Q1 Earnings Estimate for Flowserve Issued By Zacks Research

Flowserve Co. (NYSE:FLS) – Analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Flowserve in a research report issued on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will earn $0.59 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.61. The consensus estimate for Flowserve’s current full-year earnings is $3.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Flowserve’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.95 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.68 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.10 EPS.

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The industrial products company reported $0.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.77 by ($0.07). The company had revenue of $1.18 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.21 billion. Flowserve had a net margin of 6.20% and a return on equity of 17.08%.

Several other brokerages have also recently issued reports on FLS. StockNews.com cut Flowserve from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on Flowserve from $69.00 to $71.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Flowserve from $73.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 13th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised Flowserve from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the company from $55.00 to $69.00 in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their target price on Flowserve from $69.00 to $68.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $68.60.

Flowserve Stock Down 2.2 %

Shares of NYSE FLS opened at $47.49 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $6.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.19, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. Flowserve has a 12-month low of $43.66 and a 12-month high of $65.08. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $56.26.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Flowserve

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Flowserve by 1.0% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,886,111 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $201,685,000 after purchasing an additional 37,132 shares during the last quarter. Vestcor Inc purchased a new position in shares of Flowserve during the third quarter worth about $714,000. Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings in shares of Flowserve by 14.0% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 244,139 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $12,619,000 after purchasing an additional 29,979 shares during the last quarter. Algert Global LLC grew its holdings in shares of Flowserve by 130.3% during the third quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 109,079 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,638,000 after purchasing an additional 61,710 shares during the last quarter. Finally, New York Life Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Flowserve during the fourth quarter worth about $800,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.93% of the company’s stock.

Flowserve Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. Flowserve’s payout ratio is 39.25%.

Flowserve Company Profile

Flowserve Corporation designs, manufactures, distributes, and services industrial flow management equipment in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Flowserve Pump Division (FPD) and Flow Control Division (FCD) segments. The FPD segment offers custom and pre-configured pumps and pump systems, mechanical seals, auxiliary systems, replacement parts, upgrades, and related aftermarket services; and equipment services, including installation and commissioning services, seal systems spare parts, repairs, advanced diagnostics, re-rate and upgrade solutions, retrofit programs, and machining and asset management solutions, as well as manufactures a gas-lubricated mechanical seal for use in high-speed compressors for gas pipelines and in the oil and gas production and process markets.