MAXIMUS, Inc. MMS

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Third Avenue Management, an investment management company, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for the “Third Avenue Small-Cap Value Fund”. You can download the letter here. The Third Avenue Small-Cap Value Fund returned 12.85% in Q2 2026, outperforming the MSCI USA Small Cap Value Index (12.61%) but underperforming the Russell 2000 Value Index (17.19%). Year-to-date, […]

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Maximus has had a difficult start to the year, with the share price down 31.5% year to date. However, valuation checks suggest the stock may now be pricing in a lot of that weakness already. The 31.5% year to date decline raises the question of whether the current price reflects a reset in expectations or if sentiment has simply turned too pessimistic. Future contract wins and execution on existing government programs can support earnings visibility for Maximus. At the same time, any...

Moby summary of Maximus, Inc.'s Q3 2026 earnings call

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Maximus (MMS) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.