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Philip Morris International (PM) Q2 2026 — Philip Morris International (PM) reported Q2 2026 results that look contradictory at the headline but are strong underneath. Reported GAAP diluted EPS FELL 7.7% YoY to $1.80 — but that entire drop is a $511M non-cash impairment of its deconsolidated Canadian affiliate (RBH), worth 33c/share. On the measure management runs the business, ADJUSTED diluted EP...

Wabtec (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies) (WAB) Q2 2026 — Wabtec (WAB), the 155-year-old rail-equipment leader, reported a strong Q2 2026: adjusted EPS of $2.76 beat and rose 21.6% YoY (GAAP EPS $2.33) on net sales of $3.18B (+17.5%), with adjusted operating margin up 0.8 pts to 21.9%. Both segments grew — Freight $2.24B (+16.9%, 25.8% margin) and Transit $936M (+18.9%, 17.7% margin) — and mana...

GE Vernova (GEV) Q2 2026 — GE Vernova (GEV), the power-and-grid company spun out of the old General Electric, reported a blockbuster Q2 2026: orders exploded +88% organically to $24.2B, revenue rose 22% to $11.1B (+12% organic), adjusted EBITDA jumped to $1.25B (an 11.3% margin, +340bps organic), and free cash flow hit $5.1B — more than all of 2025. Management RAISED full-year guidance, nearly DOU...

TE Connectivity (TEL) Q3 FY2026 — TE Connectivity (TEL), the maker of the connectors and sensors that move power, signal and data through cars, factories and — increasingly — AI data centers, delivered a record fiscal Q3 2026 above guidance: adjusted EPS of $2.94 (+22% YoY, vs ~$2.83 est) on record net sales of $5.16B (+14% reported, +12% organic). Adjusted operating margin hit a record 21.9% (+90...

EQT Corporation (EQT) Q2 2026 — EQT Corporation (EQT), the largest U.S. natural-gas producer, reported Q2 2026 results that LOOK like a miss but tell a more nuanced story. GAAP EPS fell 74% YoY to $0.34 (missing the ~$0.43 estimate) and net income dropped to $211M from $784M — but last year's number was inflated by one-time derivative gains; adjusted EPS was $0.39 (vs $0.45). OPERATIONALLY the qua...

Alaska Air Group (ALK) Q2 2026 — Alaska Air Group (ALK) reported a fuel-driven Q2 2026: a GAAP net loss of $76M, or -$0.68/share (pretax margin -5.3%), and an adjusted net loss of $102M, or -$0.92 — which still BEAT the ~-$0.99 loss the Street feared. Revenue grew 10% YoY to $4.065B on just 1% more capacity (unit revenue/RASM +8.6%), a hair light of the ~$4.09B estimate after historic March rainst...

Pegasystems (PEGA) Q2 2026 — Pegasystems (PEGA), the founder-led enterprise-software company (low-code process automation + AI decisioning), MISSED in Q2 2026: revenue rose 9% to $420.7M but came in below estimates, non-GAAP EPS was $0.35 (+25% YoY, also light), and GAAP EPS was just $0.08 (down from $0.17). The key metric — annual contract value (ACV) — decelerated hard: Pega Cloud ACV +22%, but...

AAR Corp (AIR) Q4 FY2026 — AAR Corp (AIR), a leading aviation aftermarket services company, reported a RECORD Q4 FY2026 (quarter ended May 31): net sales rose 23% to $928M (13% organic), adjusted diluted EPS jumped 32% to $1.53 (GAAP EPS $1.27), and adjusted EBITDA rose 27% to $116M (12.5% margin, up from 12.4%). Full-year FY2026 sales crossed $3.3B (+19%), with GAAP diluted EPS of $4.86 and net i...

Mueller Industries (MLI) Q2 2026 — Mueller Industries (MLI), one of North America's largest copper and brass manufacturers, reported Q2 2026 (quarter ended June 27): net sales rose 25% to $1.43B (vs $1.14B), operating income was $310M, and net income $249.7M, or $1.13 diluted EPS (all per-share figures split-adjusted for the 2-for-1 split effective June 30, 2026). EPS was only +1.8% YoY — but the...

