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Trane Technologies (TT) · Q2 2026 results and valuation
Share price: $424.84 · 2026-11-11
Results Q2 2026 vs Q1 2026 · previous quarter · published 30 Jul 2026 and 30 Apr 2026
Net income up 57.0% 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
+57.0%
Net income vs Q1 2026
Guidance raised
Net income 925.7M vs 589.5M
Revenue +27.9%
Against the same quarter last year (Q2 2025) it is +5.8% — part of the move on last quarter is seasonal.
2 · How management spoke
Very upbeat
More upbeat than 94% of company calls
Answers to analysts: typical, but clearly less so than the script.
Last call it was different: script and answers matched.
3 · What stood out
Trane Technologies' enterprise organic bookings rose 37% to drive a record backlog of $12.1 billion, up 70% year-over-year.
Valuation
Is Trane Technologies 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 10.1% growth a year (3-year revenue growth), the model's fair value is $287.34 a share — the stock trades 48% above it. Today's price assumes 15.1% growth a year.
Current price
$424.84
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.
+15.1% for 10 yrs
Fair value / share
$287.34
Buy below
$215.51
Price vs fair value
Overvalued 48%
Price vs buy-below price
Overvalued 97%
Management expects
Revenue +10% · from the Q2 2026 report: “The company updated its guidance for the third quarter, projecting organic revenue growth of approximately 10% and an adjusted EPS of approximately $4.70.”
A guidance figure for revenue, usually one year ahead, not a 10-year free-cash-flow rate.
Read between the lines
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Key theme
TT is focused on a balanced capital allocation strategy by deploying excess cash to maximize shareholder returns through reinvestment in its core business.
Source quote
“We remain committed to a balanced capital allocation strategy focused on deploying excess cash to maximize shareholder returns. Please turn to Slide #11. First, we strengthened our core business through relentless reinvestment.”
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Guidance
For the third quarter, Trane Technologies expects organic revenue growth of approximately 10% and with adjusted EPS of approximately $4.70.
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Guidance ↑
TT raised its full year outlook because of growth across most key verticals and strength in data centers.
Source quote
“We are certainly seeing strength in data centers, but also broad-based growth across the majority of our key verticals as a result, we are raising our full year...”
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Fading
The data center vertical was 1 of 14 verticals prior to the last few years of significant investment, though the service opportunity remains available.
Source quote
“We've been in the data center vertical for decades. I mean, again, with the end in mind, I mean, the service opportunity with the recent last few years' growth in data centers is still well in front of us. And so there's been a service component, but it's been 1 of 14 verticals prior to the last few years with the significant investments there, Amit.”
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 96% 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
“In commercial HVAC, momentum is robust, driven by exceptional bookings, a robust pipeline and historic backlog.”
“Margins in the Americas and Asia remain healthy and reflect increased investments in capacity, innovation and channel expansion to support robust demand.”
“But the growth that we're seeing right now is very broad-based, which plays to our strength with the strength of our leading portfolio.”
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 | 6.35B | 4.97B | +27.9% | 5.75B | +10.6% |
| Gross profit | 2.26B | 1.73B | +30.8% | 2.16B | +4.6% |
| Operating income | 1.22B | 776.1M | +57.8% | 1.16B | +5.2% |
| Net income | 925.7M | 589.5M | +57.0% | 874.8M | +5.8% |
| EPS | 4.16 | 2.62 | +58.8% | 3.89 | +6.9% |
| P/E today 35.6 | 37.2 | 32.2 | +5.0 | 34.7 | +2.5 |
Topics
Most discussed now
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Faded since Q1 2026
- Dropped Trane Technologies expects Q2 to be down roughly mid-teens based on the timing of large customer deliveries within the year.
- Fading Trane Technologies did a little bit better in the residential business.
- Dropped As far as inventory goes in, look, as Trane Technologies said on its fourth quarter call, it thought it was set...
- Dropped They have deep domain expertise in these verticals.
Latest announcements
Official filings, newest first.
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Director or officer change · SEC 8-K
- Director or officer change; Regulation FD disclosure · SEC 8-K
- Shareholder vote results · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Material agreement · SEC 8-K
- Results of operations · SEC 8-K
- Other events · SEC 8-K