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title: "Constellation Energy raises 2026 guidance again after a $5.06 beat; its 2028 case rests on unsigned deals"
description: "Adjusted operating earnings of $5.06 a share, up from $3.04, and a second guidance raise this year reward CEG holders now. The catch for anyone paying for 2028 and beyond is timing: the contracted megawatts mostly arrive from 2029, and the company's own math prices the rest on deals not yet signed."
publisher: "The Inference"
section: "Power"
published: 2026-11-09T16:17:29.307Z
modified: 2026-11-09T16:17:29.307Z
canonical: https://theinference.org/article/constellation-energy-raises-2026-guidance-again-after-a-5-06-beat-its-2028-case-rests-on-unsigned-deals
language: en
keywords: "Constellation Energy, Nuclear, Earnings, Guidance, Data Centers, Power"
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# Constellation Energy raises 2026 guidance again after a $5.06 beat; its 2028 case rests on unsigned deals

> Adjusted operating earnings of $5.06 a share, up from $3.04, and a second guidance raise this year reward CEG holders now. The catch for anyone paying for 2028 and beyond is timing: the contracted megawatts mostly arrive from 2029, and the company's own math prices the rest on deals not yet signed.

[Constellation](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/constellation-energy) answered this morning's test with cash and contracts: a large earnings beat, a second guidance raise this year, and agreements the company says add more than 1,000 megawatts of new generation [1]. The raise is earned. What it does not settle is the question [our Sunday test](https://theinference.org/article/constellation-energy-reports-monday-consensus-2028-eps-of-16-80-needs-7-to-18-gigawatts-only-1-1-signed) posed, because the megawatts behind the priced-in future mostly arrive after 2028. [1]

## A beat, a second raise, and new business on top

[Third-quarter adjusted operating earnings were $5.06 a share](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868275/000186827526000116/0001868275-26-000116-index.htm), up from $3.04 a year ago, against [consensus near $3.88](https://247wallst.com/cards/constellation-energy-q3-2026-earnings-ceg-01m702rh8x40z04vrnc1npn79v). [1][2] Full-year guidance rises and narrows to $12.50 to $12.80. [1]

The items new since our Sunday piece: a [$715 million agreement to buy the 609-megawatt Rhode Island State Energy Center](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/constellation-acquire-rhode-island-state-energy-center-risec-shell-2026-09-10), a gas plant, from Shell; the first Peak+ contract, a 20-year deal bundling 270 megawatts of energy, capacity and nuclear attributes from 2028; and a [conditional Department of Energy loan commitment of up to $5 billion](https://www.powermag.com/doe-offers-constellation-up-to-5b-loan-for-1-1-gw-of-nuclear-uprates-at-eight-plants/) for uprates, money that stays conditional until technical, legal and financial conditions clear. [1][6][7]

## The megawatts are real, and they arrive late

The mechanism matters more than the headline: [20-year hyperscaler contracts](https://theinference.org/article/constellation-s-nuclear-contracts-run-20-years-its-cash-problem-is-due-now) turn reactor headroom into financeable uprates, new turbines and steam-cycle work at plants that already hold licenses.

[Amazon's 690-megawatt agreement](https://pulse2.com/constellation-and-amazon-sign-20-year-nuclear-power-agreement-supporting-3-billion-in-maryland-investment/) funds more than $3 billion at Maryland's Calvert Cliffs nuclear plant; Google's funds $4.3 billion across 11 units [1][3][4]. Together they back almost 1.1 gigawatts of expansion, the equivalent, says chief executive Joe Dominguez, of a new large-scale nuclear plant built at no cost to existing customers. [1][3][4] The schedule is the catch: only 110 megawatts of the 1,165-megawatt uprate program land by 2028. [5]

*Chart: **Only 110 MW of Constellation's 1,165 MW uprate program lands by 2028** Bar chart of Constellation's contracted nuclear uprate megawatts by delivery window: 110 MW in 2027-28, 605 MW in 2029-30 and 450 MW in 2031-32.*

*Megawatts of contracted nuclear uprates by targeted delivery window, from Constellation's Q3 2026 earnings presentation; dates subject to PJM deliverability requirements. [5]*

