Company Analysis

IDEX Corporation (IEX)

NYSE: IEX · Pumps & Pumping Equipment · Northbrook, IL · filing with the SEC since 1994
Grade5.8
◀ Past 7.0● Present 5.5▶ Future 5.0

The grade of IDEX Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.8/10
◀ Past7.030% of the headline
● Present5.540% of the headline
▶ Future5.030% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

7.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
7.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 68 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

IDEX Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
7.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+5.6% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IDEX Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $2.1 billion in fiscal 2016 to $3.5 billion in fiscal 2025, up 5.6% a year; it rose in 7 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 6% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span5.6%top 42% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 24% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak5.7%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
6.1/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.3% a year. 43% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 3 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 61st percentile among 57 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, IDEX Corporation's diluted share count shrank about 0.3% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 43% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 3 sales and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $102 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 38% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 41% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.5/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
5.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 12%: 12¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 42%: owes 42¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 54th percentile among 65 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, IDEX Corporation earned about 12 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 22 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 42 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.8% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 25% of its family
  • return on equitytop 48% of its family
  • gross profit against assetsbottom 31% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 40% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 41% of 63 in its family; net margin 14%.

weight 33% of this tense · 59th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IDEX Corporation's standing among 63 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $3.5 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 48% by size; a net margin of 14% ranks in the top 20%; revenue growth of 2.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 45% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$3.46Btop 48% of its family
  • net margin14.0%top 20% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth2.8%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
5.1/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 49% of 55 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2021.

weight 22% of this tense · 51st percentile among 55 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

IDEX Corporation's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Ashleman, Eric D (CEO and President, as filed), filing under that title since 2021-02-17, 5.7 years (top 49% of its family); the 15 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 4.7 years (bottom 36%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 15 people in charge now (top 34%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 15 peopletop 34% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed4.7 yearsbottom 36% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record5.7 yearstop 49% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.0/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.9/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 41% of 63 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 59th percentile among 63 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

IDEX Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $580 million against debt of $1.8 billion leaves -17.9% of its assets as net cash, bottom 39% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 17.8% of revenue (top 15%); a gross margin of 44.5% (top 19%); research spending of 2% of revenue (bottom 30%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-17.9%bottom 39% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue17.8%top 15% of its family
  • gross margin44.5%top 19% of its family
  • research spending against revenue2.0%bottom 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
4.5/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 45% of 64 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 45th percentile among 64 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

IDEX Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 2.8% a year over the last three filed years against 5.6% over all 10, slowing (bottom 36% of its family); the newest year grew 5.8% (top 44%); research spending grew 4.5% a year (bottom 44%); capital spending grew -2.2% a year (bottom 45%) (its annual reports). IDEX Corporation reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2025: Health and Science Technologies at $1.5 billion (43%), Fluid and Metering Technologies at $1.2 billion (35%), Fire and Safety Diversified Products at $744 million (22%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-2.8 points a yearbottom 36% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth5.8%top 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending4.5%bottom 44% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending-2.2%bottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.8/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 38% of 62 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 38th percentile among 62 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

IDEX Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $3.5 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 4.4% above the $3.3 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 48% of its family); net income of $483 million against a prior three-year average of $563 million (bottom 39%); a net margin of 14% against 17.4% before (bottom 28%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace4.4%bottom 48% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-14%bottom 39% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-3.4 pointsbottom 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton IEX · research, not advice