Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.52
- Estimate
- $0.50
- Surprise
- +4.2%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $495.1M
- Score today
- 6.0/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS) beat the $0.50 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.52 — a clear 4.2% upside surprise.
Coverage in the report window
- Zurn Elkay Water Solns Sees Q4 Sales $430.000M-$437.000M vs $437.684M Est — benzinga, 2026-10-27
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ZWS Buy (Wait) at 6.0/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +4.2% surprise compares with a +7.2% four-quarter average.
What supports the rating
- V7 quality resilience bonus: +0.2 (Q=7.7 in RISK_OFF)
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Overbought (RSI 80)
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
- $49.15
- Entry target
- $46.21
- Price target
- $49.49
- Stop
- $44.24
- Upside to target
- +0.7%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
The stock trades at 30.5× trailing but 24.2× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 80 — a level conventionally read as overbought; gains at these levels often lean on momentum.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-28 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
ZWS 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
- Pollution & Treatment Controls
- Market cap
- $8.15B
- P/E (fwd)
- 24.2
- P/E (ttm)
- 30.5
- 52-week range
- $43.06–$55.00
- Off 52-week high
- 10.6%
- RSI (14)
- 80
- Volume vs avg
- 1.44×
- Score today
- 6.0/10