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

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), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), MRC Global (MRC), Xylem (XYL), and Ingersoll Rand (IR).

IDEX vs. Its Competitors

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

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

Nordson has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDEX has a beta of 1.04, suggesting that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Nordson$2.69B4.93$467.28M$7.9629.64
IDEX$3.27B3.88$505M$6.1927.18

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
Nordson16.34% 19.45% 9.55%
IDEX 14.05%15.16%8.60%

In the previous week, IDEX had 1 more articles in the media than Nordson. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for IDEX and 12 mentions for Nordson. IDEX's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat Nordson's score of 0.67 indicating that IDEX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Nordson
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IDEX
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Nordson presently has a consensus target price of $255.75, suggesting a potential upside of 8.39%. IDEX has a consensus target price of $199.57, suggesting a potential upside of 18.61%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IDEX is more favorable than Nordson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Nordson
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
IDEX
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Nordson pays out 41.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDEX pays out 45.9% 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. Nordson has raised its dividend for 62 consecutive years and IDEX has raised its dividend for 16 consecutive years.

Summary

Nordson and IDEX tied by winning 10 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$12.52B$13.48B$7.84B$21.90B
Dividend Yield1.71%24.33%4.58%3.59%
P/E Ratio27.1822.2825.0532.78
Price / Sales3.886.991,265.7260.02
Price / Cash16.2717.6827.8724.20
Price / Book3.364.514.914.65
Net Income$505M$498.10M$790.14M$1.01B
7 Day Performance1.04%3.03%0.75%1.48%
1 Month Performance5.40%5.71%1.81%0.43%
1 Year Performance-17.31%30.29%29.76%12.71%

IDEX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IEX
IDEX
4.8736 of 5 stars
$168.26
+1.1%
$199.57
+18.6%
-17.9%$12.52B$3.27B27.189,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
NDSN
Nordson
4.5066 of 5 stars
$235.66
+1.0%
$255.75
+8.5%
-5.6%$13.24B$2.69B29.618,000News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
ALLE
Allegion
4.7586 of 5 stars
$178.00
+0.3%
$174.25
-2.1%
+13.4%$15.28B$3.77B24.7214,400Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
AME
AMETEK
4.3776 of 5 stars
$187.40
+1.0%
$207.42
+10.7%
+13.5%$43.28B$6.94B30.1821,500Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DOV
Dover
4.9294 of 5 stars
$169.00
+1.5%
$212.25
+25.6%
-5.5%$23.18B$7.75B10.1924,000News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ENS
Enersys
3.8374 of 5 stars
$123.89
+2.3%
$118.33
-4.5%
+22.2%$4.64B$3.62B14.1410,858News Coverage
EPAC
Enerpac Tool Group
4.2029 of 5 stars
$41.88
-0.2%
$52.00
+24.2%
-2.5%$2.26B$616.90M24.492,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.2516 of 5 stars
$252.64
+1.4%
$262.83
+4.0%
+0.5%$73.65B$15.90B22.1444,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
MRC
MRC Global
2.5893 of 5 stars
$13.60
+2.2%
$16.00
+17.7%
+17.1%$1.16B$3.01B-56.652,600News Coverage
XYL
Xylem
4.647 of 5 stars
$146.76
+0.6%
$154.67
+5.4%
+12.2%$35.72B$8.56B38.1223,000Upcoming Earnings
IR
Ingersoll Rand
4.304 of 5 stars
$78.50
+1.7%
$98.09
+25.0%
-16.6%$31.20B$7.24B61.3321,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:IEX) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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