Boeing delivered 51 commercial aircraft in August, down from 53 in July and 57 a year earlier, while its 418 deliveries through August marked its strongest January-to-August performance since 2018. The 737 MAX family accounted for 41 handovers and 787 Dreamliner deliveries fell to four. Boeing booked 15 gross orders without cancellations, taking net orders for the first eight months to 453, and ended August with 6,755 unfilled commercial aircraft orders. Shares rose 0.37% to $211.51 on Wednesday but remained below major moving averages after a bearish death cross formed. The latest analyst consensus was Buy with an average price forecast of $273.13, compared with an earlier Strong Buy consensus and $274.67 average target.