The Boeing Airplane company is the largest aircraft maker in the United States, primarily building several airline transport aircraft models, although it is also involved in military aircraft projects. Boeing has it’s largest assembly plant in the Seattle, Washington area and another in Wichita, Kansas. In 2001 Boeing moved it’s corporate headquarters to Chicago from Seattle.

Their biggest project is the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, an all new airliner built of composite materials, which has never been done before and promises much better fuel economy than comparable aircraft. Another new offering is the latest makeover of the Boeing 747, which has now been in production for over thirty years.

The largest competitor is Airbus, an alliance of European companies, their biggest project is the A380 super jumbo, which has dethroned the 747 as the largest passenger aircraft.

The Boeing stock symbol is the letters BA, which closed at 71.27 on November 5th, 2010 compared to about 50.00 a year earlier and reaching a peak of about 75.00 during April 2010.

As of November 2010 Boeing had received 480 airliner orders this year, while Airbus received 369. The Boeing military aircraft unit was reorganized in September from six units to four, and has 124 F-18 fighter jets on order.

Dividend Info
BA is paying an annual dividend of 1.68 per share giving it a yield of 2.6%. Their P/E ratio is 13.68 and the market cap is 46.28. It’s disappointing to see that Boeing will not be raising its dividend for 2010.

Dividend History
2010: 1.68
2009: 1.68
2008: 1.60