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IEX vs. NDSN, ALLE, AME, DOV, ENS, EPAC, ITT, ITW, MRC, and XYL

Should you be buying IDEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDEX include Nordson (NDSN), Allegion (ALLE), AMETEK (AME), Dover (DOV), Enersys (ENS), Enerpac Tool Group (EPAC), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), MRC Global (MRC), and Xylem (XYL).

IDEX vs. Its Competitors

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) and Nordson (NASDAQ:NDSN) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

IDEX has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Nordson has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

98.0% of IDEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Nordson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Nordson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IDEX pays out 45.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordson pays out 39.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. IDEX has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Nordson has raised its dividend for 62 consecutive years.

IDEX has higher revenue and earnings than Nordson. IDEX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nordson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IDEX$3.27B3.79$505M$6.1926.61
Nordson$2.69B4.68$467.28M$7.9628.15

In the previous week, Nordson had 4 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Nordson and 35 mentions for IDEX. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Nordson's score of 0.78 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IDEX
24 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Nordson
17 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

IDEX presently has a consensus price target of $201.71, indicating a potential upside of 22.47%. Nordson has a consensus price target of $255.75, indicating a potential upside of 14.13%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe IDEX is more favorable than Nordson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IDEX
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Nordson
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55

Nordson has a net margin of 16.34% compared to IDEX's net margin of 14.05%. Nordson's return on equity of 19.45% beat IDEX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IDEX14.05% 15.16% 8.60%
Nordson 16.34%19.45%9.55%

Summary

Nordson beats IDEX on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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IEX vs. The Competition

MetricIDEXMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.40B$13.24B$7.70B$21.27B
Dividend Yield1.71%23.67%4.55%3.52%
P/E Ratio26.6122.0326.1029.31
Price / Sales3.794.2698.1253.31
Price / Cash16.2417.0128.6223.64
Price / Book3.094.054.135.38
Net Income$505M$537.13M$796.90M$996.59M
7 Day Performance1.44%3.03%1.25%2.96%
1 Month Performance-10.76%2.31%0.52%2.79%
1 Year Performance-18.94%32.78%28.10%12.68%

IDEX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IEX
IDEX
4.9696 of 5 stars
$164.70
-0.8%
$201.71
+22.5%
-18.4%$12.40B$3.27B26.619,000Positive News
Analyst Revision
NDSN
Nordson
4.7787 of 5 stars
$225.79
-0.6%
$258.00
+14.3%
-11.8%$12.69B$2.69B28.378,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALLE
Allegion
4.9057 of 5 stars
$170.03
-1.3%
$166.75
-1.9%
+25.5%$14.60B$3.88B23.6214,400Positive News
AME
AMETEK
4.804 of 5 stars
$185.65
-0.7%
$208.00
+12.0%
+11.2%$42.88B$6.94B29.9021,500Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.9502 of 5 stars
$180.53
-1.4%
$213.92
+18.5%
+0.2%$24.76B$7.75B10.8924,000Positive News
ENS
Enersys
4.3219 of 5 stars
$101.42
-0.6%
$118.33
+16.7%
+3.5%$3.80B$3.62B11.5810,858Positive News
EPAC
Enerpac Tool Group
4.4438 of 5 stars
$43.50
-0.5%
$53.00
+21.8%
+5.3%$2.35B$589.51M26.692,000News Coverage
Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.3116 of 5 stars
$169.63
-0.7%
$179.22
+5.7%
+27.0%$13.23B$3.63B26.6711,700Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5396 of 5 stars
$266.90
-0.9%
$260.67
-2.3%
+7.1%$77.80B$15.90B23.3944,000Positive News
MRC
MRC Global
1.7466 of 5 stars
$14.79
-1.2%
$16.00
+8.2%
+16.8%$1.26B$3.01B-61.632,600News Coverage
Positive News
XYL
Xylem
4.2565 of 5 stars
$142.76
-0.7%
$151.57
+6.2%
+6.9%$34.75B$8.56B37.0823,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:IEX) was last updated on 8/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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