Textron (TXT) Earnings: Q3 Fiscal 2026 Results and Next Report Date

The quarter ended October 3, 2026 and Textron published the results on October 29, 2026. Revenue and diluted EPS are shown against Q3 fiscal 2025, the same quarter a year earlier, which takes seasonal swings out of the comparison. Textron reports EPS two ways: GAAP, under the accounting rules every US filer follows, and adjusted EPS, which leaves out items the company considers outside its operating results. The release reconciles the two, and when they diverge, the reconciliation says why.

• Textron's fiscal 2026 began January 4, 2026, and Q3 fiscal 2026 ended October 3, 2026. At the start of the year Textron folded its Textron eAviation segment into Textron Aviation, Textron Systems and corporate expenses, and recast the prior period to match.
• On April 30, 2026, Textron announced its intent to separate its Industrial segment (Kautex and Textron Specialized Vehicles), by a sale or a tax-free spin-off, and is targeting completion within 12 to 18 months of that announcement.
• History EPS is diluted EPS on net income. In Q3 fiscal 2025 that figure ($1.31) equalled EPS from continuing operations.

Source: Textron Q3 2026 results, October 29, 2026. Also in the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 3, 2026. Figures as reported; checked against the release on November 10, 2026.

How Textron splits revenue in its own release, under its own labels, for Q3 fiscal 2026 against Q3 fiscal 2025. Indented lines are parts of the line above them.

• Textron's Textron Aviation revenue was $1.7 billion in Q3 fiscal 2026, up 14% from $1.5 billion in Q3 fiscal 2025, 45% of total revenue.
• Textron's Bell revenue was $933 million in Q3 fiscal 2026, down 9% from $1.0 billion in Q3 fiscal 2025, 25% of total revenue.
• Textron's Textron Systems revenue was $360 million in Q3 fiscal 2026, up 16% from $310 million in Q3 fiscal 2025, 10% of total revenue.
• Textron's Industrial revenue was $765 million in Q3 fiscal 2026, up 1% from $761 million in Q3 fiscal 2025, 20% of total revenue.
• Textron's Finance revenue was $13.0 million in Q3 fiscal 2026, down 50% from $26.0 million in Q3 fiscal 2025, under 1% of total revenue.

Segment lines are the figures writers cite most often, because they show where the growth in a quarter came from. Companies redraw their segments from time to time and restate the prior year to match, so a year-ago figure here can differ from the one printed a year ago. When that has happened, the note above says so.

From the earnings release

In its Q3 fiscal 2026 release, Textron said:

“Textron raised its expectation for full-year 2026 GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations to be in the range of $5.64 to $5.74, up from our previous outlook of $5.39 to $5.59.”

“Textron also raised its expectation for full-year 2026 adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations, which is reconciled to GAAP in an attachment to this release, to be in the range of $6.55 to $6.65, up from our previous range of $6.40 to $6.60.”

“Textron also raised its expectation for manufacturing cash flow before pension contributions, a non-GAAP measure, to be in the range of $800 million to $900 million, up from $700 million to $800 million.”

“Our updated outlook reflects the U.S. Army's receipt of Congressional approval for the ATR request related to the MV-75 Cheyenne program and the associated contract modifications obligating such funding.”

Source: Textron Q3 2026 release, Oct 29, 2026.

This is the company's own guidance as of Oct 29, 2026, quoted as given. Walnut does not make forecasts of its own. Analyst estimates for the coming quarters are on the TXT forecast page.

Revenue and diluted EPS for the last 5 quarters. Each date links to that quarter's release.

GAAP revenue and GAAP diluted EPS, each as first reported in that quarter's release. Q4 fiscal 2025 ended January 3, 2026.

Textron's next report is expected around January 27, 2027, a date estimated from its reporting history that the company has not yet confirmed. This page will show Q3 fiscal 2026 until those results are out and have been checked against the release.

Each quarter keeps its own page with the figures as reported, so a link to one stays pointed at the same numbers after the next report.

