Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Goldman Sachs reported third-quarter earnings of $17.01 a share on Tuesday 13 October, against an LSEG consensus of $13.02, on net revenue of $18.68 billion. Equities revenue rose 72 per cent from a year earlier to $6.44 billion, while fixed income was flat. Earnings per share were still 19 per cent below the second quarter.
TSMC's monthly sales figures, released on 8 October, put third-quarter revenue at a record of about NT$1.49 trillion, up about 51 per cent and above the top of its own guidance. It reports full results on Thursday 15 October, and analysts expect net profit of about NT$746 billion, a net margin near 50 per cent against 55.6 per cent in the second quarter. Fourth-quarter guidance has not yet been issued.
Goldman Sachs reports third-quarter 2026 results on Tuesday 13 October at about 7:30 a.m. ET, with its call at 9:30 a.m. ET. IG puts the LSEG consensus at $13.02 a share on $16.71 billion of revenue, and the StarMine SmartEstimate at $12.80. Nothing has been reported yet, and estimates for individual business lines differ by provider.
JPMorgan Chase will report third-quarter results at about 7:00 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday 13 October, opening bank earnings season. Analysts expect revenue of about $51.2 billion and earnings of $5.93 a share, according to MarketBeat. The second quarter's $58.0 billion of revenue included a $4.6 billion Visa gain and $1.0 billion of other equity gains, and nothing has been reported yet.
Delta Air Lines now expects adjusted earnings of $5.10 to $5.60 a share this year, down from the $6.50 to $7.50 it affirmed in July. Its third-quarter fuel bill rose 62 per cent. Fares rose almost as fast, and that is why the quarter's operating profit barely moved.
The blended net profit margin for the S&P 500 reached 13.4 percent in the first quarter of 2026, the highest reading since FactSet began tracking the metric in 2009. Analysts project it will climb further through year end.
PepsiCo beat revenue forecasts on the strength of its international business but lowered its earnings outlook for 2026, said recovery in North America was taking longer than planned, and confirmed it will raise prices on some chips and sodas after cutting them earlier in the year.
One account of second-quarter results says conditions have begun to stabilise. Another, from a review of filings by 44 business development companies, says portfolios moved further below cost. Ares Capital's non-accruals rose 15 percent to $708m. The reports do not contradict each other; they describe different derivatives of the same line.
Four companies have committed something close to a trillion dollars to AI infrastructure. Cash left immediately; the expense does not. It arrives in slices over the useful life of the equipment, and the length of that life is an estimate the companies make themselves.