Exponent (EXPO) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.64
- Estimate
- $0.62
- Surprise
- +3.1%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.5 → 5.8/10
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
Exponent (EXPO) beat the $0.62 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.64 — a clear 3.1% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.5/10) to Sell at 5.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates EXPO Sell at 5.8/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +3.1% surprise compares with a +1.0% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.6 in RISK_OFF)
- High-quality business
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Near 52-week high (4.4% away)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
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
- $78.31
- Stop
- $74.57
The stock trades at 35.1× trailing but 28.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 85 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum; trading volume is running 1.5× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
EXPO 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
- Engineering & Construction
- Market cap
- $3.72B
- P/E (fwd)
- 28.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 35.1
- 52-week range
- $51.91–$81.95
- Off 52-week high
- 4.4%
- RSI (14)
- 85
- Volume vs avg
- 1.54×
- Score today
- 5.8/10