• Q3 fiscal 2026 (this page), reported Oct 29, 2026

Textron reports five segments. In Q3 fiscal 2026 Textron Aviation (Cessna and Beechcraft aircraft plus aftermarket parts and services) brought in $1,680 million of the $3,751 million total, Bell $933 million, Industrial $765 million, Textron Systems $360 million and Finance $13 million. Total revenue was up 4%, or $149 million. (Textron Q3 2026 release, Oct 29, 2026; Textron Form 10-K, fiscal 2025, Feb 11, 2026)

Textron Aviation revenue rose 14% because of $152 million more aircraft revenue and $49 million more aftermarket revenue. Textron delivered 51 Citation jets, up from 42, and 32 commercial turboprops, down from 39. Aircraft revenue was $1,139 million and aftermarket parts and services $541 million. (Textron Q3 2026 release, Oct 29, 2026; Textron Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

Bell revenue fell 9%, or $93 million. Military revenue was down $59 million, largely on lower volume on the MV-75 program, and commercial helicopters, parts and services were down $34 million; Bell delivered 29 commercial helicopters against 30. Textron Systems revenue rose 16% on armored land vehicles and ATAC military training services. (Textron Q3 2026 release, Oct 29, 2026)

Textron's customer split is set out in the 10-Q. U.S. Government revenue was $1,012 million in the quarter, against $2,739 million from commercial customers, and Bell took $628 million of the government total. By geography, $2,632 million came from the United States, $385 million from Europe and $734 million from other international markets. (Textron Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

Total backlog was $19,048 million at October 3, 2026: Textron Aviation $7,995 million, Bell $7,562 million and Textron Systems $3,491 million. (Textron Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

Textron's GAAP diluted EPS was $1.56 in Q3 fiscal 2026 and its adjusted EPS $1.76. Adjusted EPS adds back the LIFO inventory provision ($0.21 a share) and intangible asset amortization ($0.04), less $0.05 of tax on those adjustments. A year earlier the figures were $1.31 and $1.55. (Textron Q3 2026 release, Oct 29, 2026)

A lower tax rate helped. The effective tax rate was 16.1%, against 25.6% a year earlier, which the 10-Q puts down to research and development credits and deductions for foreign-derived deduction eligible income, partly offset by tax on cash repatriated from non-U.S. jurisdictions. Income tax expense was $52 million on pre-tax income from continuing operations of $322 million. (Textron Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026; Textron Q3 2026 release, Oct 29, 2026)

Buybacks cut the share count. Diluted average shares were 172,532,000, against 179,150,000 a year earlier. Textron spent $239 million on repurchases in the quarter, and $616 million on 7.0 million shares in the first nine months of fiscal 2026. (Textron Q3 2026 release, Oct 29, 2026; Textron Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

Diluted EPS divides net income by the weighted average number of shares outstanding in the quarter, plus the shares that options and other equity awards could add. Buybacks shrink that count and lift EPS for the same profit; share issuance and stock awards enlarge it.

Textron raised its full-year 2026 outlook in the release: GAAP EPS from continuing operations of $5.64 to $5.74, up from $5.39 to $5.59, adjusted EPS of $6.55 to $6.65, up from $6.40 to $6.60, and manufacturing cash flow before pension contributions of $800 million to $900 million, up from $700 million to $800 million. It tied the change to Congressional approval of the Army's ATR funding request for the MV-75 Cheyenne program. (Textron Q3 2026 release, Oct 29, 2026)

The 10-Q flags a charge to come. When the largely fixed-price Low-Rate Initial Production option on the MV-75 is awarded, Bell expects an unfavorable cumulative catch-up adjustment. If that happens during 2027, Textron now expects it to be $110 million to $150 million, up from a previous range of $60 million to $110 million. (Textron Form 10-Q, Q3 2026, Oct 29, 2026)

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The figures below are the ones Textron's own release and filings put weight on for Q3 fiscal 2026, with the latest reported value for each.

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