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Qnity Electronics, Inc. Q
$131.48 +2.36% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $27.52B
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 4 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +18.0%).
- The stock is 25% below its highest close of the past year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 30%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 42%
- Gross marginBottom 40%
- Operating marginTop 15%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 40%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 33%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
- Interest coverTop 40%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 38%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 47%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 37%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 37%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 6-month returnBottom 40%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 43%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 41%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 5%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 42%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 6%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 28%
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross margin | 43.3% | — | Bottom 40% | |
| Operating margin | 20.9% | — | Top 15% | |
| Net margin | 11.2% | — | — | |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 15.8% | — | — | |
| Return on invested capital | 6.1% | — | Top 42% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -0.0% | — | Bottom 30% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.99×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.5%
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.11×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 5.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.17%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.17%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.34%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 4
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 4
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +18.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +3.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 4
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $175.80
- Target vs current price
- +33.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 4
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 100%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +11.2% | +6.3% | +0.8% | -10.4% | — |
| May 12, 2026 | +17.1% | +9.9% | -2.7% | -5.6% | -13.0% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | +30.6% | +4.1% | +0.1% | +0.3% | +27.4% |
| Nov 6, 2025 | +13.0% | -6.3% | -7.7% | -16.2% | +0.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $1.19 | $1.07 | +11.2% | $1.43B |
| May 12, 2026 | $1.08 | $0.92 | +17.1% | $1.31B |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $0.82 | $0.63 | +30.6% | $1.19B |
| Nov 6, 2025 | $0.74 | $0.66 | +13.0% | $1.30B |
| Sep 29, 2025 | $0.63 | — | — | $1.17B |
| Mar 31, 2025 | $0.92 | — | — | $1.12B |
| Jun 30, 2024 | $0.71 | — | — | $1.10B |
| Mar 31, 2024 | $0.64 | — | — | $983.0M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 47.0× | — | — | Top 38% |
| P/E (forward) | 28.9× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 21.1× | — | — | Top 37% |
| EV / Sales | 5.87× | — | — | Bottom 37% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 3.00% | — | — | Top 47% |
| Earnings yield | 2.13% | — | — | Top 38% |
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 2
- Days above the 200-day average
- 6
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -6.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +3.5%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +3.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +4.6%
- RSI (14)
- 60.5
- Relative volume
- 0.77×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 44.5%
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -25.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | -34.8% | 59 days | Not yet recovered |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Nov 24, 2025 | -27.1% | 14 days | 38 days (Jan 21, 2026) |
| May 12, 2026 | Jun 10, 2026 | -17.0% | 20 days | 6 days (Jun 18, 2026) |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Mar 12, 2026 | -15.6% | 9 days | 18 days (Apr 8, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $27.52B
- P/E (TTM)
- 47.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $2.80
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.21B
- Dividend yield
- 0.23%
- 52-week range
- $70.50 – $177.28
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.75B | $4.04B | $4.33B | $4.75B |
| Gross profit | $2.16B | $1.75B | $2.00B | $1.99B |
| Operating income | $1.03B | $657.0M | $847.0M | $1.01B |
| Net income | $774.0M | $507.0M | $693.0M | $692.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.70 | $2.42 | $3.31 | $3.30 |
| Q1 2024 | Q2 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $983.0M | $1.10B | $1.12B | $1.17B | $1.28B | $1.19B | $1.31B | $1.43B |
| Net income | $133.0M | $148.0M | $193.0M | $188.0M | $211.0M | $100.0M | $151.0M | $124.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.64 | $0.71 | $0.92 | $0.90 | $1.01 | $0.48 | $0.72 | $0.59 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $1.15B | $882.0M | $1.06B | $1.27B |
| Capital expenditure | -$202.0M | -$231.0M | -$200.0M | -$285.0M |
| Free cash flow | $951.0M | $651.0M | $861.0M | $988.0M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$13.0M |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3.0M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $961.0M
- Total assets
- $14.33B
- Total liabilities
- $6.79B
- Total debt
- $4.02B
- Net debt
- $3.06B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $7.26B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | $0.08 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| May 29, 2026 | $0.08 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Feb 27, 2026 | $0.08 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | $0.06 | Dec 15, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,459,546
- Days to cover
- 2.62
- Change vs previous report
- -2.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.