What is Zacks Research's Forecast for Flowserve Q2 Earnings?

Flowserve Co. (NYSE:FLS - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Flowserve in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, April 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.81 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.80. The consensus estimate for Flowserve's current full-year earnings is $3.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Flowserve's Q4 2025 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.05 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.83 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.85 EPS.

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 29th. The industrial products company reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $1.14 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.11 billion. Flowserve had a return on equity of 17.08% and a net margin of 6.20%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.58 EPS.

FLS has been the topic of a number of other research reports. Stifel Nicolaus cut their price target on Flowserve from $77.00 to $50.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price objective on Flowserve from $69.00 to $68.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. StockNews.com downgraded Flowserve from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Robert W. Baird raised Flowserve from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $71.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, March 17th. Finally, Citigroup dropped their price objective on Flowserve from $72.00 to $56.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Flowserve has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $64.30.

Flowserve Trading Down 1.1 %

Shares of FLS stock traded down $0.50 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $44.38. The company had a trading volume of 2,031,176 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,282,576. The company has a 50 day moving average of $47.32 and a 200 day moving average of $55.21. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 1.39. The firm has a market cap of $5.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.74, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.22. Flowserve has a 1-year low of $37.34 and a 1-year high of $65.08.

Flowserve Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 28th were issued a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 28th. Flowserve's payout ratio is presently 39.25%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Flowserve

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Headlands Technologies LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Flowserve by 4,790.0% in the 4th quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 489 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 479 shares during the last quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in Flowserve during the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Park Square Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Flowserve during the 4th quarter valued at $33,000. Colonial Trust Co SC lifted its holdings in Flowserve by 415.7% during the 4th quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC now owns 593 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 478 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. lifted its holdings in Flowserve by 64.2% during the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 711 shares of the industrial products company's stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 278 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 93.93% of the company's stock.

About Flowserve

Flowserve Corporation designs, manufactures, distributes, and services industrial flow management equipment in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Flowserve Pump Division (FPD) and Flow Control Division (FCD) segments. The FPD segment offers custom and pre-configured pumps and pump systems, mechanical seals, auxiliary systems, replacement parts, upgrades, and related aftermarket services; and equipment services, including installation and commissioning services, seal systems spare parts, repairs, advanced diagnostics, re-rate and upgrade solutions, retrofit programs, and machining and asset management solutions, as well as manufactures a gas-lubricated mechanical seal for use in high-speed compressors for gas pipelines and in the oil and gas production and process markets.