Update: Comfort Systems USA Q3 Earnings, Revenue Rise; CFO to Retire; Shares Fall

05:29 PM EDT, 10/22/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates with CFO change, dividend increase and share move starting in fifth paragraph.) Comfort Systems USA (FIX) reported Q3 earnings late Thursday of $13.91 per diluted share, up from $8.25 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $12.85. Revenue in the three months ended Sept. 30 rose to $3.77 billion from $2.45 billion a year earlier. Analysts expected $3.40 billion. Separately, Comfort Systems said Chief Financial Officer Bill George will retire after the company files its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ending Dec. 31. He will be succeeded by Julie Shaeff, currently the chief accounting officer. Comfort Systems increased its quarterly dividend by $0.10 to $1 a share, payable Nov. 23 to stockholders of record Nov. 12. Comfort Systems shares fell 5.8% in after-hours trading.