Johnson Controls International plc (JCI) earnings on July 28, 2026
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Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed
The stock dropped 2% even though investors had positive expectations beforehand, falling as much as 5% during the day.
JCI price around the earnings
140.28
Change: -2.2%
2026-07-28, 20:00 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
136.77
139.51
142.26
145.00
143.39
July 28, 2026
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Missed
- Thesis published
Consistent earnings beats and positive analyst sentiment provide a fundamental tailwind, with trajectory improving to moderately optimistic.
Context analyzed before publication
- Trend
- Trajectory improved from negative to moderately positive, showing a consistent run-up into earnings.
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 2.1
- Analysts covering the stock
- 19
- Average price target
- 156.37
- Lowest price target
- 111
- Highest price target
- 186
- Upside to price target
- 9.1%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- 28.2%
- Revenue growth
- 8.2%
- Forward EPS
- 5.77
- Trailing EPS
- 3.27
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 3
- Strong buy: 1
- Buy: 10
- Hold: 8
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 2
- Strong buy
- 1
- Buy
- 10
- Hold
- 8
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 2
- June 9, 2026 · Morgan Stanley: Maintains rating (Overweight → Overweight)
- June 2, 2026 · RBC Capital: Reiterates rating (Sector Perform → Sector Perform)
- June 2, 2026 · UBS: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
There is no news coverage available for this event.
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 2.7%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -3.3%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -0.4%
- 30-day change (31d)
- +3.7%
- 30-day relative strength
- +2.4%
- SPY change (31d)
- +1.3%
- Nearest support
- 142.81
- Nearest resistance
- 143.83
- Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
- 0.63
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +5.1%
- May 6, 2026: actual EPS 1.19 vs estimate 1.12 (surprise +6.5%)
- February 4, 2026: actual EPS 0.89 vs estimate 0.84 (surprise +5.7%)
- November 5, 2025: actual EPS 1.26 vs estimate 1.2 (surprise +4.7%)
- July 29, 2025: actual EPS 1.05 vs estimate 1.01 (surprise +3.6%)
Expected move
- Implied move
- +2.3%
- Source
- Options chain
Reactions over its last 20 earnings
- Median move
- 5.2%
- 75th percentile move
- 7.7%
- 90th percentile move
- 8.9%
- Up / down moves
- 10 / 10
- Average up move
- +5.2%
- Average down move
- -4.8%
Monitoring and close
What Johnson Controls International plc reported
- Status
- Finished
Johnson Controls reports fiscal Q3 results on July 29. The scenario is optimistic, supported by HVAC demand and digital offerings.
Sources (3)
- Johnson Controls Earnings: What To Look For From JCI (opens in a new tab) — StockStory
- Johnson Controls introduces Absorption Chiller Reference Design Guide, unlocking up to 97MW of additional AI capacity from on-site power generation (opens in a new tab) — Yahoo
- Is Market Not Aligned With Johnson Controls' Management? (opens in a new tab) — Trefis
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- -2.2%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 4.7%