## What is signed, and what the stock still owes

Management frames the remaining gap itself. Long-term agreements will sit behind 45 percent of the clean baseload fleet by 2032, leaving most of it open. [5] The 2029 base projection of $11.40 to $11.90 a share excludes deals not yet signed, and each further gigawatt of nuclear contract is worth up to about a dollar of annual earnings. [5]

*Chart: **The 2029 base projection sits below the 2026 range the company just raised** Range chart comparing Constellation's full-year 2026 adjusted operating earnings guidance of $12.50 to $12.80 per share with its 2029 base projection of $11.40 to $11.90 per share.*

*Adjusted operating earnings per share. Both bands are company projections, not reported results: full-year 2026 guidance was raised and narrowed to $12.50 to $12.80 with third-quarter results, while the 2029 base projection of $11.40 to $11.90 excludes deals not yet signed. Sources: Constellation Q3 2026 earnings press release and earnings presentation. [1][5]*

Demand is not the constraint: PJM, the mid-Atlantic grid operator, is short about 6.8 gigawatts. [3] [Morgan Stanley](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/morgan-stanley) called [last week's selloff](https://theinference.org/article/constellation-fell-8-on-the-election-but-a-5-billion-doe-loan-and-hyperscaler-contracts-back-its-megawatts) an overreaction and [kept a $391 target](https://blockonomi.com/constellation-energy-ceg-stock-rises-as-q3-profit-jumps-66-and-guidance-climbs/); the argument inside the stock is about timing, not demand. [8]

The raise pays for what is signed. The growth still priced in pays for what is not. Closing that distance is the work of Constellation's commercial teams, converting reactor capacity into two-decade contracts at a pace of 8,500 megawatts signed this year, and that pace, not this quarter, decides whether the 2028 case is real. [5]

## Takeaway

Constellation's beat and second raise rest on signed 20-year deals, but only 110 of 1,165 contracted uprate megawatts land by 2028, and the 2029 base projection excludes everything not yet signed.

## Sources

1. [SEC EDGAR, Constellation Energy 8-K and Q3 2026 earnings press release, 9 November 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868275/000186827526000116/0001868275-26-000116-index.htm)
2. [24/7 Wall St., Constellation Energy Q3 2026 Earnings Beat: What Drove the 30% Upside, 9 November 2026](https://247wallst.com/cards/constellation-energy-q3-2026-earnings-ceg-01m702rh8x40z04vrnc1npn79v)
3. [Utility Dive, Constellation, Google strike 890-MW nuclear deal in PJM, 6 October 2026](https://www.utilitydive.com/news/constellation-google-deal-will-bring-890-mw-of-new-nuclear-to-pjm/832223/)
4. [Pulse 2.0, Constellation And Amazon Sign 20-Year Nuclear Power Agreement Supporting $3 Billion In Maryland Investment, 2 October 2026](https://pulse2.com/constellation-and-amazon-sign-20-year-nuclear-power-agreement-supporting-3-billion-in-maryland-investment/)
5. [SEC EDGAR, Constellation Energy Q3 2026 earnings conference call presentation (EX-99.2), 9 November 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1868275/000186827526000116/ceg-20261109992.htm)
6. [POWER Magazine, DOE Offers Constellation Up to $5B Loan for 1.1 GW of Nuclear Uprates at Eight Plants, 27 October 2026](https://www.powermag.com/doe-offers-constellation-up-to-5b-loan-for-1-1-gw-of-nuclear-uprates-at-eight-plants/)
7. [Constellation press release via Nasdaq, Constellation to Acquire Rhode Island State Energy Center (RISEC) from Shell, 10 September 2026](https://www.nasdaq.com/press-release/constellation-acquire-rhode-island-state-energy-center-risec-shell-2026-09-10)
8. [Blockonomi, Constellation Energy (CEG) Stock Rises as Q3 Profit Jumps 66% and Guidance Climbs, 9 November 2026](https://blockonomi.com/constellation-energy-ceg-stock-rises-as-q3-profit-jumps-66-and-guidance-climbs/)


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