Despite its current price of approximately $205, which may seem like a reasonable valuation, we do not consider Boeing stock to be a compelling investment at this moment.

Boeing remains a dominant aerospace player with long-term upside, despite recent crises and compressed financials. Read why we remain bullish on the stock and the turnaround potential.

Even before today's incident, Boeing investors were in for a long journey. The aerospace company expanded its total debt by more than 400% during the pandemic and still faces government production restrictions on the 737 MAX that limits its cash flow and its ability to pay down that balance.

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U.S. equities were mixed and little changed at midday as a second inflation report this week came in lower than anticipated.

Even before Thursday, investors were in for a long journey. The aerospace company expanded its total debt by more than 400% during the pandemic.

U.S. stocks are drifting lower as momentum wanes from a big rally that had brought them to the brink of their record.

Wholesale data showed milder inflationary pressures, even as Trump renewed his threat to impose "take it or leave it" tariffs on trading partners.