Genuine Parts Company (GPC) Q2 2026 — Genuine Parts Company (GPC), the parts-distribution giant behind NAPA (auto) and Motion (industrial), reported a Q2 2026 that beat on adjusted earnings yet sent the stock down ~7% to ~$114. Sales of $6.54B rose 6.0% YoY (comparable sales +3.4%) and beat the ~$6.43B consensus; adjusted EPS of $2.15 topped the ~$2.08 estimate. But GAAP EPS was just $1.65 — DOWN...

Halliburton (HAL) Q2 2026 — Halliburton (HAL), the world's #2 oilfield-services company behind SLB, reported a Q2 2026 double beat that the market still sold off ~6%. Revenue of $5.71B rose 3.7% YoY and beat the ~$5.50B consensus; adjusted EPS of $0.55 topped the ~$0.54 estimate; free cash flow was strong at $668M (11.7% margin, up from 9.8% YoY); and management doubled the buyback to ~$200M while...

Vicor (VICR) Q2 2026 — Vicor (VICR), the Andover-based maker of modular power chips increasingly aimed at AI data centers, reported a strong Q2 2026: total revenue of $143.4M grew ~49% YoY once you strip last year's one-time $45M patent settlement, royalty revenue nearly tripled to $30.4M, gross margin rose to 58.0%, operating income was $34.9M, and backlog jumped 145% YoY to a record $380M (+26%...

General Motors (GM) Q2 2026 — General Motors (GM), the #1 US automaker, reported Q2 2026 that split cleanly into two stories. On the adjusted view it was excellent: EPS-diluted-adjusted of $3.57 beat the ~$3.19 consensus (+41% YoY), revenue rose ~2% to $48.0B, and EBIT-adjusted jumped ~30% to $3.94B (8.2% margin) led by GM North America ($39.9B revenue; EBIT-adjusted $3.45B, +43%, at an 8.6% margi...

Northrop Grumman (NOC) Q2 2026 — Northrop Grumman (NOC), the wide-moat U.S. defense prime and sole B-21 stealth-bomber builder, reported Q2 2026 that looked soft on the surface but was solid underneath. GAAP diluted EPS of $7.68 (net earnings −7% YoY, operating income −23%) beat the ~$6.84 estimate — but the YoY 'decline' is a mirage: a year ago NOC booked a $1.04/share training-services divestitu...

Danaher Corporation (DHR) Q2 2026 — Danaher (DHR), the wide-moat life-sciences and diagnostics compounder, reported a solid Q2 2026: adjusted EPS of $1.94 beat the ~$1.84 estimate (+8% YoY) on revenue of $6.27B (+5.5%, core +3.0%). GAAP EPS jumped 60% to $1.23 (flattered by a prior-year impairment). Management RAISED full-year 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $8.45–$8.60 (from $8.35–$8.55), helped by...

Novartis AG (NVS) Q2 2026 — Novartis (NVS), the ~$285B Swiss pharma giant, reported Q2 2026 before the open on July 21: net sales of $14.4B rose +1% in constant currency (+3% USD) — a RETURN TO GROWTH after Q1's -5% cc decline — and core operating income of $5.94B beat the ~$5.3B consensus at a 41.2% margin. Core EPS of $2.41 beat the $2.17 estimate. But reported (IFRS) EPS fell -17% to $1.71, net...

Calix (CALX) Q2 2026 — Calix (CALX), the broadband-platform company, reported a strong Q2 2026: RECORD revenue of $293.3M (+21% YoY, +5% sequential), record software & services of $50.5M (+16% YoY), and a headline EPS of $0.47 that beat the ~$0.41 estimate — but be precise: that $0.47 is NON-GAAP; GAAP diluted EPS was $0.26, with the $0.21 gap being stock-based comp. The company added 14 new s...

