Intuit (INTU) Slid on Cautious FY2026 Guidance

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Soumya Eswaran

Fri, January 2, 2026 astatine 6:19 AM CST 3 min read

Sustainable Growth Advisers (SGA), an concern absorption company, released its third-quarter capitalist missive for its “U.S. Large Cap Growth Strategy.” A transcript of the missive tin beryllium downloaded here. The portfolio returned -1.3% (Gross) and -1.4% (Net) successful the 3rd quarter, compared to a 10.5% instrumentality for the Russell 1000 Growth Index and an 8.1% instrumentality for the S&P 500 Index. SGA’s concern nonsubjective is to put successful high-quality maturation businesses expected to execute accordant mid-teens net growth, accompanied by unchangeable gross and currency flow. However, successful Q3, the marketplace enactment was adverse for SGA’s concern benignant arsenic lower-quality stocks and cyclical industries outperformed. In addition, delight cheque the fund’s apical 5 holdings to cognize its champion picks successful 2025.

In its third-quarter 2025 capitalist letter, the SGA U.S. Large Cap Growth Strategy highlighted stocks specified arsenic Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU). Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) offers fiscal management, payments and capital, compliance products, and services. The one-month instrumentality for Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) was -0.10%, and its shares gained 6.36% implicit the past 52 weeks. On December 31, 2025, Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) banal closed astatine $662.42 per share, with a marketplace capitalization of $184.418 billion.

SGA U.S. Large Cap Growth Strategy stated the pursuing regarding Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) successful its 3rd 4th 2025 capitalist letter:

"Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU) was a detractor from show during the 4th arsenic cautious guidance for FY 2026 led to capitalist disappointment, contempt beardown fiscal-year (July) results. The institution finished the twelvemonth with coagulated 15% gross maturation and higher operating nett growth, but the 12-13% gross guidance (and higher operating nett growth) for adjacent twelvemonth was lighter than expected by investors, though successful enactment with our interior estimates arsenic good arsenic successful keeping with management’s accustomed conservatism. The timing of ample prepayments and restructuring outlays weighed connected operating currency flow, portion macroeconomic challenges successful the U.S. continued to substance uncertainty astir the sustainability of momentum successful the QuickBooks conception and the betterment successful Credit Karma. Despite these headwinds, absorption reiterated semipermanent maturation targets and highlighted resilience successful astir of the business, with MailChimp expected to instrumentality to double-digit maturation by fiscal year-end. Intuit remains a compelling semipermanent concern owed to its beardown brand, precocious idiosyncratic retention, and enactment successful halfway markets, with aboriginal investments successful information aggregation and GenAI expected to further fortify its competitory advantages. We maintained an above-average value position, trimming it connected spot aboriginal successful the 4th and aboriginal taking the accidental to adhd connected weakness."