Zacks Research Forecasts Flowserve’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:FLS)

Flowserve Co. (NYSE:FLS) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Flowserve in a research report issued to clients and investors on Tuesday, May 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.77 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $0.81. The consensus estimate for Flowserve’s current full-year earnings is $3.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Flowserve’s FY2025 earnings at $3.15 EPS and Q1 2027 earnings at $0.84 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on FLS. Citigroup dropped their price target on Flowserve from $72.00 to $56.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Flowserve from $50.00 to $54.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Flowserve from $71.00 to $70.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Royal Bank of Canada increased their price target on Flowserve from $49.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised Flowserve from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 30th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Flowserve currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $63.00.

Flowserve Price Performance

Shares of Flowserve stock opened at $49.58 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $46.60 and a 200 day moving average of $54.61. Flowserve has a 12 month low of $37.34 and a 12 month high of $65.08. The firm has a market cap of $6.48 billion, a PE ratio of 23.17, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.21. 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 (NYSE:FLS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.13. Flowserve had a return on equity of 17.08% and a net margin of 6.20%. The company had revenue of $1.14 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.11 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.58 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Flowserve

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FLS. Acadian Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Flowserve by 266.9% during the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 192,970 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $9,421,000 after acquiring an additional 140,380 shares during the last quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Flowserve by 55.6% during the 1st quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 7,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $342,000 after acquiring an additional 2,500 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC lifted its stake in shares of Flowserve by 5.9% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 634,846 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $31,006,000 after acquiring an additional 35,363 shares during the last quarter. United Services Automobile Association bought a new stake in shares of Flowserve during the 1st quarter worth approximately $426,000. Finally, Great Lakes Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Flowserve during the 1st quarter worth approximately $3,336,000. 93.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Flowserve Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 27th will be paid a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 27th. Flowserve’s payout ratio is 39.25%.

About Flowserve

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.