Can Boeing Keep Gaining Altitude in 2026?
Let's chart a flight path for Boeing, as shares finished taxiing the runway and finally took off recently.
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Which of the following stocks experienced the largest gains over the past month?
Apple (AAPL)
Palantir (PLTR)
Boeing (BA)
Nvidia (NVDA)
SoFi Technologies (SOFI)
or
Meta Platforms (META) ?
The best performer in this group is ... Boeing. Shares of the Virginia-based aircraft manufacturer and defense contractor have gained 17% over the past month.
That’s more percentage-point-wise than Palantir, Apple, SoFi, Meta, and Nvidia combined. We’ll tally up the final results at the end of this article.
It’s been almost exactly one year since I chose to buy one of “the most hated stocks on the planet.” Boeing rewarded our efforts with a 28% gain in 2025.
Now that we’ve squeezed a nice profit from this stock, is there further upside ahead for Boeing?
Charting Boeing’s Path Higher
According to the charts, Boeing needs to climb above two major resistance levels in the near term.
First, the stock needs to break above $226, which represents Boeing’s October high (point A). An additional obstacle lies in wait at $242, the scene of Boeing’s year-to-date high (point B).
Boeing’s recent rally placed the stock above its 50-day (blue) and 200-day (red) moving averages, both of which are rising. Despite recent gains, the stock still isn't overbought (point C), according to its RSI (relative strength indicator).
Zooming out to the weekly chart, Boeing’s final resistance level is visible at $267 (point D). Above that price, the stock reaches multi-year highs with room to run.
A Loser Becomes a Winner
Boeing’s frequent missteps in the early part of this decade baffled investors. The company’s shares lost ground in four of the five years from 2020 through 2024, capped with a 32% loss last year. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 rolled to a 23% gain in 2024.
In the present, Boeing’s strong month (+18%) mirrors last December’s outperformance, which was one of the first clues that 2025 would be a solid year for the stock.
Analysts Are Coming Around to Boeing
Why are traders still buying Boeing one year later? Analysts are finally turning positive on Boeing.
Earlier this month, Citigroup initiated coverage with a buy rating and a $265 target price. The stock made TD Cowen’s “Best Ideas for 2026” list, and JPMorgan recently referred to the stock as a “top pick”.
Bottom Line
Boeing has gone from reviled to accepted, but the stock is still far from loved. As the company becomes further removed from the stigma associated with it these past few years, buyers should become more willing to own its shares.
Here are the results for the stocks listed earlier. Results are for one month, as of Tuesday’s closing bell:
Boeing 17.8%
Palantir 8%
Nvidia 4.25%
Meta Platforms 3.92%
Apple -3.5%
SoFi -8.5%
At the time of publication, Ponsi was long AAPL, BA, NVDA, SOFI.
