IDEX Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:IEX)

IDEX trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "IEX."

IDEX declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, September 26th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 16th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Thursday, October 31st. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 15th. View IDEX's Dividend History.

IDEX Co. (NYSE:IEX) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.52 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.46 by $0.06. The industrial products company had revenue of $624.20 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $641.66 million. IDEX had a net margin of 17.05% and a return on equity of 21.28%. The business's revenue was up .2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.41 earnings per share. View IDEX's Earnings History.

IDEX is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for IDEX.

IDEX updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.80-5.82 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.82.

10 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for IDEX's stock. Their forecasts range from $146.00 to $190.00. On average, they anticipate IDEX's share price to reach $173.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for IDEX.

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for IDEX in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for IDEX.

Press coverage about IEX stock has trended very negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. IDEX earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for IDEX.

IDEX saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 1,420,000 shares, an increase of 16.4% from the August 30th total of 1,220,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 751,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View IDEX's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to IDEX include Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Ingersoll-Rand (IR), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Dover (DOV), Xylem (XYL), Nordson (NDSN), Snap-on (SNA), Graco (GGG), Pentair (PNR), Donaldson (DCI), Gardner Denver (GDI), Woodward, Inc.Common Stock (WWD), Middleby (MIDD) and Flowserve (FLS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other IDEX investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), NIC (EGOV), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Baidu (BIDU), AMETEK (AME) and Micron Technology (MU).

IDEX's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.94%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.76%), Gabelli Funds LLC (0.60%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.53%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (0.48%) and Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc. ID (0.39%). Company insiders that own IDEX stock include Andrew K Silvernail, Daniel J Salliotte, Denise R Cade, Eric D Ashleman, Ernest J Mrozek, Jeffrey D Bucklew, Michael J Yates, William K Grogan and William M Cook. View Institutional Ownership Trends for IDEX.

IEX stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Retirement Systems of Alabama, Rhumbline Advisers, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, Texas Permanent School Fund, Mason Street Advisors LLC, State of Tennessee Treasury Department, Comerica Bank and Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS. Company insiders that have sold IDEX company stock in the last year include Andrew K Silvernail, Daniel J Salliotte, Denise R Cade, Eric D Ashleman, Ernest J Mrozek, Jeffrey D Bucklew, Michael J Yates and William M Cook. View Insider Buying and Selling for IDEX.

IEX stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, First Trust Advisors LP, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, California Public Employees Retirement System, SG Americas Securities LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Mackay Shields LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for IDEX.

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

One share of IEX stock can currently be purchased for approximately $161.39.

IDEX has a market capitalization of $12.28 billion and generates $2.48 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $410.57 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.41 on an earnings per share basis. IDEX employs 7,352 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About IDEX.

The official website for IDEX is http://www.idexcorp.com/.

IDEX's mailing address is 1925 WEST FIELD COURT SUITE 200, LAKE FOREST IL, 60045. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 847-498-7070 or via email at [email protected]