PCAR · Bayesian revenue outlook

Paccar Inc: possible revenue paths

Model computed 2026-11-04 · Data cutoff 2026-09-30

Latest verified revenue: $7.936B for the quarter ended 2026-09-30. Reported source.

Forecasts are conditional on the listed data cutoff. Sources were refreshed for this model run on 2026-11-04; the cutoff above identifies the latest verified revenue observation included in the fit. Some forecast quarters may already have ended by the computation date. Read each target date before treating an estimate as a future-quarter outlook.

PyMC seasonal AR(1) quarterly log-revenue growth with Student-t shocks; posterior predictive paths include parameter uncertainty and new shocks at every horizon.

A revenue-history baseline, conditional on its assumptions. These are posterior predictive intervals for actual revenue, not confidence bands for a fitted curve. Management guidance is not a probability bound. The model does not identify customer-specific pricing, demand shocks or causal expense effects.
Paccar Inc posterior predictive spaghetti plot showing simulated future revenue paths and prediction intervals

Each line is one possible future revenue path. The 80% and 95% intervals are pointwise model probabilities, not simultaneous coverage for the whole path. The median is not an expected dollar mean. 1 sampled paths extend beyond the displayed chart range; the plotted intervals use the full simulations. Open full-size chart.

USD · four quarters after the listed data cutoff, not necessarily after today
Quarter endingPredictive median80% predictive interval95% predictive interval
2026-12-31$8.496B$7.721B–$9.343B$7.212B–$10.033B
2027-03-31$8.462B$7.218B–$9.899B$6.483B–$11.114B
2027-06-30$8.875B$7.191B–$10.916B$6.269B–$12.700B
2027-09-30$8.723B$6.790B–$11.289B$5.800B–$13.334B

Future period-end dates are approximate: month-end issuers retain month-end dates; weekly issuers advance by 13 weeks. Future 53-week adjustments are not known.

Historical forecast checks

Each historical cutoff refits the model using only earlier observations. Across the available outcomes, the 80% intervals covered 15/16 and the 95% intervals covered 16/16. Small samples and overlapping outcomes do not establish nominal coverage; covering every outcome can indicate overly wide intervals.

HorizonCasesBayesian median MAPELast reported revenue MAPESame quarter last year MAPE80% covered95% covered
1 quarter45.28%5.94%14.73%4/44/4
2 quarters48.54%7.38%13.51%4/44/4
3 quarters412.50%10.67%9.48%4/44/4
4 quarters418.58%15.95%15.95%3/44/4

All point-forecast errors use the same historical cases. A simple baseline may have lower error than the Bayesian median; this rollout does not establish that the Bayesian model is superior for every company.

Up to four historical cutoffs spaced four quarters apart, with at least 16 training quarters; full four-quarter outcomes required. Fixed specification, no winner selection.

These are retrospective checks using latest-restated data, not forecasts archived before their outcomes. Results from DDOG or another company are not transferred to this company.

Sampling diagnostics and limitations

Maximum R-hat 1.003 · minimum bulk ESS 5861 · minimum tail ESS 3594 · divergent transitions 0. The required sampling checks passed. These diagnose computation, not predictive calibration.

Fixed priors

mu is long-run quarterly log growth; phi is growth persistence; sigma is the shock scale; season gives quarterly effects; shock_df controls tail thickness.

ParameterPrior / fixed assumption
muNormal(0,0.10)
phiNormal(0,0.5) truncated to [-0.98,0.98]
sigmaHalfNormal(0.10)
season4 Normal(0,0.15), centered to sum zero
shock_df5

Future regime changes and uncertainty over alternative model structures remain outside these intervals. The model should be scored on subsequent releases, and its forecast vintage preserved.

  • Revenue-history baseline; does not identify customer-level discounts, acquisitions or future structural breaks.
  • Intervals are pointwise, conditional on this model and priors, not guaranteed coverage or simultaneous path bounds.
  • Latest-restated historical data; retrospective tests are not archived real-time forecasts. Small test samples cannot validate nominal coverage.
  • Student-t log shocks can make dollar means undefined; point forecasts are medians.
  • Sources were freshly acquired for this run. Each issuer has its own latest reported period; preliminary ranges are not treated as exact actual revenue.

