IDEX Corporation $IEX is Regents Gate Capital LLP’s 4th Largest Position

Regents Gate Capital LLP increased its position in shares of IDEX Corporation (NYSE:IEX) by 4.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 72,303 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,193 shares during the period. IDEX comprises 4.2% of Regents Gate Capital LLP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Regents Gate Capital LLP owned approximately 0.10% of IDEX worth $11,768,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in IDEX by 235.5% during the 2nd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,899 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $333,000 after purchasing an additional 1,333 shares in the last quarter. Nuance Investments LLC raised its position in IDEX by 102.3% in the 3rd quarter. Nuance Investments LLC now owns 162,594 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $26,464,000 after purchasing an additional 82,223 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its stake in shares of IDEX by 193.6% in the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 2,364,312 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $382,049,000 after buying an additional 1,559,124 shares during the period. Robeco Schweiz AG grew its position in shares of IDEX by 14.2% during the third quarter. Robeco Schweiz AG now owns 271,089 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $44,122,000 after buying an additional 33,752 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in shares of IDEX by 70.1% during the second quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 15,636 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,745,000 after buying an additional 6,443 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.96% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have weighed in on IEX shares. DA Davidson raised their price target on IDEX from $180.00 to $195.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Robert W. Baird set a $247.00 price objective on IDEX in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on IDEX from $211.00 to $244.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Argus upgraded IDEX from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price for the company in a research note on Friday, February 6th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of IDEX from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $228.22.

IDEX Trading Down 0.3%

IEX opened at $209.06 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.02, a current ratio of 2.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45. IDEX Corporation has a 52 week low of $153.36 and a 52 week high of $217.15. The business’s 50 day moving average is $196.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $177.49. The firm has a market cap of $15.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 0.98.

IDEX (NYSE:IEX) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 4th. The industrial products company reported $2.10 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.04 by $0.06. The business had revenue of $899.10 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $882.00 million. IDEX had a return on equity of 15.03% and a net margin of 13.98%.The company’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.04 earnings per share. IDEX has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 1.730-1.780 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 8.150-8.35 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that IDEX Corporation will post 8.26 EPS for the current year.

About IDEX

IDEX Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer specializing in the design, production and distribution of highly engineered fluidics systems, measurement technologies and safety solutions. The company’s core offerings include positive-displacement pumps, flow meters, valves, sampling systems and analytical instruments that serve a wide range of end markets such as water treatment, chemical processing, energy, food and beverage, and life sciences. Through its focus on precision engineering and proprietary material science, IDEX delivers products designed for reliability in demanding applications.

Operations at IDEX are organized into three principal segments.