Zacks Research Weighs in on IDEX’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:IEX)

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

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on the stock. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of IDEX from $269.00 to $267.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Royal Bank of Canada cut their target price on IDEX from $256.00 to $245.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 6th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on shares of IDEX from $245.00 to $241.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on shares of IDEX from $244.00 to $256.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 11th. Finally, DA Davidson decreased their target price on shares of IDEX from $225.00 to $215.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 19th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $241.71.

IDEX Price Performance

IEX opened at $195.79 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 2.53, a quick ratio of 1.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.49. IDEX has a 12-month low of $189.51 and a 12-month high of $246.36. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $208.31 and its 200-day simple moving average is $211.59. The company has a market capitalization of $14.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.44, a PEG ratio of 1.98 and a beta of 0.97.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On IDEX

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Banque de Luxembourg S.A. purchased a new position in shares of IDEX during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in IDEX by 73.8% during the third quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 139 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of IDEX in the third quarter valued at about $39,000. Quarry LP purchased a new stake in shares of IDEX during the fourth quarter worth about $49,000. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in shares of IDEX by 35.2% during the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 407 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $85,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 97.96% of the company’s stock.

About IDEX

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.