PACCAR (PCAR) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.61
- Estimate
- $1.60
- Surprise
- +0.7%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.2 → 5.4/10
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
PACCAR (PCAR) beat the $1.60 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.61 — a modest 0.7% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.2/10) to Hold at 5.4/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates PCAR Hold at 5.4/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +0.7% surprise compares with a +1.2% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- Positive news sentiment (+0.67)
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.8)
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Weak growth
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
- $103.73
- Price target
- $119.42
- Stop
- $97.99
- Upside to target
- +15.1%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.7:1
The stock trades at 19.8× trailing but 14.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.6× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-28 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
PCAR 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
- Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery
- Market cap
- $54.60B
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 19.8
- 52-week range
- $93.86–$139.24
- Off 52-week high
- 25.5%
- RSI (14)
- 41
- Volume vs avg
- 2.59×
- Score today
- 5.4/10