# Q3 2026 CFO Survey

**Source:** Grant Thornton · **Published:** Sep 1, 2026 · **Format:** Survey data · **Category:** Market data
**Measures:** Outcome (claimed)

About 230 US CFOs. A useful counterweight to the no-ROI narrative elsewhere in this index: 80% expect profit growth, a survey-series record, and partly credit AI productivity for it. The survey does not isolate AI's share of that expectation from other factors.

**Useful for:** Pitching press, Grounding a deck

Source: https://www.grantthornton.com/insights/press-releases/2026/september/grant-thornton-survey-cfo-profit-optimism-reaches-record-high