Zacks Research Issues Pessimistic Forecast for IDEX Earnings

IDEX Co. (NYSE:IEX) – Research analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of IDEX in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will earn $2.12 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.17. The consensus estimate for IDEX’s current full-year earnings is $8.26 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for IDEX’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.17 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.28 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.03 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.35 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.41 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.15 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on IEX. DA Davidson dropped their price objective on shares of IDEX from $225.00 to $215.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of IDEX from $269.00 to $267.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on shares of IDEX from $256.00 to $245.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of IDEX from $244.00 to $256.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, IDEX has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $241.71.

IDEX Stock Up 0.3 %

IEX stock opened at $194.31 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $207.62 and a 200 day moving average price of $211.49. IDEX has a 12 month low of $189.51 and a 12 month high of $246.36. The company has a market cap of $14.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a current ratio of 2.53 and a quick ratio of 1.85.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $2.04 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.01. IDEX had a net margin of 15.45% and a return on equity of 16.08%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On IDEX

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH acquired a new position in shares of IDEX during the 4th quarter worth $23,198,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of IDEX by 10.7% during the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 6,976 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,460,000 after purchasing an additional 677 shares during the period. Forum Financial Management LP purchased a new stake in shares of IDEX in the 4th quarter worth about $269,000. Orion Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of IDEX in the 4th quarter worth about $86,000. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its position in shares of IDEX by 15.8% in the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 747,554 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $156,456,000 after buying an additional 102,129 shares in the last quarter. 97.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About IDEX

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.