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IDEX Corporation is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. IDEX shares (IEX.US) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. IDEX employs 7,000 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.3 billion.
How to buy shares in IDEX
- Choose a platform. If you're a beginner, our share-dealing table below can help you choose.
- Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
- Confirm your payment details. You'll need to fund your account with a bank transfer, debit card or credit card.
- Search the platform for stock code: IEX in this case.
- Research IDEX shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your IDEX shares. It's that simple.
What's in this guide?
- Can I buy shares in IDEX?
- IDEX shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is IDEX stock a buy or sell?
- Can I short IDEX shares?
- Is IDEX suitable for ethical investing?
- Are IDEX shares over-valued?
- IDEX's financials
- How volatile are IDEX shares?
- Does IDEX pay a dividend?
- Have IDEX shares ever split?
- Other common questions
IDEX share price
Use our graph to track the performance of IEX stocks over time.IDEX shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-01-24.
| Latest market close | $N/A |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $103.3512 - $211.2019 |
| 50-day moving average | $197.4397 |
| 200-day moving average | $184.0382 |
| Wall St. target price | $205.08 |
| PE ratio | 40.1102 |
| Dividend yield | $2 (1.02%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $4.9 |
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Is it a good time to buy IDEX stock?
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Is IDEX under- or over-valued?
Valuing IDEX stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of IDEX's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
IDEX's P/E ratio
IDEX's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 40x. In other words, IDEX shares trade at around 40x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
IDEX's PEG ratio
IDEX's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.0088. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into IDEX's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
IDEX's EBITDA
IDEX's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $617.8 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a IDEX's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
IDEX financials
| Revenue TTM | $2.3 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 22.89% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 8.44% |
| Return on equity TTM | 16.39% |
| Profit margin | 15.95% |
| Book value | $31.675 |
| Market capitalisation | $14.9 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell IDEX shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "IEX.US"
- Choose your position size.
- Select "sell" rather than "buy".
- Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.
There are currently 702,989 IDEX shares held short by investors – that's known as IDEX's "short interest". This figure is 13.5% down from 812,764 last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting IDEX shares can be evaluated.
IDEX's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
IDEX's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of IDEX shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of IDEX shares traded daily (recently around 333170.14218009). IDEX's SIR currently stands at 2.11. In other words for every 100,000 IDEX shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2110 shares are currently held short.
However IDEX's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of IDEX shares, or, against the total number of tradable IDEX shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case IDEX's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 IDEX shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0105% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable IDEX shares, roughly 11 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against IDEX.
Find out more about how you can short IDEX stock.
IDEX's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like IDEX.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
IDEX's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 40.31
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and IDEX's overall score of 40.31 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty weak – landing it in it in the 74th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like IDEX is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
IDEX's environmental score
Environmental score: 15.4/100
IDEX's environmental score of 15.4 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that IDEX is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
IDEX's social score
Social score: 19.56/100
IDEX's social score of 19.56 puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that IDEX is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
IDEX's governance score
Governance score: 12.35/100
IDEX's governance score puts it squarely in the 7th percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that IDEX is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
IDEX's controversy score
Controversy score: 1/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, IDEX scored a 1 out of 5 for controversy – the highest score possible, reflecting that IDEX has managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
IDEX Corporation was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 40.31 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 74.38 |
| Environmental score | 15.4 |
| Environmental score percentile | 7 |
| Social score | 19.56 |
| Social score percentile | 7 |
| Governance score | 12.35 |
| Governance score percentile | 7 |
| Level of controversy | 1 |
IDEX share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 38.76% of net profits
Recently IDEX has paid out, on average, around 38.76% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.02% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), IDEX shareholders could enjoy a 1.02% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In IDEX's case, that would currently equate to about $2 per share.
While IDEX's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that IDEX may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
IDEX's most recent dividend payout was on 29 January 2021. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 13 January 2021 (the "ex-dividend date").
Have IDEX's shares ever split?
IDEX's shares were split on a 3:2 basis on 22 May 2007. So if you had owned 2 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 3 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your IDEX shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 33.3% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for IDEX shares which in turn could have impacted IDEX's share price.
IDEX share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, IDEX's shares have ranged in value from as little as $103.3512 up to $211.2019. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while IDEX's is 1.0751. This would suggest that IDEX's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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IDEX overview
IDEX Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an applied solutions company worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Fluid & Metering Technologies (FMT), Health & Science Technologies (HST), and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products (FSDP). The FMT segment designs, produces, and distributes positive displacement pumps, flow meters, injectors, and other fluid-handling pump modules and systems, as well as offers flow monitoring and other services for the food, chemical, general industrial, water and wastewater, agricultural, and energy industries. The HST segment designs, produces, and distributes precision fluidics, rotary lobe pumps, centrifugal and positive displacement pumps, roll compaction, and drying systems for use in beverage, food processing, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics; pneumatic components and sealing solutions, such as pumping solutions for analytical instrumentation, clinical diagnostics, and drug discovery; sealing components; custom mechanical and shaft seals; engineered hygienic mixers and valves; biocompatible medical devices and implantables; and air compressors. This segment also provides optical components and coatings for scientific research, defense, biotechnology, aerospace, telecommunications, and electronics manufacturing applications; laboratory and commercial equipment for the production of micro and nano scale materials; precision photonic solutions; and precision gear and peristaltic pump technologies. The FSDP segment designs, produces, and distributes firefighting pumps, valves, rescue tools, lifting bags, and other components and systems for the fire and rescue industry; engineered stainless steel banding and clamping devices for various industrial and commercial applications; and precision equipment for dispensing, metering, and mixing colorants and paints used in retail and commercial businesses. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
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