Paccar (PCAR) Reports Q2 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

Paccar (PCAR) reported $7 billion in revenue for the quarter ended June 2026, representing a year-over-year increase of 0.5%. EPS of $1.43 for the same period compares to $1.37 a year ago.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -1.49% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.1 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.33, the EPS surprise was +7.52%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

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 Paccar performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Truck deliveries - Total: 38,700 versus 37,871 estimated by three analysts on average.
• Truck deliveries - Other: 5,500 versus 5,256 estimated by three analysts on average.
• Truck deliveries - Europe: 11,200 versus 10,951 estimated by three analysts on average.
• Truck deliveries - U.S and Canada: 22,000 versus 21,664 estimated by three analysts on average.
• Sales and Revenues- Financial Services: $549.7 million versus $539.88 million estimated by four analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +0.4% change.
• Sales and Revenues- Parts: $1.75 billion compared to the $1.78 billion average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of +1.5% year over year.
• Sales and Revenues- Truck: $5.25 billion compared to the $5.15 billion average estimate based on two analysts. The reported number represents a change of +0.2% year over year.
• Pretax Profit- Financial Services: $124.1 million versus the four-analyst average estimate of $115.96 million.
• Pretax Profit- Parts: $417 million versus $441.87 million estimated by three analysts on average.
• Pretax Profit- Truck: $360.5 million versus the two-analyst average estimate of $220.92 million.

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Shares of Paccar have returned +11.6% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +1.7% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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