The Marzetti (MZTI) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $1.46
- Estimate
- $1.40
- Surprise
- +4.1%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $465.0M
- Score today
- 5.8/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
The Marzetti (MZTI) beat the $1.40 estimate with diluted EPS of $1.46 — a clear 4.1% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- DA Davidson Maintains Neutral on The Marzetti, Lowers Price Target to $130 — benzinga, 2026-08-26
- Stephens & Co. Reiterates Equal-Weight on The Marzetti, Maintains $140 Price Target — benzinga, 2026-08-26
- Transcript: The Marzetti Q4 2026 Earnings Conference Call — benzinga, 2026-08-25
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates MZTI Sell at 5.8/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +4.1% surprise compares with a -2.4% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-04.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Consumer Defensive): +0.8
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Customer: top five Retail customers (62.0%)
- Concentration risk — Customer: top five Foodservice direct customers (53.0%)
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
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
- $105.39
- Price target
- $127.54
- Stop
- $101.53
- Upside to target
- +21.0%
- Reward-to-risk
- 3.0:1
At 15.1× trailing and 14.6× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-05 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
MZTI at TrendMatrix's latest read
Defensive staples are judged on margin resilience: pricing power against input costs matters more here than top-line drama.
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
- Market cap
- $2.88B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.6
- P/E (ttm)
- 15.1
- 52-week range
- $104.28–$186.95
- Off 52-week high
- 43.6%
- RSI (14)
- 34
- Volume vs avg
- 0.82×
- Score today
- 5.8/10