Goldman Sachs upgraded Airbus to Neutral from Sell saying the stock's risk/reward is balanced following the recent underperformance.

RBC Capital analyst Ken Herbert lowered the firm's price target on Airbus to EUR 190 from EUR 192 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares as part of a broader research note previewing Q1 results in the Aerospace & Defense segment. The setup coming into the quarter is challenging, the firm states, with commercial original equipment sales expected to be the primary focus for investors and the high potential for a significant downward revision from Boeing (BA) on full year production rates, the analyst tells investors in a research note. RBC adds that while it expects strong results from commercial aftermarket stocks, the set up hre is also challenged against very elevated expectation. The analyst further states that defense stocks are also likely to remain range bound, and the firm is surprised that the defense sector has not gotten more of a bounce from the recent hostilities in the Middle East.

Bernstein raised the firm's price target on Airbus to EUR 190 from EUR 173 and keeps an Outperform rating on the shares ahead of quarterly results. Airbus delivered 142 commercial aircraft in Q1, up 12% year-over-year from a very weak Q1 2023. It is a solid start, but as Q1 is seasonally weak, it will be more important to see improvement in the subsequent months and quarters as Airbus works toward its guide of 800 deliveries this year, while supply chain challenges remain the limiting factor, the firm says.