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Illumina (ILMN) Fiscal Q3 2026 Earnings: Guidance Raised

fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 27, 2026): revenue, EPS and full-year guidance from the SEC filing

Published Nov 5, 2026

TL;DR

  • Illumina raised its full-year guidance; revenue +4.2% vs a year earlier.

Illumina's results for fiscal Q3 2026 (ended Sep 27, 2026) come from the company's own earnings release, filed with the SEC on 2026-10-29. Everything below is taken from that filing; quotes are copied exactly. Company outlooks are the company's own.

At a glance

ItemValue
Revenue (GAAP)$1,129 million (+4.2% vs a year earlier)
Diluted EPS (GAAP)$1.43
Adjusted per-share figure (company's non-GAAP measure; FFO/AFFO for REITs)$1.44
Full-year guidanceRaised

Guidance

Illumina raised 2026 revenue guidance to $4.64–$4.66 billion and non-GAAP EPS to $5.40–$5.45, excluding tariff refunds; organic growth outlook unchanged.

Why this label: 'now expects' revenue $4.64-4.66B vs prior $4.60-4.64B and non-GAAP EPS $5.40-5.45 vs prior $5.30-5.40; organic growth unchanged.

MetricPeriodNewPrior (as stated in the release)
total revenue (excluding tariff refunds)FY2026$4.64–$4.66 billion$4.60–$4.64 billion
organic revenue growthFY2026 4% (ROW organic >5%) 4% (ROW organic >5%)
non-GAAP operating marginFY202623.6%23.4%–23.6%
non-GAAP diluted EPSFY2026$5.40–$5.45$5.30–$5.40

From the release

Revenue: "Total revenue · 1,129 · 1,084"

Earnings per share: "Diluted EPS · $ · 1.43 · $ · 0.98 · $ · 1.62 · $ · 1.34 · $ · 1.44"

total revenue (excluding tariff refunds): "Total revenue of $4.64-$4.66 billion versus prior guidance of $4.60-$4.64 billion."

organic revenue growth: "Organic revenue growth greater than 4% and ROW organic revenue growth greater than 5%, both unchanged versus prior guidance."

non-GAAP operating margin: "Non-GAAP operating margin of 23.6% versus prior guidance of 23.4%-23.6%."

Quotes are copied from the filing; in table rows, cell borders are shown as “·”.

Key fact: Raised 2026 revenue guidance to $4.64–$4.66 billion and non-GAAP EPS to $5.40–$5.45.

Source

Illumina earnings release (SEC filing), accession 0001110803-26-000202, filed 2026-10-29.

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