Financial Analysis for British Airways Plc

This report presents a financial analysis for British Airways shares listed on the London Stock Exchange using ratio analysis, news analysis and technical analysis together with time series modelling and forecasting. Like many other airlines around the world, British Airways had been taking a battering during the global recession and its share price has plummeted from the peaks of yesteryears. However, in finance and investing it is the present and the future that is of the greatest importance because investors want to profit from that which they purchase today. Thus, although results from the ratio analysis for British Airways points to the ongoing problems that are not unique to this airline, technical analysis and time series modelling indicate better days ahead. After all, the world needs airlines and British Airways has always been the leading global airline.