Steel Dynamics (STLD) Q2 2026 — Steel Dynamics (STLD), one of the largest U.S. electric-arc-furnace (EAF) steelmakers, reported a RECORD Q2 2026: net sales rose 33% to $6.1B, operating income jumped 83% to $700M, and diluted EPS surged 84% year-over-year to $3.69 — beating the company's own raised guidance of $3.51–$3.55 (even after a $16M non-cash impairment on relocating a planned aluminum site...

Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY) Q1 FY2027 — Ryanair Holdings (RYAAY), Europe's largest and most profitable airline, reported a rough fiscal Q1 2027 (quarter ended 30 June 2026): profit after tax fell 34% to €538M as ~20% of its jet fuel sat unhedged into the Iran-war oil spike and average fares fell 6%. Yet traffic still grew 6% to 61.3M passengers, revenue edged up 1% to €4.38B, operating costs rose 11%...

Domino's Pizza (DPZ) Q2 2026 — Domino's Pizza (DPZ), the largest pizza company in the world, reported a mixed Q2 2026: revenue rose 4.3% to $1.19B (a slight beat) and diluted EPS grew 6.8% to $4.07 (just shy of the ~$4.17 estimate), but U.S. same-store sales rose just +0.1% — the weakest in over a year — and international same-store sales turned NEGATIVE (-0.1%). The company added 209 net new stor...

Insteel Industries (IIIN) Q3 FY2026 — Insteel Industries (NYSE: IIIN) reported Q3 FY2026 (quarter ended June 27, 2026) on July 16: net sales $197.7M, +9.9% YoY, driven by an 8.0% rise in average selling prices and a 1.7% increase in shipments (sequentially, ASPs +2.3% and shipments +11.9%); diluted EPS $0.46 versus $0.45 expected and $0.78 a year ago; net earnings $9.0M versus $15.2M. Gross profit...

Wipro (WIT) Q1 FY2027 — Wipro (NYSE: WIT) reported Q1 FY2027 (quarter ended June 30, 2026) on July 16: gross revenue Rs 244.8 billion ($2,585.9M), +1.0% QoQ and +10.6% YoY in rupees; IT services segment revenue $2,614.5M, -1.4% QoQ and +1.0% YoY, or -1.2% QoQ and +0.9% YoY in constant currency. Net income Rs 33.6 billion ($354.6M), -4.7% QoQ and +0.6% YoY; EPS Rs 3.20 ($0.03), exactly in line with...

Vista Energy (VIST) Q2 2026 — Vista Energy (VIST) reported Q2 2026 (Jul 16): total revenue ~$1.21B (+89% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $805M (+99% YoY) at a 70% margin; production 156,061 boe/d (+32% YoY, ~87% oil), oil 135,427 bbl/d (+33%); realized oil $89.4/bbl (+44% YoY) at a $4.5/boe lifting cost. Reported EPS was $3.0 (+37% YoY, flattered by an acquisition gain), but ADJUSTED EPS of $2.38 MISSED the...

Autoliv (ALV) Q2 2026 — Autoliv (ALV) reported Q2 2026 (Jul 17): net sales $2,803M (+3.3% reported, +1.0% organic - 1.3pp above a global light-vehicle-production decline of 0.3%); adjusted operating margin 9.6% (+0.4pp YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $2.43 (+10% YoY), a hair below the ~$2.46 consensus (a small miss); GAAP diluted EPS $1.35 (-38% YoY) - driven almost entirely by a one-time $90M charge (...

ManpowerGroup (MAN) Q2 2026 — ManpowerGroup (MAN) reported Q2 2026: revenue $4.86B (+8% reported, +6% constant currency), ahead of the ~$4.72B estimate; adjusted EPS $0.99 (beat ~$0.96, +27% cc) and GAAP EPS $1.13 (vs a $1.44 loss a year ago) — though GAAP was flattered by a net +$0.14 of one-off items, chiefly the $88M sale of Jefferson Wells. Operating profit was $112M, a razor-thin 2.3% margin....