Cummins (CMI) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $6.73
- Estimate
- $7.17
- Surprise
- -6.1%
- Revenue (period 2026-06-30)
- $9.46B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 4.8 → 5.1/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Cummins (CMI) missed the $7.17 estimate with diluted EPS of $6.73 — a clear 6.1% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (4.8/10) to Hold at 5.1/10 after the report — the engine's score rose despite the miss.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CMI Sell at 5.5/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -6.1% surprise compares with a -0.5% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What supports the rating
- Analyst upside: 26%
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: China-based investees
- Concentration risk — Supplier: single-source parts and raw materials
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.4)
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
- $541.10
- Price target
- $681.32
- Stop
- $511.90
- Upside to target
- +25.9%
- Reward-to-risk
- 4.8:1
The stock trades at 28.5× trailing but 16.1× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-09-14 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CMI 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
- Specialty Industrial Machinery
- Market cap
- $76.64B
- P/E (fwd)
- 16.1
- P/E (ttm)
- 28.5
- 52-week range
- $400.72–$737.76
- Off 52-week high
- 26.7%
- RSI (14)
- 33
- Volume vs avg
- 1.23×
- Score today
- 5.5/10