Magna International Inc. · MGA · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026

Magna raises 2026 outlook as margins and electrification wins improve

The supplied analysis supports a constructive but qualified view of the hypothesis: earnings growth, operational improvements, and resilient demand for electrification and driver-monitoring programs are supporting the near-term trajectory. The case still depends on tariff recoveries, second-half production and execution of portfolio changes.

Reported Before market openNYSEConsumer Cyclical $17.07B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.86 Consensus $1.53
EPS surprise +21.6% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $10.84B Consensus $10.63B
Revenue surprise +2.1% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -1.8% Event window
SPY move +0.7% Same window
Abnormal move -2.5% Stock minus SPY
Volume 1.9× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -4.0% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, management reported stronger Q2 profitability and raised the full-year 2026 outlook. The company also highlighted an 800V 2-speed eDrive award, additional driver-monitoring wins, faster lighting and rooftop divestitures, and initial evaluation of adjacent markets.

Guidance delta

Management raised its full-year 2026 outlook, including adjusted EBIT margin targeted at 6.3%-6.6% and free cash flow guidance of $1.8 billion.

Key takeaways

  • Q2 results beat expectations, with record adjusted EPS and margin expansion.
  • Operational-excellence initiatives supported profitability improvement.
  • Electrification and driver-monitoring program wins broaden the technology pipeline.
  • Lighting and rooftop divestitures are progressing ahead of schedule, improving portfolio focus while reducing revenue.

Management priorities

  • Execute new electrification and driver-monitoring programs
  • Complete the remaining lighting and rooftop divestitures
  • Maintain disciplined capital allocation through repurchases and dividend growth
  • Evaluate selective adjacent-market projects against return criteria

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
MGA EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $1.44 Q2 '24 actual $1.35, miss Q3 '24 estimate $1.41 Q3 '24 actual $1.28, miss Q2 '25 estimate $1.19 Q2 '25 actual $1.44, beat Q3 '25 estimate $1.24 Q3 '25 actual $1.33, beat Q4 '25 estimate $1.81 Q4 '25 actual $2.18, beat Q1 '26 estimate $1.01 Q1 '26 actual $1.38, beat Q2 '26 estimate $1.53 Q2 '26 actual $1.86, beat Q3 '26 estimate $1.58 Q3 '26 actual $1.83, beat Q4 '26 estimate $2.25 Q1 '27 estimate $1.52 Q2 '27 estimate $2.04 Q3 '27 estimate $1.92
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold28 ratings
Bullish1035.7%
Neutral1760.7%
Bearish13.6%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$63.82Current
$38Low
$70.4Average
$105High

