Brokers Set Expectations for IDEX’s Q1 Earnings (NYSE:IEX)

IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) – Investment analysts at Seaport Res Ptn lowered their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of IDEX in a research note issued on Tuesday, November 4th. Seaport Res Ptn analyst W. Liptak now anticipates that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $1.83 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $1.89. 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 $2.16 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $8.25 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also weighed in on IEX. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their price objective on shares of IDEX from $204.00 to $191.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, October 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada decreased their price target on shares of IDEX from $200.00 to $195.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of IDEX from $208.00 to $216.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Oppenheimer set a $210.00 price target on shares of IDEX in a report on Tuesday, October 7th. Finally, DA Davidson set a $180.00 price target on shares of IDEX and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, August 4th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $198.86.

IDEX Price Performance

Shares of IEX stock opened at $168.18 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $12.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.61, a P/E/G ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47, a current ratio of 2.93 and a quick ratio of 2.13. IDEX has a 1-year low of $153.36 and a 1-year high of $238.22. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $164.50 and a two-hundred day moving average of $172.35.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, December 16th. The industrial products company reported $1.79 earnings per share for the quarter. The company had revenue of $712.00 million during the quarter. IDEX had a net margin of 13.97% and a return on equity of 15.20%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd acquired a new position in IDEX during the 1st quarter valued at about $909,000. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of IDEX in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $275,000. Swedbank AB lifted its stake in shares of IDEX by 16.2% in the 1st quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 55,396 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $10,025,000 after acquiring an additional 7,726 shares during the period. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale lifted its stake in shares of IDEX by 9.5% in the 2nd quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 112,957 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $19,916,000 after acquiring an additional 9,810 shares during the period. Finally, Legacy Wealth Management LLC MS lifted its stake in shares of IDEX by 1,017.7% in the 2nd quarter. Legacy Wealth Management LLC MS now owns 16,463 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,890,000 after acquiring an additional 14,990 shares during the period. 97.96% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

IDEX Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, October 10th were paid a dividend of $0.71 per share. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, October 10th. IDEX’s payout ratio is presently 44.94%.

IDEX announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Thursday, September 18th that authorizes the company to repurchase $1.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the industrial products company to repurchase up to 8.3% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are generally an indication that the company’s management believes its stock is 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.