Updating Boeing Co., Ford Motor Co. and Sherwin-Williams Co.

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BOEING CO. $135 (New York symbol BA; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 637.0 million; Market cap: $86.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.9; Dividend yield: 3.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Above Average; www.boeing.com) won orders for 182 commercial passenger planes at the recent Farnborough Airshow in the U.K. At list prices, those orders are worth a total of $26.8 billion. They also increase the total number of orders for 2016 to 321 (net of cancellations). However, Boeing’s military business has suffered lately. For example, changes to the design of the KC-46 — a refueling tanker plane being built for the U.S. Air Force— could result in $1.5 billion in extra costs. Boeing is still a hold. FORD MOTOR CO. $14 (New York symbol F; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 3.9 billion; Market cap: $54.6 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 0.4; Dividend yield: 4.3%; TSINetwork Rating: Extra Risk; www.ford.com) sold 240,109 cars and trucks in the U.S. in…