Align Technology, Inc. (ALGN) earnings on July 29, 2026

After the market closes Q2 2026

More Align Technology, Inc. earnings

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate

The stock moved wildly, jumping more than 4% before plunging more than 12%, ending the day down nearly 4%. It was an extremely volatile session.

ALGN price around the earnings

173.41

Change: -3.7%

2026-07-30, 20:00 UTC

Start of the measured window End of the measured window
160.00 168.46 176.93 185.39 180.08
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July 29, 2026 July 30, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published
Results released

Negative 14d/30d trend strength; EU antitrust probe ongoing; strong analyst target $210; 75% earnings beat rate; IV elevated 1.8853.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Consistent deterioration and strong selloff into earnings, indicating increasing negative sentiment.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
1.88
Analysts covering the stock
14
Average price target
210.29
Lowest price target
175
Highest price target
240
Upside to price target
16.6%
Quarterly earnings growth
21%
Revenue growth
6.2%
Forward EPS
12.38
Trailing EPS
5.95
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
1
  • Strong buy: 3
  • Buy: 8
  • Hold: 4
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 1
Strong buy
3
Buy
8
Hold
4
Sell
0
Strong sell
1
  • July 9, 2026 · BMO Capital: Initiates coverage (Outperform)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Constructive
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (5)

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
175.59
Average true range (ATR)
3.4%
Distance to 52-week high
-12.4%
14-day change (14d)
-1.6%
30-day change (32d)
-1.6%
30-day relative strength
-3.1%
SPY change (32d)
+1.6%
Nearest support
174.18
Distance to nearest support
0.8%
Nearest resistance
176.63
Distance to nearest resistance
0.6%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
0.81
  • Major: 174.18 (0.8% away, 0.23 ATR, 30 touches)
  • Major: 172.67 (1.7% away, 0.49 ATR, 41 touches)
  • Mid: 170.62 (2.8% away, 0.83 ATR, 22 touches)
  • Major: 176.62 (0.6% away, 0.17 ATR, 40 touches)
  • Major: 178.7 (1.8% away, 0.52 ATR, 52 touches)
  • Major: 180.22 (2.6% away, 0.77 ATR, 31 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+7.2%
  • April 29, 2026: actual EPS 2.58 vs estimate 2.29 (surprise +12.8%)
  • February 4, 2026: actual EPS 3.29 vs estimate 2.97 (surprise +10.8%)
  • October 29, 2025: actual EPS 2.61 vs estimate 2.41 (surprise +8.4%)
  • July 30, 2025: actual EPS 2.49 vs estimate 2.57 (surprise -3.3%)

Expected move

Implied move
+9.9%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
7.6%
75th percentile move
13.9%
90th percentile move
25.3%
Up / down moves
11 / 9
Average up move
+7.8%
Average down move
-12.9%

Monitoring and close

What Align Technology, Inc. reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS2.64
EPS estimate2.6
EPS surprise+1.7%

Align Technology reported record Q2 revenue, beating estimates. Shares rise after earnings beat and wider margins.

Sources (21)

Pre-market second reading after the results

There is no second reading available for this event.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Accurate
Consolidated
-3.7%
Max favorable move (MFE)
12.3%
Max adverse move (MAE)
4.2%