Brokers Set Expectations for IDEX’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:IEX)

IDEX Co. (NYSE:IEX) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of IDEX in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $2.12 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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.

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

IEX has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of IDEX from $244.00 to $256.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, December 11th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on shares of IDEX from $245.00 to $241.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of IDEX from $269.00 to $267.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price objective on IDEX from $256.00 to $245.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Finally, DA Davidson reduced their target price on IDEX from $225.00 to $215.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $241.71.

IDEX Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of NYSE:IEX opened at $195.79 on Thursday. IDEX has a 52-week low of $189.51 and a 52-week high of $246.36. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. The business has a fifty day moving average of $208.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $211.59. The stock has a market cap of $14.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.44, a PEG ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.97.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On IDEX

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in IDEX by 108.4% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 2,830,929 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $607,234,000 after purchasing an additional 1,472,456 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in IDEX in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $217,658,000. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its position in IDEX by 9,424.6% in the 3rd quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 1,032,277 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $211,473,000 after buying an additional 1,021,439 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its stake in shares of IDEX by 8.2% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 3,666,777 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $767,421,000 after acquiring an additional 277,964 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Champlain Investment Partners LLC increased its position in shares of IDEX by 28.8% during the third quarter. Champlain Investment Partners LLC now owns 1,223,676 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $262,479,000 after acquiring an additional 273,460 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.96% of the company’s stock.

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.