Boeing also said on Wednesday that it will not deliver as many of its new 787s and 747-8s this year as previously hoped. Boeing earned $941 million, or $1.25 per share. Revenue rose 6.2 percent to $16.54 billion. That topped the expectations of analysts surveyed by FactSet, who predicted net income of 98 cents per share on revenue of $16.47 billion.
Boeing raised its 2011 outlook to $3.90 to $4.10 per share, up by 10 cents on the high and low ends. Analysts had been expecting $4.12 per share.
Boeing delivered 118 planes during the quarter, up from 114 a year ago. Revenue in its commercial airplanes unit rose 19 percent to $8.84 billion.
Operating profits from commercial planes jumped 35 percent to $920 million. In addition to more deliveries, Boeing benefited from a shift toward higher-priced planes. Boeing makes about one 737 every day with a list price of around $80 million. It doesn’t make as many of its big 777s, but they sell for three times as much.
Boeing now expects to deliver 485 to 495 planes this year, five fewer than previously predicted. That reflects fewer expected deliveries of the 787 and 747-8, two new planes that have been plagued by delays.
Boeing now expects to deliver a combined 25 to 30 of the planes, down from 25 to 40. It says the first deliveries for both will occur “later in the third quarter,” which ends in September. Boeing had firm orders for 827 of the 787s at the end of the quarter.
Revenue in Boeing’s defense, space, and security business fell 4 percent to $7.69 billion. Operating profits rose 12 percent to $798 million. Boeing has been cutting costs in its defense unit to offset a slowdown in US and overseas defense spending.
Shares of Chicago-based Boeing Co. rose $1.83, or 2.6 percent, to $71.99 in premarket trading.
