Metallus (MTUS) Q2 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Reported EPS
- $0.26
- Estimate
- $0.25
- Surprise
- +5.4%
- Score today
- 5.1/10
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
Metallus (MTUS) beat the $0.25 estimate with diluted EPS of $0.26 — a clear 5.4% upside surprise.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates MTUS Sell at 5.1/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
3 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +5.4% surprise compares with a -135.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2026-11-05.
What argues against it
- Target reached (-2.4% upside)
- Quality below floor (2.6 < 4.0)
- Value-trap signals (2/5): Margin compression (op margin -5.9%), Negative free cash flow
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
- $19.59
- Price target
- $22.13
- Stop
- $18.63
- Upside to target
- +13.0%
The stock trades at 103.1× trailing but 14.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-08-23 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
MTUS at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Steel
- Market cap
- $815.5M
- P/E (fwd)
- 14.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 103.1
- 52-week range
- $14.19–$22.58
- Off 52-week high
- 13.2%
- RSI (14)
- 41
- Volume vs avg
- 0.94×
- Score today
- 5.1/10