CBIZ (CBZ) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.21
- Estimate
- $1.26
- Surprise
- -4.0%
- Score today
- 4.5/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
CBIZ (CBZ) missed the $1.26 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.21 — a clear 4.0% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- CBIZ Q3 Adj. EPS $1.21 Misses $1.29 Estimate, Sales $702.240M Miss $720.549M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-10-19
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CBZ Sell at 4.5/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -4.0% surprise compares with a +6.5% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Target reached (-14.7% upside)
- Quality below floor (3.4 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): High leverage (D/E 1.9), Negative free cash flow
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $54.78
- Stop
- $54.58
The stock trades at 26.3× trailing but 12.9× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-20 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CBZ at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Specialty Business Services
- Market cap
- $3.01B
- P/E (fwd)
- 12.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 26.3
- 52-week range
- $24.29–$56.41
- Off 52-week high
- 2.9%
- RSI (14)
- 65
- Volume vs avg
- 1.02×
- Score today
- 4.5/10