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Neutral1335.1%
Bearish25.4%
BorgWarner Inc. · BWA · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026
BorgWarner pairs margin gains with industrial-power expansion
The quarter provides support for a measured version of the growth hypothesis: BorgWarner is expanding beyond core automotive through industrial power products while improving profitability. The evidence is constructive but execution, certification, capacity and vehicle-demand risks remain material.
Reported Before market openNYSEConsumer Cyclical
$10.52B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$1.42
Consensus $1.28
EPS surprise
+10.9%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$3.65B
Consensus $3.58B
Revenue surprise
+1.8%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+5.9%
Event window
SPY move
-0.2%
Same window
Abnormal move
+6.1%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.6×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-2.4%
Up to 20 sessions
BWASPY benchmark
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What changed
Management described flat sales alongside a 100-basis-point increase in adjusted operating margin and 17% EPS growth. The company also highlighted seven product awards, progress toward industrial launches, and higher planned industrial R&D spending.
Guidance delta
Full-year guidance was maintained, with a raised EPS outlook; management also plans an incremental $10-$15 million of industrial R&D spending in the second half of 2026.
Key takeaways
- Profitability improved despite a flat sales environment.
- Turbine-generator, battery-storage and microgrid-inverter programs advanced toward data-center and industrial markets.
- Seven new product awards and expanded buyback authorization added to the quarter's positives.
Management priorities
- Execute automotive product awards across eTurbo, VCT, integrated drive module and inverter programs.
- Advance turbine-generator, battery-storage and microgrid-inverter commercialization.
- Increase industrial R&D while maintaining disciplined capital allocation.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$51.63Current
$36Low
$63.12Average
$95High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 31, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Oct 30, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 30, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 30, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Oct 15, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 7, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Outperform | Peer Perform | Upgrade | Mar 25, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Sep 3, 2025 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 22, 2025 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Oppenheimer | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 3, 2024 |
| Exane BNP Paribas | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Feb 20, 2024 |
| Nomura Instinet | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Aug 17, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | May 5, 2022 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Sep 20, 2021 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 21, 2021 |
| CFRA | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Nomura | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Seaport Global | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 13, 2019 |
| Bank of America | Neutral | Underperform | Upgrade | Oct 23, 2018 |
| Buckingham Research | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 3, 2018 |
| Buckingham | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 3, 2018 |
| Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Apr 16, 2018 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Oct 30, 2017 |
| Berenberg | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Nov 22, 2016 |
| Sterne Agee CRT | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Feb 16, 2016 |
| Sterne Agee | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Feb 16, 2016 |
| CLSA | Underperform | Outperform | Downgrade | Jan 14, 2016 |
| Susquehanna | Positive | Positive | Maintain | Aug 27, 2015 |
| Northcoast Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 8, 2015 |
| Gabelli & Co. | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Oct 14, 2014 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $51.63. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $91 | $63.36 | +76.3% | Oct 7, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Andrew Percoco | $95 | $60.26 | +84.0% | Oct 6, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Tom Narayan | $87 | $64.16 | +68.5% | Aug 31, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $85 | $68.42 | +64.6% | Aug 10, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Luke Junk | $79 | $67.46 | +53.0% | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $67.66 | +54.9% | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Andrew Percoco | $71 | $66.78 | +37.5% | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $83 | $65.7 | +60.8% | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $84 | $71.29 | +62.7% | Jun 11, 2026 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $95 | $73.27 | +84.0% | Jun 10, 2026 |
| Wolfe Research | Emmanuel Rosner | $95 | $76.54 | +84.0% | Jun 3, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $83 | $71.06 | +60.8% | Jun 2, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Andrew Percoco | $67 | $68.26 | +29.8% | May 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $61 | $58.63 | +18.1% | May 7, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $59.41 | +45.3% | May 7, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $81 | $55.11 | +56.9% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $56 | $53.56 | +8.5% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $55 | $60.31 | +6.5% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $62.8 | +45.3% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| New Street | Analyst unavailable | $66 | $68.8 | +27.8% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $78 | $67.79 | +51.1% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $70 | $66.1 | +35.6% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $66.1 | +16.2% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $76 | $66.1 | +47.2% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $66.1 | +45.3% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Deutsche Bank | Analyst unavailable | $82 | $66.1 | +58.8% | Feb 12, 2026 |
| Robert W. Baird | Luke Junk | $55 | $48.35 | +6.5% | Jan 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $49 | $48.15 | -5.1% | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $51 | $47.45 | -1.2% | Jan 8, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $49 | $43.3 | -5.1% | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $53 | $42.68 | +2.7% | Nov 24, 2025 |
| Robert W. Baird | Luke Junk | $54 | $43.64 | +4.6% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $55 | $41.64 | +6.5% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| UBS | Joseph Spak | $46 | $44.66 | -10.9% | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $52 | $44.04 | +0.7% | Sep 29, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $50 | $43.69 | -3.2% | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Guggenheim | Analyst unavailable | $38 | $29.19 | -26.4% | Mar 5, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $40 | $28.83 | -22.5% | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Deutsche Bank | Edison Yu | $36 | $32.88 | -30.3% | Sep 9, 2024 |
| Robert W. Baird | David Leiker | $40 | $35.63 | -22.5% | May 3, 2024 |
| Barclays | Luke Junk | $44 | $35.61 | -14.8% | Apr 10, 2024 |
| Piper Sandler | Alexander Potter | $43 | $32.03 | -16.7% | Mar 14, 2024 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $46 | $44.61 | -10.9% | Jan 13, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $54 | $41.54 | +4.6% | Dec 7, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $45 | $42.24 | -12.8% | Nov 28, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $32 | $39.04 | -38.0% | Aug 4, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $48 | $39.06 | -7.0% | Aug 4, 2022 |
| Robert W. Baird | Analyst unavailable | $44 | $39.34 | -14.8% | Aug 4, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $45 | $39.51 | -12.8% | Aug 4, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $57 | $34.5 | +10.4% | Jul 11, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Mark Delaney | $40 | $35.52 | -22.5% | Jun 14, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $30 | $39.92 | -41.9% | Jun 1, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Dan Levy | $45 | $38.98 | -12.8% | May 5, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Emmanuel Rosner | $44 | $36.51 | -14.8% | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Itay Michaeli | $43 | $36.41 | -16.7% | Apr 9, 2022 |
| Deutsche Bank | Emmanuel Rosner | $53 | $45.04 | +2.7% | Feb 16, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | John Murphy | $65 | $48.5 | +25.9% | Jan 6, 2022 |
| Nomura | Anindya Das | $58 | $45.32 | +12.3% | Aug 10, 2021 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $50 | $46.21 | -3.2% | Aug 4, 2021 |
| KeyBanc | James Picariello | $60 | $49.39 | +16.2% | Apr 21, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationBorgWarner Inc. (BWA) is a prominent global supplier of advanced propulsion technologies, catering to a wide spectrum of vehicles including those powered by internal combustion engines, hybrids, and fully electric drivetrains. The company's operations are divided into four primary business units: Air Management, E-Propulsion & Drivetrain, Fuel Injection, and Aftermarket. The Air Management segment is responsible for components that optimize engine performance and thermal control. This includes various turbocharging solutions (such as turbochargers, eBoosters, and eTurbos), engine timing and emissions control systems, thermal management products, gasoline ignition technology, smart actuators, powertrain sensors, and a range of battery-related items like modules, packs, heaters, and charging systems. The E-Propulsion & Drivetrain segment focuses on electrical powertrains and power transmission.…
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