The Marzetti (MZTI) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.14
- Estimate
- $1.37
- Surprise
- -16.9%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $481.5M
- Score today
- 6.0/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
The Marzetti (MZTI) missed the $1.37 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.14 — a large 16.9% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- Marzetti Says Both Retail And Foodservice Segment Net Sales Were Significantly Impacted By The Cyclospora Outbreak — benzinga, 2026-11-03
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates MZTI Sell at 6.0/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -16.9% surprise compares with a -7.2% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Consumer Defensive): +0.8
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.3)
- Consecutive earnings misses (3)
- Below 200-MA, MA slope -6.6%/30d (confirmed downtrend)
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
- $109.88
- Price target
- $124.06
- Stop
- $102.19
- Upside to target
- +12.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.1:1
At 17.3× trailing and 15.3× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: RSI 70 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-04 — 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
- $3.00B
- P/E (fwd)
- 15.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 17.3
- 52-week range
- $97.00–$176.26
- Off 52-week high
- 37.7%
- RSI (14)
- 70
- Volume vs avg
- 1.33×
- Score today
- 6.0/10