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.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
CIBC Neutral OutperformDowngradeOct 21, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainOct 15, 2026
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainOct 12, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainOct 9, 2026
BMO Capital Market Perform OutperformDowngradeSep 18, 2026
JP Morgan Neutral OverweightDowngradeSep 15, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainAug 4, 2026
Wells Fargo Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainAug 3, 2026
Scotiabank Sector Outperform Sector OutperformMaintainAug 3, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 9, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainJun 4, 2026
Goldman Sachs Sell SellMaintainApr 14, 2026
TD Securities Buy BuyMaintainFeb 17, 2026
B of A Securities Neutral NeutralMaintainJun 16, 2025
Raymond James Market Perform Market PerformMaintainFeb 18, 2025
Exane BNP Paribas Outperform NeutralUpgradeJul 1, 2024
CFRA Hold SellUpgradeMay 5, 2023
Benchmark Buy BuyMaintainNov 8, 2022
Credit Suisse Outperform OutperformMaintainMay 2, 2022
Keybanc Overweight OverweightMaintainApr 21, 2021
Seaport Global Buy BuyMaintainApr 16, 2019
Deutsche Bank Buy BuyMaintainFeb 23, 2018
Bank of America Buy UnderperformUpgradeOct 18, 2017
Edward Jones Hold BuyDowngradeJul 26, 2017
Macquarie Neutral OutperformDowngradeNov 9, 2016
Susquehanna Neutral NeutralMaintainDec 23, 2015
Canaccord Genuity Buy HoldUpgradeJan 15, 2015
Guggenheim Neutral NeutralMaintainDec 21, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $63.82. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
CIBCAnalyst unavailable$70$66.39 +9.7%Oct 21, 2026
Morgan StanleyAndrew Percoco$68$65.75 +6.5%Oct 15, 2026
RBC CapitalTom Narayan$68$63.56 +6.5%Oct 12, 2026
BarclaysDan Levy$70$63.82 +9.7%Oct 9, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$70$64.82 +9.7%Sep 18, 2026
Morgan StanleyAndrew Percoco$69$70.75 +8.1%Aug 18, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$68$67.82 +6.5%Aug 7, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$70$68.93 +9.7%Aug 4, 2026
ScotiabankJonathan Goldman$78$68.78 +22.2%Aug 3, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$69$69.02 +8.1%Aug 3, 2026
TD SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$80$68.66 +25.4%Aug 3, 2026
Goldman SachsMark Delaney$55$68.6 -13.8%Aug 1, 2026
ScotiabankJonathan Goldman$74$66.88 +16.0%Jul 20, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$66$64.48 +3.4%Jul 13, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$64$64.4 +0.3%Jul 9, 2026
Veritas Investment ResearchAnalyst unavailable$68$58.99 +6.5%May 4, 2026
TD SecuritiesBrian Morrison$76$59.51 +19.1%May 4, 2026
ScotiabankAnalyst unavailable$72$62.2 +12.8%Apr 23, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$52$58.26 -18.5%Apr 14, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$62$58.26 -2.9%Apr 14, 2026
Morgan StanleyAndrew Percoco$65$67.13 +1.8%Feb 18, 2026
CIBCAnalyst unavailable$76$66.82 +19.1%Feb 18, 2026
ScotiabankJonathan Goldman$69$65.4 +8.1%Feb 17, 2026
TD SecuritiesBrian Morrison$75$65.67 +17.5%Feb 17, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$66$68.73 +3.4%Feb 17, 2026
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$49$67.11 -23.2%Feb 17, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$67$68.73 +5.0%Feb 17, 2026
Wells FargoColin Langan$69$68.73 +8.1%Feb 16, 2026
ScotiabankJonathan Goldman$57$53.74 -10.7%Jan 27, 2026
BarclaysDan Levy$58$53.41 -9.1%Jan 23, 2026
Goldman SachsMark Delaney$68$56.53 +6.5%Jan 15, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$61$56.96 -4.4%Jan 14, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$58$56.21 -9.1%Jan 12, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$54$49.16 -15.4%Dec 8, 2025
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$52$47.95 -18.5%Nov 24, 2025
BMO CapitalTamy Chen$52$48.3 -18.5%Nov 3, 2025
ScotiabankAnalyst unavailable$47$44.65 -26.4%Oct 17, 2025
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$47$44.13 -26.4%Oct 13, 2025
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$47$43.84 -26.4%Oct 10, 2025
BarclaysDan Levy$52$44.54 -18.5%Oct 10, 2025
UBSAnalyst unavailable$49$49.63 -23.2%Oct 6, 2025
Wells FargoColin Langan$45$48.5 -29.5%Oct 3, 2025
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$42$46.62 -34.2%Sep 29, 2025
TD SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$52$41.77 -18.5%Aug 5, 2025
ScotiabankJonathan Goldman$44$41.88 -31.1%Jul 14, 2025
CIBCKrista Friesen$38$33.28 -40.5%May 5, 2025
BarclaysDan Levy$37$32.32 -42.0%Apr 15, 2025
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$40$35.33 -37.3%Mar 3, 2025
Raymond JamesMichael Glen$50$37.85 -21.7%Feb 18, 2025
CIBCKrista Friesen$47$39.11 -26.4%Aug 6, 2024
Wells FargoColin Langan$43$40.43 -32.6%Aug 4, 2024
BarclaysDan Levy$55$44.45 -13.8%Jul 16, 2024
ScotiabankJonathan Goldman$52$42.31 -18.5%Jul 5, 2024
Morgan StanleyAdam Jonas$60$46.4 -6.0%May 10, 2024
TD SecuritiesBrian Morrison$62$46.4 -2.9%May 6, 2024
BMO CapitalTamy Chen$60$46.62 -6.0%May 6, 2024
Evercore ISIChris McNally$62$49.84 -2.9%Apr 15, 2024
RBC CapitalTom Narayan$55.86$55.92 -12.5%Feb 14, 2023
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$74$64.94 +16.0%Feb 1, 2023
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$60$56.46 -6.0%Dec 21, 2022
CitigroupAnalyst unavailable$62$50.13 -2.9%Sep 28, 2022
Morgan StanleyAdam Jonas$79$61.05 +23.8%Jul 23, 2022
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$77$55.39 +20.7%Jul 11, 2022
Goldman SachsAnalyst unavailable$72$64.92 +12.8%Jun 1, 2022
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$64$60.77 +0.3%May 3, 2022
RBC CapitalJoseph Spak$79$60.77 +23.8%May 3, 2022
Credit SuisseAnalyst unavailable$78$58.91 +22.2%May 2, 2022
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$72$59.63 +12.8%May 2, 2022
CitigroupAnalyst unavailable$77$60.27 +20.7%May 2, 2022
CitigroupItay Michaeli$81$61.27 +26.9%Apr 9, 2022
Credit SuisseDan Levy$100$76.16 +56.7%Feb 14, 2022
Bank of America SecuritiesJohn Murphy$105$84.94 +64.5%Jan 6, 2022
TD SecuritiesBrian Morrison$98$82.2 +53.6%Oct 21, 2021
CIBCKevin Chiang$101.86$78.3 +59.6%Oct 5, 2021
Evercore ISIChris McNally$110$82.32 +72.4%Aug 6, 2021
KeyBancJames Picariello$105$94.16 +64.5%Apr 21, 2021
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Based in Aurora, Canada, and established in 1957, Magna International Inc. operates as a leading global partner to the automotive industry. The company specializes in the conceptualization, development, and production of an extensive range of components, integrated systems, and complete modules, serving original equipment manufacturers of passenger vehicles and light trucks across the globe. Its comprehensive activities are structured into four key business segments: The Body Exteriors & Structures division focuses on foundational vehicle architecture. This includes essential body and chassis elements, exterior trims, and roof systems, along with advanced battery enclosures. This segment also provides specialized engineering and testing capabilities, delivering products such as bumper fascia, integrated front-end modules, liftgate assemblies, active aerodynamic components, specialized automotive glass, running boards, truck bed access systems, and side door structures.…

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