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 at report (before → after)
- 6.0 → 5.9/10
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. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Hold (6.0/10) to Sell at 5.9/10 after the report — the engine's score fell despite the beat.
Coverage in the report window
- Barclays Lowers Price Target on Zurn Elkay Water Solutions — fiscal.ai, 2026-10-29
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates ZWS Sell at 5.7/10.
4 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +4.2% surprise compares with a +7.2% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-02.
What supports the rating
- Strong earnings beat streak (4/4)
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 4.4%
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Momentum score 4.4/10 — below 4.5 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
- $44.73
- Price target
- $46.69
- Stop
- $41.63
- Upside to target
- +4.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.6:1
The stock trades at 26.2× trailing but 22.0× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.2× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-30 — 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
- $7.38B
- P/E (fwd)
- 22.0
- P/E (ttm)
- 26.2
- 52-week range
- $42.89–$55.00
- Off 52-week high
- 18.7%
- RSI (14)
- 41
- Volume vs avg
- 2.22×
- Score today
- 5.7/10