IDEX (IEX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The HST segment designs, produces, and distributes precision fluidics positive displacement pumps, powder and liquid processing technologies, drying systems, micro-precision components, pneumatic components and sealing solutions, high performance molded and extruded sealing components, custom mechanical and shaft seals, engineered hygienic mixers and valves, biocompatible medical devices and implantables, air compressors and blowers, optical components and coatings, laboratory and commercial equipment, and precision photonic solutions. This segment serves food and beverage, life sciences, analytical instruments, pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, industrial, semiconductor, automotive/transportation, medical/dental, energy, cosmetics, marine, chemical, wastewater and water treatment, research and aerospace/defense markets. The FSDP segment designs, produces, and distributes firefighting pumps, valves and controls, rescue tools, lifting bags, and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry; engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices for various industrial and commercial applications; and precision equipment for dispensing, metering, and mixing colorants and paints used in retail and commercial businesses. IDEX Corporation was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $158.88 to $163.64
• 50-Day Range: $157.59 to $185.51
• 52-Week Range: $153.36 to $238.22
• Volume: 657,262 shs
• Average Volume: 836,528 shs
• Market Capitalization: $12.37 billion
• P/E Ratio: 26.55
• Dividend Yield: 1.73%
• Price Target: $201.71
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

IDEX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IDEX scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 5th out of 181 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

IDEX has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.71, and is based on 5 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IDEX has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 10.77%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for IDEX are expected to grow by 10.77% in the coming year, from $8.26 to $9.15 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of IDEX is 26.38, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 28.47.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of IDEX is 26.38, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 24.93.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

IDEX has a PEG Ratio of 1.66. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

IDEX has a P/B Ratio of 3.07. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.45% of the float of IDEX has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

IDEX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in IDEX has recently increased by 6.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

IDEX pays a meaningful dividend of 1.80%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

IDEX has been increasing its dividend for 16 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of IDEX is 45.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, IDEX will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.04% next year. This indicates that IDEX will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Environmental Score: -1.80

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.45% of the float of IDEX has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

IDEX has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.9, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in IDEX has recently increased by 6.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.18

News Sentiment

IDEX has a news sentiment score of 1.18. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 24 news articles for IDEX this week, compared to 15 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

7 people have searched for IEX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 600% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added IDEX to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, IDEX insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $45,222.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 0.50% of the stock of IDEX is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

97.96% of the stock of IDEX is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

IEX Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have IEX shares performed this year?

IDEX's stock was trading at $209.29 at the start of the year. Since then, IEX shares have decreased by 22.0% and is now trading at $163.3040.

How were IDEX's earnings last quarter?

IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 30th. The industrial products company reported $2.07 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.00 by $0.07. The business's quarterly revenue was up 7.2% compared to the same quarter last year.
Read the conference call transcript.

Does IDEX have any subsidiaries?

IDEX subsidiaries include these companies: Airtech Group, Abel Pumps, Flow Management Devices, Velcora, thinXXS Microtechnology, SFC KOENIG, AWG, and more.

Who are IDEX's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of IDEX include Vanguard Group Inc. (12.21%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.66%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (2.61%) and Champlain Investment Partners LLC (1.34%). Insiders that own company stock include Eric D Ashleman, William K Grogan, Livingston Satterthwaite and Akhil Mahendra.
View institutional ownership trends.

How do I buy shares of IDEX?

Shares of IEX stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of IDEX own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that IDEX investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Home Depot (HD), Chevron (CVX), Intel (INTC), Alphabet (GOOG) and CocaCola (KO).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 5/30 Dividend: 5/19/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 5/30 Dividend: 5/19/2025
• Dividend Payable: 5/30/2025
• Record date for 7/25 Dividend: 7/11/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 7/25 Dividend: 7/11/2025
• Dividend Payable: 7/25/2025
• Last Earnings: 7/30/2025
• Today: 8/13/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: MACH - GENL INDL
• Sub-Industry: Industrial Machinery
• Current Symbol: NYSE:IEX
• CIK: 832101
• Web: www.idexcorp.com
• Phone: (847) 498-7070
• Fax: 847-498-3940
• Employees: 9,000
• Year Founded: 1987

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for IDEX: $201.71
• High Price Target: $216.00
• Low Price Target: $180.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +23.5%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.71
• Research Coverage: 7 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.19
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 26.38
• Forward P/E Ratio: 19.77
• P/E Growth: 1.66
• Net Income: $505 million
• Net Margins: 14.05%
• Pretax Margin: 17.96%
• Return on Equity: 15.16%
• Return on Assets: 8.60%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.46
• Current Ratio: 3.05
• Quick Ratio: 2.13

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.27 billion
• Price / Sales: 3.76
• Cash Flow: $10.60 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 15.41
• Book Value: $53.27 per share
• Price / Book: 3.07

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 75,290,000
• Free Float: 74,911,000
• Market Cap: $12.30 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.04