Joby Aviation Concludes Significant FAA Reviews; Shares Rally

Aircraft company Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY) recently revealed that it has completed and received subsequent approval of its first Systems Review and its first Compliance Review by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Following the news, shares of the company gained 2.9% in Friday’s trading session.

Strategic Impact

With this approval, the company’s path towards its development approach, preliminary production design, and subsequent certification becomes clearer.

Notably, the review assessed Joby’s aerospace-grade systems and equipment capabilities, which remain critical components for aircraft. Along with this, Joby’s approach to the development and verification of aerospace-grade software and airborne electronic hardware was also assessed.

Management Commentary

Development Assurance Lead at Joby, Tom Ferrell, said: “The safety of modern aircraft owe much to rigorous, well-defined and repeatable development and verification processes.

“Successfully completing our first System Review and Compliance Review demonstrates that Joby’s engineering practices are maturing to a level where they can be applied for the most demanding safety-critical development while producing all the required certification data to prove our design to one of the world’s toughest and most respected regulators.”

Wall Street’s Take

The stock has a Hold consensus rating based on one Hold assigned in the past three months. Six months ago, Morgan Stanley analyst Kristine Liwag reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a price target of $16 (182.7% upside potential). Shares of the company have declined more than 46% over the past year.

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