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The company forecast operating cash flow, a
metric closely watched by investors, of more than $9 billion for
2015, up from $8.86 billion reported for 2014.
Boeing's shares rose about 4 percent in premarket trading.
The company's jetliner deliveries rose to 723 in 2014 from 648
the previous year, topping those by rival Airbus Group.
Commercial aircraft deliveries rose 13 percent to 195 in the
fourth quarter ended Dec. 31.
Boeing's net profit rose to $1.47 billion, or $2.02 per share,
in the quarter from $1.23 billion, or $1.61 per share, a year
earlier.
Core earnings, which exclude pension and other costs, rose to
$2.31 per share from $1.88.
Revenue increased by 3 percent to $24.47 billion.
Boeing forecast core earnings of $8.20-8.40 per share for 2015.
Shares of the Dow-30 component were trading at $137.79 before
the bell.
Up to Tuesday's close, the stock had fallen 3.4 percent in the
past 52 weeks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> has
risen 9.2 percent.
(Reporting by Sweta Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj
Kalluvila and Kirti Pandey)
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