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Live: Will Intuit’s Q4 Earnings Tonight Extend the Stock’s 25% Rebound?

By Thomas Richmond · Updated Aug 25, 4:51pm ET · Published Aug 25, 2:50pm ET

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Mailchimp Just Became Intuit's Problem Child

Intuit will begin reporting Mailchimp as a separate business segment in fiscal 2027, and its guidance reveals why.

Management expects Mailchimp revenue to decline 1% or remain flat this year, dramatically trailing the 9-10% growth projected for Intuit overall.

The contrast becomes even clearer after removing Mailchimp from Intuit’s results. Global Business Solutions grew 16% in fiscal 2026, but growth reached 18% without Mailchimp.

Online Ecosystem revenue climbed 19%, or 23% excluding the struggling email-marketing platform. Separating Mailchimp will give investors a cleaner look at Intuit’s strongest businesses, but it will also make the company’s weakest major asset impossible to hide.

Intuit’s Future Is Already Growing Nearly 3x Faster Than Companywide Revenue

Intuit’s biggest growth initiatives are quickly becoming too large for investors to dismiss. The company’s “Big Bets” grew 34% in fiscal 2026 and generated 30% of total revenue, helping Intuit surpass $20 billion in annual sales for the first time. By comparison, companywide revenue increased 14%.

The underlying businesses also showed strong momentum. QuickBooks Online Accounting revenue grew 23% for the year, TurboTax Live surged 37%, and Credit Karma climbed 20%.

Intuit’s fiscal 2027 outlook calls for another 9-10% of total growth, with Global Business Solutions projected to expand 13-14%. The bull case now depends on these faster-growing platforms becoming large enough to offset maturity in the traditional tax business.

Intuit Crashes 16% Despite Crushing Q4 Earnings Estimates

Intuit shares just plunged 16% after results dropped despite delivering a decisive beat on both the top and bottom lines.

Fiscal fourth-quarter adjusted earnings reached $4.03 per share, topping the $3.58 analyst estimate by 12.57%. Revenue climbed 13.65% year over year to $4.354 billion, also surpassing the $4.268 billion consensus estimate.

The sharp selloff suggests investors found something troubling beneath the headline results, likely in Intuit’s outlook or commentary surrounding future growth.

With the stock already down more than 40% this year before tonight’s report, investors clearly demanded more than another quarterly beat.

Analysts' Top 5 Questions for Intuit Ahead of Tonight's Q4 Earnings

Top 5 Analyst Questions:

  1. Is price-sensitive DIY TurboTax weakness stabilizing under the new value-based pricing approach?
  2. Did Q4 land within the $3.56 to $3.62 non-GAAP EPS guide?
  3. Any FY2027 revenue framework, given TTM revenue of $20.9 billion?
  4. Intuit Enterprise Suite pipeline after 37% QoQ contract growth?
  5. Pace of the $8 billion buyback?

Key Topics, Buzzwords, and Red Flags:

  • Key topics management must address: execution of the 17% workforce reduction, Mailchimp trajectory, AI consumption-based monetization, and Credit Karma cross-sell.
  • Buzzwords to listen for: “system of intelligence,” “done-for-you,” “velocity,” “AI-native ERP.”
  • Red flags: restructuring above $340 million, softer FY27 guide, Mailchimp declines deepening, or Credit Karma slowing off 15% growth.

Shares sit at $358.73, with Polymarket pricing a beat at 95.5%.

Intuit Faces a High-Stakes Q4 Earnings Report Tonight After Its 25% Rebound

Intuit reports fiscal fourth-quarter results after today’s closing bell, with investors looking beyond the company’s expected $300-$340 million in restructuring charges.

Shares have rebounded about 24.83% over the past month but remain down 43.62% year to date, leaving tonight’s report as a major test of whether the stock can continue its recovery.

The stock trades at 22x trailing earnings and just 13x forward earnings, while Polymarket traders assign a 95.5% probability of an earnings beat.

Investors will focus on TurboTax Live, Credit Karma monetization, and adoption of Intuit’s Enterprise Suite. A clean fiscal 2027 outlook and credible AI monetization roadmap could reframe the debate around the company’s durability.

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The story so far

Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU | INTU Price Prediction) is expected to report fiscal Q4 2026 results after the bell today at 4:00 PM ET. This is the fiscal year-end earnings report, and it lands after a brutal 20.02% Q3 selloff that reshaped the setup around tax pricing, AI monetization, and a sweeping workforce reset.

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Momentum Meets Execution Risk

Q3 delivered revenue of $8.558 billion, up 10.37%, and non-GAAP EPS of $12.80, the fourth consecutive beat. Credit Karma grew 15%, Global Business Solutions grew 15%, and QuickBooks Online Accounting rose 22%.

The reaction was ugly anyway. Management flagged a 17% workforce reduction, admitted “we lost on price” among sub-$50,000 DIY filers, and layered in a $300 million Q4 charge. Intuit still authorized an $8 billion buyback and raised the dividend 15% to $1.20 per share.

Consensus and Guidance Setup

Metric Q4 FY26 Guide YoY FY26 Guide FY25 Actual
Revenue $4.247B to $4.280B +11% to 12% $21.341B to $21.374B $18.831B
Non-GAAP EPS $3.56 to $3.62 +29% to 32% $23.80 to $23.85 $20.15
GAAP EPS $0.73 to $0.79 Restructuring-loaded $15.79 to $15.84 N/A

Growth is expected to slow sequentially as tax season lapses, and GAAP EPS is expected to absorb the restructuring. The non-GAAP EPS bar sits near the $3.58 consensus, leaving little room for lower margins.

What I’m Watching Tonight: AI Monetization and Margin Discipline

Tonight, I’ll be watching TurboTax Live first. Management guided full-year Live revenue growth of 36% to $2.8 billion, or 53% of TurboTax revenue. Any softness in ARPU or Live customer additions would sharpen the assisted-tax bear case.

Investors will also focus on Global Business Solutions. Intuit Enterprise Suite contracts grew 37% quarter over quarter, mid-market is growing north of 30%, and the direct sales team is scaling 30%. Sustained traction here validates the consumption-based pricing pivot.

I will also be tracking Credit Karma monetization, where personal loans, auto insurance, and home loans drove the segment. The consumer money portfolio is guided to 26% full-year growth.

Finally, analysts will be looking at management’s tone on restructuring. CFO commentary should quantify how much of the savings flow to margin versus reinvestment, and whether the Reno and Woodland Hills closures create near-term operational drag. Mailchimp deceleration and the sub-$50,000 DIY repricing round out the risk checklist.

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Earnings History

Quarter EPS Surprise Day-of Move 1-Day Move 1-Week Move
Q3 FY26 +1.84% -20.02% +4.19% +7.97%
Q2 FY26 +12.69% +3.7% +2.45% +17.64%
Q1 FY26 +7.99% +4.03% -1.5% -4.75%
Q4 FY25 +3.38% -5.03% -0.86% +0.65%
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On average, shares moved 5.55% seven days after earnings over the past year.

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Thomas Richmond

Thomas Richmond is a financial writer and content strategist with 5+ years of experience covering stocks and financial markets. He has published over 500 articles focused on individual stock analysis, helping investors better understand business fundamentals, stock valuations, and long-term opportunities.

Thomas previously served as a Content Lead at TIKR, a stock research platform, where he helped scale the company’s blog to hundreds of articles per month and contributed to a weekly newsletter reaching more than 100,000 investors.

Outside of work, Thomas enjoys weight lifting and soccer.

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