Zacks Research Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for IDEX Co. (NYSE:IEX)

IDEX Co. (NYSE:IEX) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2026 earnings per share estimates for IDEX in a research report issued on Tuesday, August 27th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $2.25 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.29. The consensus estimate for IDEX’s current full-year earnings is $7.85 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for IDEX’s Q2 2026 earnings at $2.45 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.29 EPS.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 31st. The industrial products company reported $2.06 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.04 by $0.02. The company had revenue of $807.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $828.15 million. IDEX had a return on equity of 16.87% and a net margin of 18.19%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 4.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.18 earnings per share.

Several other research analysts have also recently weighed in on IEX. Argus cut IDEX from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 14th. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on IDEX from $265.00 to $236.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 18th. TD Cowen decreased their target price on IDEX from $240.00 to $230.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, August 7th. StockNews.com cut IDEX from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 11th. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their price target on IDEX from $256.00 to $241.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, IDEX has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $233.50.

IDEX Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of IEX stock opened at $206.48 on Thursday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $200.15 and a 200 day simple moving average of $217.05. IDEX has a fifty-two week low of $183.76 and a fifty-two week high of $246.36. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.17, a P/E/G ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a quick ratio of 2.45, a current ratio of 3.41 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36.

IDEX Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, July 12th were paid a $0.69 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, July 12th. This represents a $2.76 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.34%. IDEX’s payout ratio is 36.32%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Albert D Mason Inc. boosted its position in shares of IDEX by 1.0% during the first quarter. Albert D Mason Inc. now owns 4,509 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,100,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. UMB Bank n.a. raised its stake in IDEX by 31.0% in the second quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 241 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in IDEX by 19.9% in the second quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 344 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $72,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the period. Whittier Trust Co. raised its stake in IDEX by 38.4% in the second quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 209 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $42,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the period. Finally, Czech National Bank raised its stake in IDEX by 0.5% in the first quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 13,306 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $3,247,000 after buying an additional 61 shares during the period. 97.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

IDEX Company Profile

IDEX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides applied solutions worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies (FMT), Health & Science Technologies (HST), and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products (FSDP). The FMT segment designs, produces, and distributes positive displacement pumps, valves, small volume provers, flow meters, injectors, and other fluid-handling pump modules and systems, as well as flow monitoring and other services for the food, chemical, general industrial, water and wastewater, agricultural, and energy industries.