Magna (MGA) Q2 Earnings: Taking a Look at Key Metrics Versus Estimates
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Magna (MGA) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
For the quarter ended June 2026, Magna (MGA) reported revenue of $10.98 billion, up 3.3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.86, compared to $1.44 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +2.19% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $10.74 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.53, the EPS surprise was +21.57%.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
Here is how Magna performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
- Sales- Body Exteriors & Structures: $4.42 billion compared to the $4.31 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +4% year over year.
- Sales- Power & Vision: $4.09 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $3.95 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +6.1%.
- Sales- Complete Vehicles: $1.16 billion versus the three-analyst average estimate of $1.28 billion. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of -5.4%.
- Sales- Corporate and Other: $-142 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $-144.33 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.9%.
- Sales- Seating Systems: $1.45 billion versus $1.35 billion estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.1% change.
- Adjusted EBIT- Body Exteriors & Structures: $360 million compared to the $346.35 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Power & Vision: $245 million compared to the $188.7 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Corporate & Other: $-16 million compared to the $-5.36 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Adjusted EBIT- Complete Vehicles: $37 million versus $38.75 million estimated by three analysts on average.
- Adjusted EBIT- Seating Systems: $51 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $30.74 million.
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Shares of Magna have returned +11.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.5% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.
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