Boeing is set to announce its 2008 fourth-quarter and year-end earnings today at 10:30 ET. I’ll be live blogging the conference call with CEO Jim McNerney and CFO James Bell here via twitter. The full live blogged transcript will be available at the conclusion of the call.
The company is expected to provide guidance for the year ahead and discuss progress on the 787 Dreamliner program, the first major update since the 3rd quarter earnings call last October during the IAM strike.
Boeing Posts Quarterly Loss on Strike Impact and Charges
- Fourth-quarter
revenues declined to $12.7 billion from $17.5 billion as labor strike
pushed airplane deliveries out of the quarter- Fourth-quarter
EPS declined to loss of $0.08 per share, reduced by an estimated total
of $1.79 due to strike, 747 charge and litigation-related reserve- Backlog grew 8 percent in 2008 to a record $352 billion
- 2009 EPS guidance of $5.05 to $5.35 underpins a solid foundation in challenging times
Full liveblog transcript continued below.
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