Management guidance versus reported revenue

Latest SEC earnings candidate sources were archived where available, but an exact numerical quarterly consolidated-revenue range and target were not fully verified. This is not evidence that the company never guides.

No verified numerical quarterly consolidated-revenue guidance is plotted for this research sample. This does not establish that the company never provides guidance; annual, segment-only and qualitative outlooks are separate.

Preserved Bayesian forecast vintage

Computed 2026-11-04 using revenue through 2026-06-30. These original numbers are retained unchanged to allow subsequent scoring; they were not refitted with the new results. Forecasts computed after a target quarter ended are retrospective estimates, not pre-release predictions.

Original predictive medians and intervals
Quarter endingOriginal medianOriginal 80% intervalOriginal 95% interval
2026-09-30$7.503B$6.807B–$8.252B$6.339B–$8.888B
2026-12-31$7.933B$6.768B–$9.301B$6.079B–$10.426B
2027-03-31$7.829B$6.375B–$9.688B$5.547B–$11.192B
2027-06-30$8.214B$6.409B–$10.594B$5.426B–$12.602B

Open preserved spaghetti chart

Earlier company analysis · preserved vintage 2026-10-14

The report below retains its original forecasts, validation and company-specific discussion. Those revenue estimates use a different model or information cutoff; they are separate from the Bayesian outlook above. Any EPS model below has not been recalculated using the new Bayesian revenue paths.

Paccar Inc PCAR

Revenue Intelligence Report • 69 quarters of SEC filing data • Updated 2026-10-14 • Data through 2026-06-30

Earlier summary (2026-10-14): Paccar Inc has SEC quarterly revenue data through 2026-06-30. Current, continuous revenue and comparable expense data are insufficient for a spending-based forecast.

Trailing 4 Quarters
$27.8B
-10.6% YoY
SEC Filings
69 quarters
Profile-only page: Current, continuous revenue and comparable expense data are insufficient for a spending-based forecast.

Quarterly Revenue History

Quarter EndingRevenue
2009-06-30 $1.8B
2009-09-30 $2.0B
2009-12-31 $2.2B
2010-03-31 $2.2B
2010-06-30 $2.5B
2010-09-30 $2.5B
2010-12-31 $3.1B
2011-03-31 $3.3B
2011-06-30 $4.0B
2011-09-30 $4.3B
2011-12-31 $4.9B
2012-03-31 $4.8B
2012-06-30 $4.5B
2012-09-30 $3.8B
2012-12-31 $4.0B
2013-03-31 $3.9B
2013-06-30 $4.3B
2013-09-30 $4.3B
2013-12-31 $4.6B
2014-03-31 $4.4B
2014-06-30 $4.6B
2014-09-30 $4.9B
2014-12-31 $5.1B
2015-03-31 $4.8B
2015-06-30 $5.1B
2015-09-30 $4.8B
2015-12-31 $4.4B
2016-03-31 $4.3B
2016-06-30 $4.4B
2016-09-30 $4.2B
2016-12-31 $4.1B
2017-03-31 $4.2B
2017-06-30 $4.7B
2017-09-30 $5.1B
2017-12-31 $5.5B
2018-03-31 $5.7B
2018-06-30 $5.8B
2018-09-30 $5.8B
2018-12-31 $6.3B
2019-03-31 $6.5B
2019-06-30 $6.6B
2019-09-30 $6.4B
2019-12-31 $6.1B
2020-03-31 $5.2B
2020-06-30 $3.1B
2020-09-30 $4.9B
2020-12-31 $5.6B
2021-03-31 $5.8B
2021-06-30 $5.8B
2021-09-30 $5.1B
2021-12-31 $6.7B
2022-03-31 $6.5B
2022-06-30 $7.2B
2022-09-30 $7.1B
2022-12-31 $8.1B
2023-03-31 $8.5B
2023-06-30 $8.9B
2023-09-30 $8.7B
2023-12-31 $9.1B
2024-03-31 $8.7B
2024-06-30 $8.8B
2024-09-30 $8.2B
2024-12-31 $7.9B
2025-03-31 $7.4B
2025-06-30 $7.5B
2025-09-30 $6.7B
2025-12-31 $6.8B
2026-03-31 $6.8B
2026-06-30 $7.5B

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