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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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

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

IDEX presently has a consensus target price of $214.38, suggesting a potential upside of 19.26%. Nordson has a consensus target price of $254.86, suggesting a potential upside of 19.65%. Given Nordson's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Nordson is more favorable than IDEX.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IDEX
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Nordson
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

IDEX pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Nordson pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. IDEX pays out 45.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Nordson pays out 40.1% 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. IDEX has increased its dividend for 16 consecutive years and Nordson has increased its dividend for 62 consecutive years.

98.0% of IDEX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.1% of Nordson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDEX shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Nordson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IDEX$3.27B4.15$505M$6.3128.49
Nordson$2.69B4.47$467.28M$7.7827.38

Nordson has a net margin of 16.51% compared to IDEX's net margin of 14.60%. Nordson's return on equity of 19.10% beat IDEX's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IDEX14.60% 15.51% 8.91%
Nordson 16.51%19.10%9.60%

In the previous week, IDEX and IDEX both had 13 articles in the media. Nordson's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat IDEX's score of 1.16 indicating that Nordson is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Nordson beats IDEX on 11 of the 19 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$13.56B$12.73B$7.53B$20.62B
Dividend Yield1.58%23.76%4.55%3.68%
P/E Ratio28.4930.7125.2027.27
Price / Sales4.154.94104.9067.02
Price / Cash17.5616.1427.4621.88
Price / Book3.593.824.384.60
Net Income$505M$521.16M$797.00M$995.22M
7 Day Performance-3.09%-0.37%-0.18%-1.55%
1 Month Performance2.23%8.74%5.39%4.38%
1 Year Performance-14.61%23.29%26.96%8.12%

IDEX Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IEX
IDEX
4.7045 of 5 stars
$179.75
+0.2%
$214.38
+19.3%
-14.7%$13.56B$3.27B28.499,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NDSN
Nordson
4.7214 of 5 stars
$218.43
-1.1%
$252.00
+15.4%
-12.5%$12.34B$2.69B28.088,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ALLE
Allegion
4.5174 of 5 stars
$148.54
-0.2%
$151.57
+2.0%
+14.1%$12.78B$3.77B20.8614,400Upcoming Earnings
AME
AMETEK
4.6525 of 5 stars
$178.20
-1.5%
$197.30
+10.7%
+0.6%$41.14B$6.94B29.1721,500Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
DOV
Dover
4.8147 of 5 stars
$188.76
-0.1%
$208.58
+10.5%
-2.0%$25.88B$7.73B11.3724,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
ENS
Enersys
4.833 of 5 stars
$87.45
-0.2%
$117.50
+34.4%
-20.8%$3.43B$3.62B9.7110,858News Coverage
Positive News
EPAC
Enerpac Tool Group
4.6433 of 5 stars
$37.41
-0.6%
$53.00
+41.7%
-10.7%$2.02B$589.51M22.952,000News Coverage
ITT
ITT
4.5117 of 5 stars
$158.11
+0.2%
$170.00
+7.5%
+10.4%$12.44B$3.63B25.1411,700Analyst Forecast
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.6071 of 5 stars
$257.72
-0.8%
$253.83
-1.5%
+1.3%$75.51B$15.90B22.6744,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MRC
MRC Global
3.2146 of 5 stars
$13.15
+2.8%
$15.67
+19.2%
-4.9%$1.13B$2.95B-119.502,600Positive News
High Trading Volume
XYL
Xylem
4.707 of 5 stars
$131.06
+0.1%
$146.29
+11.6%
-7.8%$31.89B$8.60B35.2323,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:IEX) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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