Brokers Offer Predictions for IDEX’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:IEX)

IDEX Co. (NYSE:IEX) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn dropped their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for shares of IDEX in a note issued to investors on Monday, May 5th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.92 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.21. The consensus estimate for IDEX’s current full-year earnings is $8.26 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for IDEX’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.24 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.42 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.88 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.33 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.78 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently weighed in on IEX. DA Davidson reduced their target price on shares of IDEX from $225.00 to $215.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Robert W. Baird set a $215.00 price target on shares of IDEX in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Citigroup cut their price target on IDEX from $264.00 to $201.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 14th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on IDEX from $192.00 to $208.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted their target price on shares of IDEX from $206.00 to $208.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $211.25.

IDEX Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE IEX opened at $179.99 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.85, a current ratio of 2.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. IDEX has a 12 month low of $153.36 and a 12 month high of $238.22. The business’s 50 day moving average is $176.52 and its two-hundred day moving average is $201.59. The company has a market cap of $13.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.07, a P/E/G ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 1.07.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The industrial products company reported $1.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.64 by $0.11. The firm had revenue of $814.30 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $807.25 million. IDEX had a return on equity of 16.08% and a net margin of 15.45%. The company’s revenue was up 1.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.88 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. raised its position in IDEX by 5.9% in the 1st quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. now owns 2,389 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $432,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its stake in IDEX by 11.0% in the 1st quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 7,743 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,401,000 after acquiring an additional 767 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of IDEX by 1.9% during the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 20,068 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,632,000 after buying an additional 366 shares during the last quarter. Inspire Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of IDEX in the first quarter valued at approximately $749,000. Finally, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank increased its position in IDEX by 174.0% during the 1st quarter. Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank now owns 131,845 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $23,860,000 after buying an additional 83,718 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.96% of the company’s stock.

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.