Zacks Research Has Bullish Estimate for IDEX FY2026 Earnings

IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) – Stock analysts at Zacks Research raised their FY2026 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of IDEX in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, August 25th. Zacks Research analyst Team now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $8.71 for the year, up from their prior forecast of $8.70. The consensus estimate for IDEX’s current full-year earnings is $8.82 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for IDEX’s Q4 2026 earnings at $2.20 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.12 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $2.42 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $9.26 EPS, Q1 2028 earnings at $2.38 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $10.54 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the company. DA Davidson raised their target price on IDEX from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price objective on shares of IDEX from $257.00 to $268.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Seaport Research Partners restated a “buy” rating and issued a $250.00 target price on shares of IDEX in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Weiss Ratings raised IDEX from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on IDEX from $261.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, IDEX currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $260.80.

IDEX Trading Down 1.5%

NYSE IEX opened at $230.16 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46, a quick ratio of 2.15 and a current ratio of 3.05. IDEX has a one year low of $158.19 and a one year high of $243.80. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $228.24 and a 200-day simple moving average of $213.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.97 billion, a PE ratio of 33.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.98.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The industrial products company reported $2.32 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.11 by $0.21. The firm had revenue of $920.60 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $905.38 million. IDEX had a net margin of 14.49% and a return on equity of 15.69%. The firm’s revenue was up 6.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.07 earnings per share. IDEX has set its FY 2026 guidance at 8.700-8.850 EPS and its Q3 2026 guidance at 2.200-2.250 EPS.

IDEX Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 24th. Investors of record on Monday, July 6th were issued a dividend of $0.73 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 6th. This represents a $2.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. IDEX’s payout ratio is presently 42.01%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other IDEX news, CAO Lisa M. Anderson sold 385 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $238.59, for a total value of $91,857.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 4,327 shares in the company, valued at $1,032,378.93. This represents a 8.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.50% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of IDEX

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of IEX. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new stake in IDEX during the second quarter valued at approximately $521,000. California State Teachers Retirement System increased its holdings in shares of IDEX by 17,765.1% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 23,276,446 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $5,282,589,000 after buying an additional 23,146,156 shares in the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of IDEX by 5.5% during the 2nd quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,545 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $578,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. Saudi Central Bank boosted its stake in shares of IDEX by 88.0% during the 2nd quarter. Saudi Central Bank now owns 5,194 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,179,000 after acquiring an additional 2,431 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raiffeisen Bank International AG grew its holdings in shares of IDEX by 9.5% in the 2nd quarter. Raiffeisen Bank International AG now owns 19,207 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $4,340,000 after acquiring an additional 1,663 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 97.96% of the company’s stock.

IDEX Company Profile

IDEX Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer specializing in the design, production and distribution of highly engineered fluidics systems, measurement technologies and safety solutions. The company’s core offerings include positive-displacement pumps, flow meters, valves, sampling systems and analytical instruments that serve a wide range of end markets such as water treatment, chemical processing, energy, food and beverage, and life sciences. Through its focus on precision engineering and proprietary material science, IDEX delivers products designed for reliability in demanding applications.

Operations at IDEX are organized into three principal segments.