Why is CART up?
Up 9.2% on Oct 23, and still 9% over its Oct 22 close.
- The S&P 500 fell 0.5% that day;
Maplebear is being taken private
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Up 9.2% on Oct 23, and still 9% over its Oct 22 close.
| The company | Free cash flow up 260% |
| Latest filing | 8-K, Oct 29 |
TodayWith its group.
Thu Nov 5: Q3 2026 Earnings Conference CallDate confirmed.
After its last 4 reports it closed +2.5% on average, higher 2 of 4 times.
Excellentfor quality, not price, 6 of 14 chart checks firingWhat the Quality Score means
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Sales over four quarters against a year before: CART +13%, DASH +34%, RBA +9.7%.
Expected to report Thu Feb 11, before the open (in 101 days). Expected.
What an earnings report is: every 3 months, a company tells everyone how much it sold and earned. We read the figures, the outlook, and how the stock moved after.
Sales of $1.1B, 17% more than a year ago; a profit of $0.60 a share, from $0.51.
CART's results filing gives no sales by line in a table we read.
No outlook figures read from this release.
Sales grew 14% a year over 3 years, fiscal 2022 to 2025.
| Reported | Gap | Reaction | 5 sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | +0.1% | -2.2% | open |
| Aug 6, 2026 | +11.0% | +11.4% | +11.2% |
| May 6, 2026 | -1.9% | -8.2% | -10.7% |
Sales grew every year from 2021 to 2025, to $3.7B. It made a profit in three of the five years.
2 insiders sold $15.6M across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest:
3 trades disclosed in the last six months. The newest:
Officers and directors with a Form 4 in the last 12 months.
In ETFs: CART is under 0.1% of VTI, the most of the 24 funds Breakaway covers, by their holdings as filed for Jun 30, 2026.
Maplebear (Instacart) is a grocery-focused delivery marketplace that connects national and regional grocers with consumers and couriers, and consumers with their favorite stores. Its app provides on-demand convenience for consumers, lets couriers earn income, and helps grocers scale through digital channels. The marketplace gathers valuable consumer behavior data, attracting consumer-packaged-goods advertisers that seek to reach consumers at the point of purchase. With approximately 600,000 shoppers and 2,200 retail partners, Instacart delivers to about 98% of households in the United States and Canada.
“The markets in which we operate are highly competitive.”
CART scores 16 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent. It has 6 of 14 chart checks firing. Up 9.2% on Oct 23, and still 9% over its Oct 22 close. Breakaway does not say whether to buy any stock: the score does not know your situation, and it is not a recommendation to buy or sell anything. Please do your own research.
CART scores 16 today, which Breakaway calls Excellent (15 to 19). The score adds up the chart checks, the trend, the company's filed sales, its profits, the news, insider trades, and Congress trades. The section above lists the lines behind CART's 16.
2 insiders sold $15.6M across 3 filings in the last 6 months. No open-market buys on record. The newest is Mary Beth Laughton, Director, who sold $515K on Aug 27. Every filing, with the scored weight, for Pro members.
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