Karooooo (KARO) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $9.28
- Estimate
- $9.43
- Surprise
- -1.6%
- Revenue (period 2026-08-31)
- $1.64B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 6.2 → 6.8/10
Revenue source: yfinance_provisional (provisional — SEC XBRL not yet filed for this period).
How the report landed
Karooooo (KARO) missed the $9.43 estimate with adjusted EPS of $9.28 — a modest 1.6% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (6.2/10) to Hold at 6.8/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates KARO Hold at 6.3/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -1.6% surprise compares with a -0.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-01-19.
What supports the rating
- V7 flight-to-quality bonus: +0.5 (Q=8.1 in RISK_OFF)
- High-quality business
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Technology): -0.8
- Consecutive earnings misses (2)
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
- $64.21
- Price target
- $65.38
- Stop
- $59.81
- Upside to target
- +1.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 30.9× trailing but 22.6× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-10 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
KARO at TrendMatrix's latest read
Technology names get repriced on forward expectations more than trailing prints — a quarter here is read through next-year growth and multiple, not the EPS line alone.
- Industry
- Software - Application
- Market cap
- $1.97B
- P/E (fwd)
- 22.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 30.9
- 52-week range
- $41.25–$68.80
- Off 52-week high
- 6.7%
- RSI (14)
- 61
- Volume vs avg
- 0.26×
- Score today
- 6.3/10