly with a huge moat around it. Most carriers try to have a roughly half-half split between Airbus and Boeing in case any fleet gets grounded so, in the long term, Boeing will be fine.