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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
MGASPY benchmark
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Why did MGA fall 1.8% after beating EPS estimates in FY2026 Q2?What changed in MGA's guidance and outlook in FY2026 Q2?Give me the bull and bear case for MGA after FY2026 Q2 earnings.
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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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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.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIBC | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 15, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Oct 9, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Sep 18, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Outperform | Sector Outperform | Maintain | Aug 3, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Apr 14, 2026 |
| TD Securities | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 17, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Exane BNP Paribas | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Jul 1, 2024 |
| CFRA | Hold | Sell | Upgrade | May 5, 2023 |
| Benchmark | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 8, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 2, 2022 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 21, 2021 |
| Seaport Global | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 16, 2019 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 23, 2018 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Underperform | Upgrade | Oct 18, 2017 |
| Edward Jones | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Jul 26, 2017 |
| Macquarie | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Nov 9, 2016 |
| Susquehanna | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 23, 2015 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jan 15, 2015 |
| Guggenheim | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 21, 2012 |
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.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIBC | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $66.39 | +9.7% | Oct 21, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Andrew Percoco | $68 | $65.75 | +6.5% | Oct 15, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Tom Narayan | $68 | $63.56 | +6.5% | Oct 12, 2026 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $70 | $63.82 | +9.7% | Oct 9, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $64.82 | +9.7% | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Andrew Percoco | $69 | $70.75 | +8.1% | Aug 18, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $67.82 | +6.5% | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $68.93 | +9.7% | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Jonathan Goldman | $78 | $68.78 | +22.2% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $69 | $69.02 | +8.1% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| TD Securities | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $68.66 | +25.4% | Aug 3, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Mark Delaney | $55 | $68.6 | -13.8% | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Jonathan Goldman | $74 | $66.88 | +16.0% | Jul 20, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $66 | $64.48 | +3.4% | Jul 13, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $64 | $64.4 | +0.3% | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Veritas Investment Research | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $58.99 | +6.5% | May 4, 2026 |
| TD Securities | Brian Morrison | $76 | $59.51 | +19.1% | May 4, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $72 | $62.2 | +12.8% | Apr 23, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $52 | $58.26 | -18.5% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $62 | $58.26 | -2.9% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Andrew Percoco | $65 | $67.13 | +1.8% | Feb 18, 2026 |
| CIBC | Analyst unavailable | $76 | $66.82 | +19.1% | Feb 18, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Jonathan Goldman | $69 | $65.4 | +8.1% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| TD Securities | Brian Morrison | $75 | $65.67 | +17.5% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $66 | $68.73 | +3.4% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $49 | $67.11 | -23.2% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $67 | $68.73 | +5.0% | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Colin Langan | $69 | $68.73 | +8.1% | Feb 16, 2026 |
| Scotiabank | Jonathan Goldman | $57 | $53.74 | -10.7% | Jan 27, 2026 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $58 | $53.41 | -9.1% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Goldman Sachs | Mark Delaney | $68 | $56.53 | +6.5% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $61 | $56.96 | -4.4% | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $58 | $56.21 | -9.1% | Jan 12, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $54 | $49.16 | -15.4% | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $52 | $47.95 | -18.5% | Nov 24, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Tamy Chen | $52 | $48.3 | -18.5% | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Analyst unavailable | $47 | $44.65 | -26.4% | Oct 17, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $47 | $44.13 | -26.4% | Oct 13, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Analyst unavailable | $47 | $43.84 | -26.4% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $52 | $44.54 | -18.5% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $49 | $49.63 | -23.2% | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Colin Langan | $45 | $48.5 | -29.5% | Oct 3, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $42 | $46.62 | -34.2% | Sep 29, 2025 |
| TD Securities | Analyst unavailable | $52 | $41.77 | -18.5% | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Jonathan Goldman | $44 | $41.88 | -31.1% | Jul 14, 2025 |
| CIBC | Krista Friesen | $38 | $33.28 | -40.5% | May 5, 2025 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $37 | $32.32 | -42.0% | Apr 15, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $40 | $35.33 | -37.3% | Mar 3, 2025 |
| Raymond James | Michael Glen | $50 | $37.85 | -21.7% | Feb 18, 2025 |
| CIBC | Krista Friesen | $47 | $39.11 | -26.4% | Aug 6, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Colin Langan | $43 | $40.43 | -32.6% | Aug 4, 2024 |
| Barclays | Dan Levy | $55 | $44.45 | -13.8% | Jul 16, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Jonathan Goldman | $52 | $42.31 | -18.5% | Jul 5, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $60 | $46.4 | -6.0% | May 10, 2024 |
| TD Securities | Brian Morrison | $62 | $46.4 | -2.9% | May 6, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | Tamy Chen | $60 | $46.62 | -6.0% | May 6, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $62 | $49.84 | -2.9% | Apr 15, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Tom Narayan | $55.86 | $55.92 | -12.5% | Feb 14, 2023 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $74 | $64.94 | +16.0% | Feb 1, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $60 | $56.46 | -6.0% | Dec 21, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $62 | $50.13 | -2.9% | Sep 28, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Adam Jonas | $79 | $61.05 | +23.8% | Jul 23, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $77 | $55.39 | +20.7% | Jul 11, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $72 | $64.92 | +12.8% | Jun 1, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $64 | $60.77 | +0.3% | May 3, 2022 |
| RBC Capital | Joseph Spak | $79 | $60.77 | +23.8% | May 3, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $78 | $58.91 | +22.2% | May 2, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $72 | $59.63 | +12.8% | May 2, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $77 | $60.27 | +20.7% | May 2, 2022 |
| Citigroup | Itay Michaeli | $81 | $61.27 | +26.9% | Apr 9, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Dan Levy | $100 | $76.16 | +56.7% | Feb 14, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | John Murphy | $105 | $84.94 | +64.5% | Jan 6, 2022 |
| TD Securities | Brian Morrison | $98 | $82.2 | +53.6% | Oct 21, 2021 |
| CIBC | Kevin Chiang | $101.86 | $78.3 | +59.6% | Oct 5, 2021 |
| Evercore ISI | Chris McNally | $110 | $82.32 | +72.4% | Aug 6, 2021 |
| KeyBanc | James Picariello | $105 | $94.16 | +64.5% | Apr 21, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationBased 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.…
Historical context
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Sources
- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-08-04T18:09:13.963952+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-09-05T01:23:14.965082+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-31T09:20:41.925249+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-31T09:20:41.922557+00:00
Methodology
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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.
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