IDEX (IEX)

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery · S&P 500
$236.28 +0.42% on the day Market cap $16.9B 52-week range $159.27 to $243.80 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
9% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $16.9B, IDEX's free cash flow of $617M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 9% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is faster than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from IDEX's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price9.1% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years6.1% a year
Revenue, same period5.6% a year
Price to free cash flow27.5x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from IEX's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability6
Growth4
Financial health7
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)33.9x
P/E (forward)27.5x
Price / free cash flow27.5x
EV / EBITDA20.6x
Price / sales4.73x
Price / book4.24x
Revenue growth+6.4%
Operating margin20.7%
Net margin14.5%
Return on equity13.0%
Dividend yield0.92%
Debt / equity0.73x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from IDEX's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$2.8B$3.2B$3.3B$3.3B$3.5B
Net income$449M$587M$596M$505M$483M
Free cash flow$493M$489M$627M$603M$617M
EPS (diluted)$5.88$7.71$7.85$6.64$6.41
Operating margin23.0%23.6%22.4%20.7%20.2%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

HST$1.5B43%
FMT$1.2B35%
FSDP$744M22%

Superinvestors who own IEX

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 8 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Trimmed $749M0.44%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $58M0.02%Q2 2026
Wallace Weitz
Weitz Investment Management
Trimmed $57M4.0%Q2 2026
Sean Stannard-Stockton
Ensemble Capital Management
Trimmed $46M3.9%Q3 2024
Mario Gabelli
GAMCO Investors
Trimmed $35M0.32%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $14M0.03%Q2 2026
Ron Baron
Baron Capital (BAMCO)
Trimmed $11M0.02%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Added $6M0.27%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by IDEX's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$199.57—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$199.57—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$199.57—
Oct 30, 2025 Lisa C. Mcclain
0$170.64—
Oct 30, 2025 Lisa C. Mcclain
0$170.64—
Oct 30, 2025 Lisa C. Mcclain
0$170.64—

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does IDEX's stock price imply?

At a market value of $16.9B, IDEX would need its free cash flow to grow about 9% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 6% a year.

Are IDEX insiders buying the stock?

6 open-market insider purchases of IEX in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own IDEX?

8 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold IEX in their latest 13F, including PRIMECAP Management, Cliff Asness, Wallace Weitz.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.