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Digital Imaging drives most of Teledyne's quarterly sales growth
Digital Imaging supplied about 81% of Teledyne's third-quarter sales increase, with little contribution from incremental acquired sales. The company raised its full-year non-GAAP earnings-per-share outlook.
Teledyne's Digital Imaging sales rose 15% in the third quarter of 2026.2 Companywide sales increased 9.4%.1
Recent acquisition adds little to Teledyne's Digital Imaging sales growth
Digital Imaging net sales increase, Q3 2026 versus Q3 2025, USD millions
The acquisition contribution is included in the total sales increase.
Source: Teledyne Q3 2026 earnings release; TGOs calculation. As of Oct. 21, 2026.
The segment supplied about 81% of Teledyne's sales increase. A recent acquisition contributed $5.5 million of Digital Imaging's $117.6 million sales increase.2
Executive Chairman Robert Mehrabian said organic growth accelerated in the segment, led by infrared detectors and subsystems for space and unmanned applications.1 The segment's higher infrared sales were for both defense and commercial applications.2
Growth was slower in Aerospace and Defense Electronics, where sales rose 4.3%, compared with 8.2% year-over-year growth in the second quarter.2, 4 Defense electronics sales increased $16.5 million from a year earlier, partly offset by a $4.6 million decline in aerospace electronics.2
On Oct. 21, Teledyne raised its full-year 2026 non-GAAP earnings-per-share outlook. The company now expects $25.40 to $25.50 per share.1 That follows increases in April and July.3, 5
Digital Imaging's GAAP operating income rose 48.1%, primarily reflecting higher sales and favorable product mix, Teledyne said.2 Its non-GAAP operating margin reached 25.4%, compared with 21.7% a year earlier. The second-quarter margin was 25.0%.
Sources (5)
- Teledyne Technologies Reports Third Quarter Results, Oct. 21, 2026 www.teledyne.com
- Teledyne third-quarter 2026 earnings release (PDF) www.teledyne.com
- Teledyne Technologies Reports Second Quarter Results, July 22, 2026 www.teledyne.com
- Teledyne second-quarter 2026 earnings release (PDF) www.teledyne.com
- Teledyne Technologies Reports First Quarter Results, April 22, 2026 www.teledyne.com