BA stock, with -32% returns since the beginning of 2024, has significantly underperformed the S&P 500 index, up 27%.

The loss demonstrates the challenges facing CEO Kelly Ortberg in turning around the planemaker as it cedes more ground to rival Airbus.

Boeing said on Tuesday it was making progress on increasing plane production, and its shares jumped nearly 8%, despite the company recording its biggest annual loss in four years.

But Boeing is far down the leaderboard of the longest streaks of red ink in the S&P 500. The industrial parts and repair company DEX lost money for 18 years in a row before turning profitable in 2019. SBA Communications and LiveNation are tied for second with 17-year runs of red ink that are thankfully over.

Ryanair is confident that Boeing will ramp up its production of 737 MAX jets to 38 per month this summer and that it will be allowed by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump to then increase that to 42,

Boeing posted a fourth-quarter loss of $3.8 billion on Tuesday as a machinists strike and other problems continued to plague the troubled aircraft manufacturer.

In interviews after Boeing posted its detailed financial results Tuesday, new CEO Kelly Ortberg indicated the key priorities for 2025: getting airplane production back up safely, generating much-neede

Boeing’s stock rose after the company said it may be streamlining its business, which could include the selling of some assets in the coming months or year.

Boeing reported its second biggest annual loss ever after a tough year following a mid-air accident and worker strikes.

A hopeful "show-me" was the reaction from half a dozen industry analysts. There are reasons for optimism, said Gautam Khanna, an aerospace analyst with TD Cowen. Since Ortberg took the reins in early August,

"That team has done a great job of improving the overall performance and quality of the fuselages," Boeing's CEO said of Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems.