IDEX (IEX) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

IDEX Corporation (NYSE: IEX) is a diversified industrial company that designs, manufactures and sells engineered products and technologies used to move, control and monitor fluids. Its products serve a range of industrial, commercial and specialty applications where precision, reliability and performance are important.

The company operates through three primary segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies, Health & Science Technologies, and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products. Its offerings include pumps, valves, flow meters, compressors, dispensing equipment, precision fluidics components and related systems. IDEX also supplies products used in medical and analytical equipment, pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications, industrial processing, agriculture, energy and water management.

Through well-known brands including Viking Pump, Warren Rupp, Gast, Liquid Controls, Micropump, Pulsafeeder, Trebor, Hale and Akron Brass, IDEX serves customers in North America and international markets. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $233.45 to $239.13
• 50-Day Range: $221.38 to $240.70
• 52-Week Range: $160.60 to $243.80
• Volume: 655,536 shs
• Average Volume: 698,235 shs
• Market Capitalization: $17.33 billion
• P/E Ratio: 33.83
• Dividend Yield: 1.24%
• Price Target: $260.73
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

IDEX Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

IDEX scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 191st out of 660 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: 3.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

IDEX has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 9 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

IDEX has a consensus price target of $260.73, representing about 10.9% upside from its current price of $235.10.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

IDEX has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.17%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for IDEX are expected to grow by 9.17% in the coming year, from $8.83 to $9.64 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of IDEX is 33.83, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.61.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of IDEX is 33.83, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 23.52.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

IDEX has a PEG Ratio of 2.68. 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 4.37. 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

3.43% 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 3.75, 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 20.30%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

IDEX pays a meaningful dividend of 1.24%, 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 42.01%. 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 30.29% next year. This indicates that IDEX will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.95

News Sentiment

IDEX has a news sentiment score of 0.95. 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 0.59 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for IDEX this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 7 people have searched for IEX on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -13% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 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 $91,857.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

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.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/24 Dividend: 7/06/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/24 Dividend: 7/06/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/24/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Record date for 10/16 Dividend: 10/02/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/16 Dividend: 10/02/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/16/2026
• Today: 10/17/2026
• Next Earnings (Confirmed): 10/28/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Machinery
• Sub-Industry: Industrial Machinery & Supplies & Components
• Current Symbol: NYSE:IEX
• CIK: 832101
• Web: www.idexcorp.com
• Phone: (847) 498-7070
• Fax: 847-498-3940
• Employees: 8,700
• Year Founded: 1988

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for IDEX: $260.73
• High Price Target: $285.00
• Low Price Target: $214.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +10.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $6.95
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 33.83
• Forward P/E Ratio: 26.63
• P/E Growth: 2.68
• Net Income: $483.20 million
• Net Margins: 14.49%
• Pretax Margin: 19.00%
• Return on Equity: 15.69%
• Return on Assets: 9.10%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.46
• Current Ratio: 3.05
• Quick Ratio: 2.15

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.46 billion
• Price / Sales: 5.01
• Cash Flow: $10.71 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 21.95
• Book Value: $53.79 per share
• Price / Book: 4.37

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 73,720,000
• Free Float: 73,351,000
• Market Cap: $17.33 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.97