Earnings Reaction · Fiscal Q2 2027October 27, 2026 · reported after the close · videoconference 1:30 PM PT

LogitechLOGI · NASDAQ

A beat on every line — sales, gross margin, operating income well above the outlook — followed by a holiday-quarter guide that is down year over year because a supplier's fab is still ramping. The market sold the guide, not the quarter: −7% after hours.

Last

$104.30

−6.7% after hours (close $111.82) · 52-wk $83.32–$129.66

Fair value (prob.-wtd)

$108

+4% vs AH · base $108

FQ2 actual

$1,219M / $1.51

Street $1,212M / $1.33 · non-GAAP op inc $231M vs $185–210M guide

FQ3 guide

$1,360–1,430M

−4% to +1% USD, −5% to 0% cc · incl. $70–80M supplier hit

FQ3 op income guide

$220–255M

Street had FQ3 EPS $1.56; holiday Q op income down y/y

Gross margin

45.2% non-GAAP

+140 bp y/y · opex 26.3% of sales (24.4%)

Valuation

18.0× / 17.2×

FY27E $5.80 · FY28E $6.06 · $1.51B cash, no debt

Capital return

$406M

annual dividend $235M + buyback $171M · 8.1% short

Earnings reaction — beat the quarter, lost the holiday guide, −7% after hours. Fiscal Q2 sales $1,219M (+3% USD, +2% cc) vs. $1,212M; non-GAAP gross margin 45.2% (+140 bp); non-GAAP operating income $231M, flat y/y but well above the $185–210M outlook; non-GAAP EPS $1.51 vs. $1.33 (+4% y/y). Gaming +8%, Video Collaboration +12%, Keyboards and Pointing +4% each; Webcams −9%, Tablet Accessories −32%. Cash $1.51B, no debt, $406M returned (the annual dividend plus $171M of buybacks). Eleventh consecutive quarter of growth. The guide is the problem. One semiconductor supplier's facility closed at the end of June after an incident; it reopened in September but is below required capacity and is not expected at full output until calendar year-end. FQ3 (the holiday quarter) is guided to $1,360–1,430M, −5% to 0% y/y in constant currency, including a $70–80M supplier hit, with non-GAAP operating income of $220–255M — the Street was at ~$1.30B of revenue (so the revenue range is above consensus) but had EPS at $1.56, and last year's holiday quarter earned materially more operating income than the top of this range. Opex is also running hotter: 26.3% of sales vs. 24.4%, with marketing +10% for 19 new holiday products. Why −7%: a holiday quarter guided down y/y on operating income is a cut regardless of the cause, the supplier issue has now cost two quarters of guidance, and the beat was partly inventory-timing (inventory +$67M q/q, receivables +$245M since March). Non-GAAP EPS of $1.51 included roughly $0.08 of interest and other income on a stock that trades on operating income. 8.1% short at 48% implied vol had room to press it.

What the quarter said

Line	FQ2 27	FQ2 26	Y/Y	Read
Net sales ($M)	1,219	1,186	+3%	+2% cc; Street $1,212M
Gaming ($M)	349	323	+8%	Largest category, still growing
Video Collaboration ($M)	188	168	+12%	The B2B leg
Tablet Accessories ($M)	58	85	−32%	Education cycle lapped
Non-GAAP gross margin	45.2%	43.8%	+140 bp	Mix + cost; tariff refunds not called out this Q
Non-GAAP opex (% sales)	26.3%	24.4%	+190 bp	Marketing +10%, R&D +9%
Non-GAAP op income ($M)	231	230	+0.4%	Guide was $185–210M
Non-GAAP EPS	$1.51	$1.45	+4%	Share count −3% y/y
Op cash flow ($M)	164	229	−28%	Inventory +$65M, receivables +$86M

The quality of the beat is mixed. Gross margin did the work (+140 bp), but operating income was flat because opex grew 10% on 3% sales growth, and cash flow fell 28% on working capital. Logitech is spending into the holiday — 19 launches — while a supplier caps what it can ship. That is the right call if the products land in Q4; it is a margin problem if the supplier takes longer.

The one metric that matters

Holiday-quarter operating income against last year's. The $220–255M FQ3 guide is below the year-ago holiday quarter; the company says the $70–80M revenue hit is "largely resolved by Q4." The number that decides whether this is a one-quarter supply story or a demand story is FQ4 sales growth ex the supplier effect — if sell-through is intact and the fab is back, FQ4 catches up and FY27 is roughly whole; if Tablet (−32%) and Webcams (−9%) are the leading edge of a consumer slowdown, the supplier is cover.

Where it touches the threads

Memory as a cost input. Logitech is downstream of the DRAM/NAND price spike; gross margin +140 bp with no memory-cost caveat says the exposure is small so far — watch for it in the FQ3 margin.
Consumer at a 5% 10-year. Gaming +8% and Video Collaboration +12% say the core buyer is fine; Tablet −32% and Webcams −9% are the post-pandemic categories still normalizing.
Tariffs: the Q1 release carried $61M of tariff refunds; none called out this quarter, so the 45.2% is cleaner than it looks on the comparison.

Valuation and scenarios

At $104.30 after hours the stock is ~$14.5B of market cap (139M shares) with $1.51B of cash and no debt; 18.0× FY27E ($5.80, fiscal year ends March 2027) and 17.2× FY28E ($6.06). Logitech has traded 15–22× through its post-pandemic range. Fair values are independent house estimates on FY28 earnings and a multiple that depends on whether the holiday quarter is supply- or demand-constrained.

Bull25% probability

$130+25%

Supplier at full output by December; FQ4 sales +5% as the deferred ships
Gaming and VC compound; GM holds 45%
FY28 EPS ~$6.5 × 20×

Base50% probability

$108+4%

FQ3 at the guide midpoint; FQ4 recovers most of the $70–80M
FY27 EPS ~$5.7, FY28 ~$6.0
18× — the stock marks time

Bear25% probability

$85-19%

Supplier slips into calendar Q1; holiday share lost to competitors
Tablet/Webcam softness spreads; opex stays at 26%
FY28 EPS ~$5.3 × 16× — toward the 52-wk low

Probability-weighted fair value

$108

vs. after-hours $104.30

+4%

Skew

+$26 / −$19

Fairly priced after the drop. The after-hours move already discounts a holiday quarter that is down; the bear case needs the supplier to slip again.

What to watch

FQ4 outlook commentary on the 1:30 PM PT videoconference — is the $70–80M deferred or lost
Supplier ramp milestones through December
Sell-through vs. sell-in for the 19 holiday launches
Opex — does 26% of sales come back down in FQ4
Memory cost language in the FQ3 margin guide
Buyback pace with $1.51B cash and the stock −7%

The desk read: the quarter was better than the stock; the guide was worse than the Street; the supplier is the swing factor and it is out of management's hands. Levels: $100 and $92 below; $112 (close) and $118 above.

Sources

Logitech fiscal Q2 2027 results, 8-K Exhibit 99.1 — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032975/000103297526000059/exhibit991q2fy27.htm
Filing index — https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1032975/000103297526000059/
Pre-print consensus: Briefing/Schwab workbook. Prices and after-hours quotes: Schwab market data, Oct 27, 2026 ~4:15 PM CT.

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