IDEX (NYSE:IEX) Issues Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Key Points

• IDEX has updated its Q3 2025 earnings guidance to an expected earnings per share of 1.900-1.950, below the consensus estimate of 2.163.
• Several analysts raised their price targets for IDEX, with Stifel Nicolaus setting a new target of $238.00 and Citigroup adjusting theirs to $216.00.
• IDEX recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.71 per share, equating to a 1.53% yield with a payout ratio of 45.01%.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX - Get Free Report) updated its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 1.900-1.950 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.163. The company issued revenue guidance of -. IDEX also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 7.850-7.950 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. Robert W. Baird set a $215.00 price objective on shares of IDEX in a report on Friday, May 2nd. Mizuho set a $185.00 price objective on shares of IDEX in a report on Friday, May 16th. Citigroup increased their price objective on shares of IDEX from $208.00 to $216.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 14th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on shares of IDEX from $207.00 to $200.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Oppenheimer dropped their price target on shares of IDEX from $224.00 to $212.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $209.63.

IDEX Trading Down 2.9%

Shares of IDEX stock traded down $4.73 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $158.78. The stock had a trading volume of 89,122 shares, compared to its average volume of 658,685. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $179.90 and a two-hundred day moving average of $185.58. IDEX has a 12-month low of $153.36 and a 12-month high of $238.22. The company has a quick ratio of 1.99, a current ratio of 3.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.46. The firm has a market cap of $11.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.73 and a beta of 1.04.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The industrial products company reported $2.07 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $865.40 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $858.59 million. IDEX had a net margin of 14.05% and a return on equity of 15.16%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.06 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that IDEX will post 8.26 earnings per share for the current year.

IDEX Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 25th. Investors of record on Friday, July 11th were given a dividend of $0.71 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, July 11th. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. IDEX's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 45.88%.

Insider Buying and Selling at IDEX

In related news, CFO Akhil Mahendra sold 250 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, June 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.89, for a total transaction of $45,222.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 5,035 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $910,781.15. This trade represents a 4.73% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.50% of the company's stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On IDEX

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in IDEX stock. Empowered Funds LLC raised its holdings in IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX - Free Report) by 3.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,646 shares of the industrial products company's stock after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC's holdings in IDEX were worth $298,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. 97.96% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.