Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of IDEX Q2 Earnings

IDEX Co. (NYSE:IEX) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research cut their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for IDEX in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 25th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $2.12 per share for the quarter, down from their prior 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 released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $2.04 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.01. IDEX had a return on equity of 16.08% and a net margin of 15.45%.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the company. DA Davidson reduced their price target on IDEX from $225.00 to $215.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on shares of IDEX from $244.00 to $256.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 11th. Robert W. Baird reduced their price target on shares of IDEX from $245.00 to $241.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Citigroup lowered their target price on IDEX from $269.00 to $267.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, January 13th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada cut their price target on shares of IDEX from $256.00 to $245.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, February 6th. Three 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 presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $241.71.

IDEX Stock Down 1.1 %

Shares of IEX opened at $193.62 on Thursday. IDEX has a 52 week low of $189.51 and a 52 week high of $246.36. The firm has a market cap of $14.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.97. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $207.98 and its 200 day simple moving average is $211.47. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a current ratio of 2.53.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On IDEX

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of IDEX by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 6,976 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,460,000 after buying an additional 677 shares in the last quarter. Forum Financial Management LP bought a new stake in shares of IDEX during the 4th quarter worth $269,000. Orion Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in IDEX in the fourth quarter valued at about $86,000. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC grew its holdings in IDEX by 15.8% during the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 747,554 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $156,456,000 after purchasing an additional 102,129 shares during the period. Finally, Sovereign s Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in IDEX in the 4th quarter worth about $420,000. 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.