Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook of Flowserve Q1 Earnings

Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research boosted their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Flowserve in a research note issued to investors on Monday, October 13th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.79 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.78. The consensus estimate for Flowserve’s current full-year earnings is $3.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Flowserve’s Q4 2026 earnings at $1.09 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.64 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.88 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.04 EPS.

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.78 by $0.13. Flowserve had a net margin of 6.28% and a return on equity of 18.25%. The firm had revenue of $1.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.22 billion.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of Flowserve in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Flowserve from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $63.00 to $66.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $54.00 to $60.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $64.00 to $66.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Flowserve has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $65.78.

Flowserve Stock Performance

FLS opened at $51.23 on Tuesday. Flowserve has a 12-month low of $37.34 and a 12-month high of $65.08. The company has a current ratio of 2.10, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.70 billion, a PE ratio of 23.18, a P/E/G ratio of 1.03 and a beta of 1.27. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $53.83 and a two-hundred day moving average of $50.61.

Flowserve Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 10th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 26th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 26th. Flowserve’s payout ratio is 38.01%.

Insider Transactions at Flowserve

In other Flowserve news, insider Kirk Wilson sold 10,000 shares of Flowserve stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $53.22, for a total transaction of $532,200.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 37,196 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,979,571.12. The trade was a 21.19% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. 0.72% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Flowserve

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FLS. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Flowserve by 10.9% during the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,583 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $176,000 after acquiring an additional 351 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in shares of Flowserve by 26.6% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,288 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $112,000 after acquiring an additional 481 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp boosted its position in shares of Flowserve by 7.5% during the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 8,112 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $396,000 after acquiring an additional 567 shares during the last quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management acquired a new position in shares of Flowserve during the 1st quarter valued at about $318,000. Finally, Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its position in shares of Flowserve by 55.0% during the 1st quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 46,579 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $2,275,000 after acquiring an additional 16,524 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.93% of the company’s stock.

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.