Some stocks had a better year than others in 2021. In this segment of Backstage Pass, recorded on Dec. 17, 2021, Fool contributors Toby Bordelon and Jason Hall discuss one company that couldn't catch a break last year, and that investors should approach with measured caution in the new year.
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Toby Bordelon: My company, I was thinking about is Boeing (BA -0.14%). I feel like Boeing is wanting to be done for the year. I mean, look, delays for the Dreamliner. Major safety issues with that Dreamliner, delays on the spaceship, Starliner, they can't even get that test. I don't even think we've got test flight yet.
Whistleblowers reporting that the government, Airbus took a few of their big airline customers. This week, we learned. They got tired of waiting. They tired of waiting on the delays, right? So they need the planes.
I kind of with you guys on T-P-I-C [TPI Composites], I feel like expectations are so low for Boeing that if they just don't screw it up too bad, next year, it will be a pretty good year. Yeah. You're muted right now. But I know you're saying something but.
Jason Hall: How bad does it have to get with your investments when your expectation is don't eff it up?
Bordelon: Right. But for Boeing like, I think we're in the level of like, not even don't mess it up at all.
Hall: Right.
Bordelon: You just don't mess it up too bad.
Hall: Yeah.
Bordelon: Right? If you only make one or two mistakes. [laughs] Yeah. That's pretty low. If you're on the front page of The Wall Street Journal for a mistake, once this year, that's an improvement. [laughs] Right?
Hall: Yeah. A mess.
Bordelon: Man, bad company. Hopefully they'll turn it around and get it together.
