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NYSE:IEX

IDEX (IEX) Competitors

$206.86
-0.58 (-0.28%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
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Today's Range
$204.91
$208.05
50-Day Range
$199.11
$229.23
52-Week Range
$172.18
$246.23
Volume
251,804 shs
Average Volume
489,223 shs
Market Capitalization
$15.63 billion
P/E Ratio
26.80
Dividend Yield
1.24%
Price Target
$236.17

IEX vs. GGG, XYL, FLS, HUBB, TS, AMCR, BALL, AXON, ZBRA, and RS

Should you be buying IDEX stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDEX include Graco (GGG), Xylem (XYL), Flowserve (FLS), Hubbell (HUBB), Tenaris (TS), Amcor (AMCR), Ball (BALL), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA), and Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

IDEX vs.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) and Graco (NYSE:GGG) are both large-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.

IDEX has a beta of 1, meaning that its share price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Graco has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500.

IDEX received 72 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.40% of users gave Graco an outperform vote while only 58.77% of users gave IDEX an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IDEXOutperform Votes
449
58.77%
Underperform Votes
315
41.23%
GracoOutperform Votes
377
61.40%
Underperform Votes
237
38.60%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IDEX$3.18 billion4.91$586.90 million$7.7226.80
Graco$2.14 billion6.48$460.64 million$2.8429.07

IDEX presently has a consensus target price of $236.17, indicating a potential upside of 14.17%. Graco has a consensus target price of $82.33, indicating a potential downside of 0.26%. Given IDEX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IDEX is more favorable than Graco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IDEX
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Graco
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Graco has a net margin of 22.44% compared to IDEX's net margin of 17.91%. Graco's return on equity of 26.12% beat IDEX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IDEX 17.91% 21.14% 11.95%
Graco 22.44% 26.12% 19.65%

In the previous week, Graco had 12 more articles in the media than IDEX. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Graco and 5 mentions for IDEX. Graco's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat IDEX's score of 0.69 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IDEX
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Graco
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

96.6% of IDEX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.9% of Graco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Graco shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Graco pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. IDEX pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Graco pays out 33.1% 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.

Summary

IDEX and Graco tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IEX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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

MetricIDEXPumps & pumping equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.63B$8.85B$7.61B$14.99B
Dividend Yield1.23%1.62%1.87%3.85%
P/E Ratio26.8037.5118.4119.54
Price / Sales4.912.886.919.24
Price / Cash21.1618.1563.6724.62
Price / Book5.133.803.727.33
Net Income$586.90M$281.83M$378.75M$900.99M
7 Day Performance-1.07%2.29%1.64%1.75%
1 Month Performance-0.40%5.26%4.22%3.87%
1 Year Performance11.65%13.66%5.82%-2.53%

IDEX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GGG
Graco
2.2459 of 5 stars
$76.83
-0.4%
$79.25
+3.1%
+31.6%$12.93B$2.14B27.054,000Analyst Revision
XYL
Xylem
2.0005 of 5 stars
$98.66
+0.3%
$114.80
+16.4%
+32.6%$17.82B$5.52B48.1317,800
FLS
Flowserve
2.4518 of 5 stars
$33.99
+0.1%
$36.78
+8.2%
+15.6%$4.46B$3.62B19.4216,000Analyst Revision
HUBB
Hubbell
2.2165 of 5 stars
$288.93
-0.7%
$237.33
-17.9%
+54.4%$15.48B$4.95B27.6016,300
TS
Tenaris
2.2446 of 5 stars
$25.61
-0.5%
$44.50
+73.8%
-14.3%$15.11B$11.76B4.7525,292
AMCR
Amcor
2.0353 of 5 stars
$9.74
-0.5%
$10.80
+10.9%
-24.0%$14.33B$14.93B14.7644,000Positive News
BALL
Ball
1.8239 of 5 stars
$52.01
-3.3%
$56.67
+9.0%
-25.3%$16.36B$15.35B36.6321,000
AXON
Axon Enterprise
2.3123 of 5 stars
$193.16
-0.9%
$232.64
+20.4%
+92.8%$14.27B$1.19B102.203,734
ZBRA
Zebra Technologies
2.426 of 5 stars
$267.78
+1.2%
$348.14
+30.0%
-13.0%$13.77B$5.78B23.0810,500Positive News
RS
Reliance Steel & Aluminum
1.9264 of 5 stars
$231.94
-3.2%
$270.00
+16.4%
+31.1%$13.64B$17.03B8.3114,500Positive News

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This page (NYSE:IEX) was last updated on 6/10/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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