Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.41
- Estimate
- $0.42
- Surprise
- -2.1%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-30)
- $6.19B
- Score at report (before → after)
- 5.9 → 5.8/10
Revenue source: yfinance_provisional (provisional — SEC XBRL not yet filed for this period).
How the report landed
Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG) missed the $0.42 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.41 — a modest 2.1% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (5.9/10) to Sell at 5.8/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates PCG Sell at 5.0/10.
2 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -2.1% surprise compares with a +4.3% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-11.
What supports the rating
- Sector modifier (Utilities): +1.0
- Attractive valuation
What argues against it
- Concentration risk — Geographic: Northern and Central California
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=4.1)
- Leverage penalty (D/E 1.9): -1.0
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
- $13.30
- Price target
- $15.80
- Stop
- $12.62
- Upside to target
- +18.8%
- Reward-to-risk
- 2.1:1
The stock trades at 9.7× trailing but 7.3× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-29 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
PCG at TrendMatrix's latest read
Utility earnings are regulatory outcomes on a lag — allowed-return and rate-case posture frame any quarter's print.
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Market cap
- $39.48B
- P/E (fwd)
- 7.3
- P/E (ttm)
- 9.7
- 52-week range
- $11.77–$19.16
- Off 52-week high
- 30.6%
- RSI (14)
- 54
- Volume vs avg
- 0.20×
- Score today
- 5.0/10