Seaport Res Ptn Has Positive Estimate for IDEX Q4 Earnings

IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) – Stock analysts at Seaport Res Ptn boosted their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for IDEX in a research report issued on Monday, September 29th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $2.10 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.05. The consensus estimate for IDEX’s current full-year earnings is $8.26 per share. Seaport Res Ptn also issued estimates for IDEX’s Q2 2026 earnings at $2.22 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The industrial products company reported $2.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.00 by $0.07. IDEX had a net margin of 14.05% and a return on equity of 15.16%. The business had revenue of $865.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $858.59 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.06 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. IDEX has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 1.900-1.950 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 7.850-7.950 EPS.

IEX has been the subject of several other reports. Citigroup increased their target price on shares of IDEX from $208.00 to $216.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Stifel Nicolaus cut their target price on shares of IDEX from $238.00 to $204.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. DA Davidson set a $180.00 price target on shares of IDEX and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their price target on shares of IDEX from $207.00 to $200.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Oppenheimer reduced their price target on shares of IDEX from $224.00 to $212.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, IDEX presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $201.71.

IDEX Stock Up 0.8%

IEX stock opened at $164.06 on Wednesday. IDEX has a 12 month low of $153.36 and a 12 month high of $238.22. The firm has a market cap of $12.35 billion, a PE ratio of 26.50, a P/E/G ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.04. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $164.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $173.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a current ratio of 3.05 and a quick ratio of 2.13.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On IDEX

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its position in IDEX by 19.7% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 5,050,601 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $914,007,000 after acquiring an additional 831,005 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its holdings in IDEX by 0.5% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,099,752 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $544,223,000 after purchasing an additional 16,913 shares during the period. Impax Asset Management Group plc grew its holdings in IDEX by 11.5% during the first quarter. Impax Asset Management Group plc now owns 2,006,724 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $363,157,000 after purchasing an additional 207,172 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in IDEX by 1.5% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 2,000,861 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $349,869,000 after purchasing an additional 29,353 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of IDEX by 0.9% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,559,341 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $273,773,000 after buying an additional 13,878 shares during the period. 97.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

IDEX Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, October 24th. Investors of record on Friday, October 10th will be issued a dividend of $0.71 per share. This represents a $2.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, October 10th. IDEX’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 45.88%.

IDEX declared that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Thursday, September 18th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the industrial products company to buy up to 8.3% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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.