ESAB (ESAB) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.30
- Estimate
- $1.33
- Surprise
- -2.0%
- Revenue (period 2026-10-02)
- $824.5M
- Score today
- 5.2/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
ESAB (ESAB) missed the $1.33 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.30 — a modest 2.0% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- ESAB Lowers FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance from $5.40-$5.50 to $5.28-$5.33 vs $5.38 Est — benzinga, 2026-11-04
- ESAB Q3 Adj. EPS $1.30 Misses $1.32 Estimate, Sales $824.521M Beat $803.776M Estimate — benzinga, 2026-11-04
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ESAB Sell at 5.2/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -2.0% surprise compares with a -1.6% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Attractive valuation
- Positive insider activity
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: international operations (80.0%)
- Concentration risk — Geographic: EMEA & APAC segment (60.0%)
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.9)
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
- $78.36
- Price target
- $104.16
- Stop
- $72.87
- Upside to target
- +32.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.2:1
The stock trades at 28.2× trailing but 12.3× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 76 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ESAB 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
- Metal Fabrication
- Market cap
- $4.87B
- P/E (fwd)
- 12.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 28.2
- 52-week range
- $62.74–$137.42
- Off 52-week high
- 43.0%
- RSI (14)
- 76
- Volume vs avg
- 1.18×
- Score today
- 5.2/10