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ConsensusHold23 ratings
Bullish730.4%
Neutral1565.2%
Bearish14.4%
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Pinnacle West Capital Corporation · PNW · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026
PNW: Demand growth supports guidance, while regulatory risks remain
PNW's Q2 call supports a constructive operating view: strong Arizona load growth and semiconductor-related demand are supporting sales and reaffirmed guidance. The counterweight is execution risk around transmission and generation investment, gas supply, the IRP, and the rate case; the transcript supports resilience, not certainty.
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$11.31B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$1.43
Consensus $1.46
EPS surprise
-2.1%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$1.46B
Consensus $1.40B
Revenue surprise
+4.2%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+0.6%
Event window
SPY move
+1.8%
Same window
Abnormal move
-1.2%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.3×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-3.7%
Up to 20 sessions
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Why did PNW rise 0.6% after missing EPS estimates in FY2026 Q2?What changed in PNW's guidance and outlook in FY2026 Q2?Give me the bull and bear case for PNW after FY2026 Q2 earnings.
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What changed
Compared with the prior quarter, management reported stronger weather-normalized sales growth and record peak demand, added detail on the Cholla gas conversion and major transmission projects, and introduced a $500 million ATM equity program alongside new senior notes. Guidance remained maintained, while the rate-case decision and IRP became nearer-term milestones.
Guidance delta
Maintained; management expects to finish at the top end of its $4.55-$4.75 EPS range.
Key takeaways
- Arizona demand remained strong, with 2.1% customer growth and 9.6% weather-normalized sales growth year over year.
- Management highlighted record peak demand and continued semiconductor, data-center, and advanced-manufacturing expansion.
- Cholla gas conversion and transmission projects are intended to support future load growth.
- The rate-case decision is expected before year-end, leaving an important regulatory milestone ahead.
Management priorities
- Support rising Arizona load with transmission and generation investment.
- Convert two retired Cholla coal units to natural gas by 2029.
- Complete the Integrated Resource Plan by the end of October.
- Advance major transmission projects, including the Four Corners line.
- Refine large-load forecasts and continue equity financing through the ATM program.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$93.16Current
$59Low
$92.35Average
$129High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 23, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Sep 18, 2026 |
| Truist Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Aug 17, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Market Perform | Market Perform | Maintain | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jul 1, 2026 |
| TD Cowen | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 15, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 26, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Downgrade | Dec 12, 2025 | |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 26, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Ladenburg Thalmann | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Jun 6, 2024 |
| B of A Securities | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Mar 18, 2024 |
| Evercore ISI Group | In Line | In Line | Maintain | Mar 4, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Sector Perform | Maintain | Mar 1, 2024 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Mar 14, 2023 |
| Wolfe Research | Peer Perform | Underperform | Upgrade | Nov 17, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Sell | Neutral | Downgrade | Aug 20, 2021 |
| SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Aug 9, 2019 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Apr 15, 2019 |
| Williams Capital | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Mar 7, 2017 |
| CRT Capital | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Jul 21, 2014 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $93.16. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $99.28 | +0.9% | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Richard Sunderland | $101 | $101.48 | +8.4% | Aug 17, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $97 | $106.12 | +4.1% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $104 | $105.29 | +11.6% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Julien Dumoulin-Smith | $129 | $108.61 | +38.5% | Jul 8, 2026 |
| Barclays | Nicholas Campanella | $108 | $107.01 | +15.9% | Jul 1, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $104.7 | +2.0% | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Richard Sunderland | $105 | $100.37 | +12.7% | May 29, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $92 | $101.8 | -1.2% | May 21, 2026 |
| Barclays | Nicholas Campanella | $102 | $101.83 | +9.5% | May 5, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $98 | $102.26 | +5.2% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $106 | $102.95 | +13.8% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Truist Financial | Richard Sunderland | $108 | $102.95 | +15.9% | Apr 20, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Analyst unavailable | $106 | $102.3 | +13.8% | Apr 14, 2026 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $107 | $99.7 | +14.9% | Feb 26, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $96 | $97.84 | +3.0% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| RBC Capital | Stephen D'Ambrisi | $103 | $91.65 | +10.6% | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $91 | $93.71 | -2.3% | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $92.3 | -3.4% | Jan 15, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $87.82 | +2.0% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $85 | $87.74 | -8.8% | Dec 16, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $91 | $89.44 | -2.3% | Nov 20, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Julien Dumoulin-Smith | $115 | $89.45 | +23.4% | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Shahriar Pourreza | $92 | $91.8 | -1.2% | Oct 27, 2025 |
| RBC Capital | Stephen D'Ambrisi | $99 | $91.8 | +6.3% | Oct 27, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $93 | $92.96 | -0.2% | Oct 22, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $99 | $93.15 | +6.3% | Oct 20, 2025 |
| KeyBanc | Sophie Karp | $97 | $93.45 | +4.1% | Oct 15, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $101 | $91.59 | +8.4% | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Barclays | Nicholas Campanella | $95 | $90.82 | +2.0% | Oct 7, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $87 | $86.21 | -6.6% | Sep 25, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $87.38 | -3.4% | Sep 9, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $89 | $91.16 | -4.5% | Aug 21, 2025 |
| Barclays | Nicholas Campanella | $91 | $86 | -2.3% | Nov 18, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Tony Crowdell | $98 | $88.23 | +5.2% | Oct 29, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $83 | $89.42 | -10.9% | Sep 25, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Tony Crowdell | $75 | $88.7 | -19.5% | Sep 19, 2024 |
| Wells Fargo | Sarah Akers | $80 | $78 | -14.1% | Jun 5, 2024 |
| UBS | Daniel Ford | $71 | $72.3 | -23.8% | Mar 11, 2024 |
| Guggenheim | Shahriar Pourreza | $78 | $69.4 | -16.3% | Jan 22, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Tony Crowdell | $85 | $77.68 | -8.8% | Aug 22, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $67 | $71.63 | -28.1% | Nov 11, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $76 | $72.7 | -18.4% | Sep 22, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $77 | $75.86 | -17.3% | Aug 9, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $71 | $72.19 | -23.8% | Jul 26, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $70 | $69.12 | -24.9% | Jul 21, 2022 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $68 | $69.84 | -27.0% | Jul 18, 2022 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $67 | $72.3 | -28.1% | Jun 30, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $73 | $75.94 | -21.6% | May 23, 2022 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $81 | $75.41 | -13.1% | Apr 27, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $75 | $76.4 | -19.5% | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Credit Suisse | Analyst unavailable | $73 | $76.78 | -21.6% | Apr 26, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $77 | $78.05 | -17.3% | Apr 20, 2022 |
| UBS | Ross Fowler | $72 | $66.99 | -22.7% | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Bank of America Securities | Julien Dumoulin Smith | $59 | $64.74 | -36.7% | Oct 28, 2021 |
| Guggenheim | Shahriar Pourreza | $58 | $66.5 | -37.7% | Oct 7, 2021 |
| Goldman Sachs | Insoo Kim | $73 | $78.1 | -21.6% | Aug 19, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationPinnacle West Capital Corporation (PNW), primarily operating through its Arizona Public Service Company (APS) subsidiary, delivers retail and wholesale electricity services predominantly within Arizona. The company manages the full scope of electricity provision, encompassing generation, transmission, and distribution, leveraging a diverse energy portfolio that includes coal, nuclear, natural gas, oil, and solar power facilities.…
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- Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-08-04T20:17:16.735615+00:00
- FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-09-09T01:23:14.388487+00:00
- Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-09-22T23:00:52.570188+00:00
- Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-09-22T23:00:52.567350+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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