More than 3,000 Boeing machinists entered their third day of a strike on Wednesday. The workers, who make fighter jets and weapons systems at facilities in Illinois and Missouri, are organizing for better pay, benefits and scheduling. The walk-out comes in what is supposed to be a turnaround year for Boeing .

In a note entitled "One Big Beautiful Boeing," Bank of America Securities analyst Ronald Epstein boosted the firm's price target on the stock to $270 from $260 and affirmed a buy rating on the shares. This after the company reported what he called "one of its cleanest quarters in recent years."