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In what it is calling “the great M&amp;A unwind,” Jefferies Equities Research has outlined amounts its analysts believe Boeing could generate with the sale of some prime Boeing Global Services assets. These include Boeing’s digital services companies <a href="https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2024-11-11/will-boeing-add-jeppesen-asset-sale-plans">Jeppesen and ForeFlight</a>&nbsp;as well as Boeing Distribution, which is made up of the former Aviall and KLX Aerospace Solutions.
Although Jefferies estimates that Jeppesen and ForeFlight generate the highest margin (30%) of all the Boeing Global Services entities, its analysts believe Boeing may be planning to sell the digital services companies and that Jeppesen is worth $7 billion and ForeFlight $1 billion. According to Jefferies, Boeing bought Jeppesen for $1.5 billion in 2000 and ForeFlight for $275 million in 2019, and these account for 10% of Boeing Global Services sales.
“Since the McDonnell Douglas merger, Boeing has acquired $15 billion ($23 billion CPI-adjusted) of assets,” according to Jefferies, “but the CEO's portfolio review could make non-core decisions soon, focused on BA's future rather than fundraising after $24 billion capital raise.”
Jefferies sees up to $12 billion in a potential asset sale that in addition to Jeppesen and ForeFlight could include its ULA space business, Argon ST [command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance], Insitu [uncrewed air systems], and an uncrewed undersea vehicle business. However, it believes KLX and Aviall will not be sold.

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