airbus se reported results for the third quarter on friday morning heres what we watched sales the aircraft makers quarterly revenue rose to 1331 billion euros 1326 billion beating analysts expectations for eur1285 billion according to a consensus of estimates provided by the company earnings adjusted earnings before interest and taxesa closely watched metricfell short of expectations at eur836 million versus analysts estimates of eur887 million cost benefit operating profit may have been limited by high costs with capital expenditure strong in the quarter analysts at jefferies said in a note following the print free cash flow free cash flow meanwhile beat expectations leading to a guidance raise for the year mostly on higher cash from operations the analysts said airbus raised its 2022 free cash flow guidance by eur1 billion to around eur45 billion though it kept its adjusted ebit target at around eur55 billion for the year the higher cash flow target could raise the prospect of a share buyback jefferies analysts said market reaction investors took an indifferent stance to the quarterly results with shares trading flat at eur10618 as of 0933gmt