PREVIEW: Boeing revenue expected to jump in Q3

** Boeing BA shares up 0.4% to $223.84 ahead of Q3 earnings due before the opening bell on Wed

** The aerospace company is expected to post an EPS loss of $5.15 on revenue of $21.97 bln, per LSEG data, vs yr-ago results of a $10.44 per share loss and $17.84 bln in revenue

** BA has topped EPS estimates in five of past eight qtrs, including topping expectations in last two

** Of the 27 analysts that cover BA, the breakdown of recommendations is 22 "strong buy" or "buy," 5 "hold" and no "sell" ratings

** Median price target of $256.45 is down from $258.23 a month ago

** BA shares up ~26% YTD stock performance vs ~12% gain in Dow Industrials DJI

** BA options imply a 4.7% swing for the shares, in either direction by Friday, per Trade Alert data; higher than the stock's avg move of 3.3% on the day of results over the last eight qtrs