RBA NYSE Russell 1000 Earnings call
RB Global (RBA) · Q2 2026 results and valuation
Share price: $95.67 · 2026-11-11
Results Q2 2026 vs Q1 2026 · previous quarter · published 4 Aug 2026 and 4 May 2026
Net income up 5.9% on the previous quarter, guidance raised. Management sounded very upbeat, though noticeably less so answering analysts.
Only a basic analysis is available for this company at the moment.
1 · Numbers
+5.9%
Net income vs Q1 2026
Guidance raised
Net income 143.5M vs 135.5M
Revenue +6.7%
2 · How management spoke
Very upbeat
More upbeat than 90% of company calls
Answers to analysts: typical, but clearly less so than the script.
The step down under questioning is bigger than last call.
3 · What stood out
RB Global raised its 2026 outlook, now expecting gross transaction value to grow between 9% and 11% and adjusted EBITDA to grow approximately 8.6%.
Valuation
Is RB Global undervalued?
Reverse DCF. Free cash flow from the last full fiscal year (2025-12-31), grown for 10 years, discounted back, plus a terminal value. “Implied growth” is the rate the current price assumes.
At 20.0% growth a year (3-year revenue growth), the model's fair value is $178.49 a share — the stock trades 46% below it. Today's price assumes 12.3% growth a year.
Current price
$95.67
close of 2026-11-11
Market implies growth of iThe yearly free-cash-flow growth, for the next 10 years, that today’s share price already assumes. If you believe the company grows faster than this, the stock is cheap under this model; slower, and it is expensive.
+12.3% for 10 yrs
Fair value / share
$178.49
Buy below
$133.87
Price vs fair value
Undervalued 46%
Price vs buy-below price
Undervalued 29%
Management expects
EBITDA +9% · from the Q2 2026 report: “RBA raised its 2026 outlook, now expecting gross transaction value to grow between 9% and 11% and adjusted EBITDA to grow approximately 8.6%.”
A guidance figure for ebitda, usually one year ahead, not a 10-year free-cash-flow rate.
Read between the lines
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Guidance ↑
RBA raised its 2026 outlook, now expecting gross transaction value to grow between 9% and 11% and adjusted EBITDA to grow approximately 8.6%.
Source quote
“We are raising our 2026 outlook and now expect gross transaction value to grow in the range of 9% to 11%, with adjusted EBITDA growth of approximately 8.6%...”
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Figure
Total GTV increased by 11% to $4.7 billion in the second quarter.
Tone
How upbeat the language was, compared with other companiesiTone counts positive minus negative finance words, adjusted for length. Executives mostly speak positively, so the labels compare each call with every company's latest call: “typical” is the middle third, “very upbeat” the top tenth, “cautious” the bottom tenth.. Dot: Q2 2026. Ring: Q1 2026.
Management sounded noticeably less positive answering analysts than in its prepared script — a bigger drop than in 95% of calls. Scripts are polished in advance; a drop under questioning often marks the topics analysts pressed on, so the answers deserve a closer read than the script.
Sentences that drove the tone
“As we move through the second half of the year, we are focused on executing against a clear set of priorities, created more value for our partners, improving operating leverage...”
“Service level performance remained strong and improved in certain areas, underscoring our ability to support growth through operational excellence.”
“Successfully executing this expansion demonstrates both the strength and scalability of our operating platform.”
Full figures
USD · SEC EDGAR XBRL (10-Q, period end 2026-06-30)
| Metric | Q2 2026period end 2026-06-30 | Q1 2026period end 2026-03-31 | Change | Q2 2025 | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.32B | 1.23B | +6.7% | 1.19B | +11.1% |
| Operating income | 224.8M | 217.5M | +3.4% | 188.6M | +19.2% |
| Net income | 143.5M | 135.5M | +5.9% | 109.8M | +30.7% |
| EPS | 0.71 | 0.66 | +7.6% | 0.53 | +34.0% |
| P/E today 35.5 | 50.2 | 44.6 | +5.6 | 52.3 | −2.1 |
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