Intuit Inc. (INTU)

Intuit's stock is recovering from a steep decline, but it is still well below its 200-day average. The shares are up 12.45% over the past month and sit 50.10% below their 52-week high of $682.27, while the one-year return is down 47.89%. The stock trades at a 40.9% discount to the sector median P/E, which is the main reason CleaRank rates it Buy, even as the trend and the revenue growth gap to peers hold it back.

Intuit has beaten the EPS estimate in each of the last eight reports covered here. The August 25, 2026 report produced adjusted EPS of $4.03 against an estimate of $3.59, a beat of 12.26%, yet the stock fell 3.24% in the first session after it. Across those eight reports, four were followed by a lower share price the next session, so a beat has not reliably lifted the stock.

At a trailing P/E of 20.75, the stock trades at a discount to peers, against a sector median P/E of 35.1. The price-to-sales ratio of 4.25 is also 44.1% below the sector median of 7.6. Trailing GAAP earnings per share are $16.46, and the net profit margin is 21.29%, with return on equity of 23.60% against a sector median of 13.4%. Debt-to-equity of 0.44 leaves the balance sheet in comfortable shape. These figures explain why CleaRank scores valuation as the factor that lifts the score most.

That is 10.5 percentage points slower than the sector median of 24.2%. Analysts expect revenue to grow 9.2% this fiscal year to $23.4B. Slower growth is the main reason the stock trades at a discount, and it is the factor that pulls the CleaRank score down most.

Of 34 analysts with a current rating, 20 rate the stock buy or strong buy, 12 hold it and 2 sell it. Three months earlier, 25 of 35 ratings were buy. On September 18, 2026, Evercore ISI Group, Mizuho and others kept their ratings, and RBC Capital kept its Outperform rating on October 2, 2026. Insiders sold $567.6M of stock over the last 18 months across 35 sales, against one open-market purchase worth $542K. Insider sales are often planned in advance or made to cover tax on vesting shares, so they are a weaker signal than open-market purchases.

The base case is that Intuit keeps moving sideways to higher while it works back toward its 200-day average of $353.57. That requires the shares to hold above the 20-day EMA and the 50-day SMA, and revenue growth to hold near the 13.70% pace of the latest quarter. Analysts expect earnings per share to shrink 1.9% this fiscal year to $23.81 before growing 13.2% to $26.94 next year, so the next fiscal year is where the bull case is built. The median analyst target of $400.00 sits 17.5% above the price, while the lowest target of $290.00 is below it. A move above the 200-day average would strengthen the case for a trend change. A break below the 50-day SMA of $317.84 would weaken it and bring the 52-week low of $252.84 back into view.

Resistance: the 200-day SMA at $353.57 is the first level above the price and the one a rally would meet first. The 52-week high at $682.27 is much further up and would be the next test after that. Support: the 20-day EMA at $335.38 is the nearest level below the price, and a fall would meet it first. The 50-day SMA at $317.84 is the next level down. The 52-week low at $252.84 is the furthest support and marks the bottom of the stock's one-year range.