Stagwell (STGW) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.25
- Estimate
- $0.19
- Surprise
- +29.0%
- Score today
- 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
Stagwell (STGW) beat the $0.19 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.25 — a large 29.0% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates STGW Sell at 5.4/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +29.0% surprise compares with a +13.5% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What argues against it
- Quality below floor (3.6 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin 3.4%), Material insider selling (23 sells, 0.41% of cap)
- Reward/Risk 0.5:1 at current price — below 1.5:1 minimum
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
- $8.32
- Price target
- $8.58
- Stop
- $7.81
- Upside to target
- +3.1%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.5:1
The stock trades at 138.5× trailing but 6.7× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-26 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
STGW at TrendMatrix's latest read
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- Industry
- Advertising Agencies
- Market cap
- $2.03B
- P/E (fwd)
- 6.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 138.5
- 52-week range
- $4.29–$9.55
- Off 52-week high
- 12.9%
- RSI (14)
- 38
- Volume vs avg
- 0.59×
- Score today
- 5.4/10