IDEX Corporation (IEX) earnings on July 29, 2026

Before the market opens Q2 2026

More IDEX Corporation earnings

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

The company reported stronger quarterly results than analysts expected and raised its full-year profit forecast. The stock jumped sharply during the day but gave back much of those gains by the close.

IEX price around the earnings

229.52

Change: +2.2%

2026-07-29, 20:00 UTC

End of the measured window
224.65 229.79 234.94 240.08 224.65
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July 29, 2026
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Price series around the event

Prior thesis

Prior outlook: Optimistic Outcome: Accurate

Thesis published
Results released

Analyst upgrades to $260-$261 and 100% beat rate drive optimistic thesis; weak trend strength limits upside.

Context analyzed before publication

Trend
Scores improved from 22-27 to 44.1 today; upward trajectory suggests improving sentiment into event.

Analysts

Evidence

Analyst consensus
Buy
Consensus average (1-5)
2
Analysts covering the stock
14
Average price target
239.43
Lowest price target
210
Highest price target
261
Upside to price target
6.6%
Quarterly earnings growth
25.7%
Revenue growth
8.9%
Forward EPS
9.25
Trailing EPS
6.78
Analyst moves in the last 60 days
4
  • Strong buy: 1
  • Buy: 7
  • Hold: 7
  • Sell: 0
  • Strong sell: 0
Strong buy
1
Buy
7
Hold
7
Sell
0
Strong sell
0
  • July 21, 2026 · Oppenheimer: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
  • July 20, 2026 · Stifel: Maintains rating (Buy → Buy)
  • July 16, 2026 · RBC Capital: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
  • June 2, 2026 · Oppenheimer: Reiterates rating (Outperform → Outperform)

News and sentiment

Evidence

Sentiment
Sentiment
Neutral
Mention volume
Low
Normalized volume
33%
News
Sources (3)

Technicals

Evidence

Price when the context was analyzed
224.84
Average true range (ATR)
1.7%
Distance to 52-week high
-2.2%
14-day change (14d)
+0.9%
30-day change (32d)
-1.0%
30-day relative strength
-2.6%
SPY change (32d)
+1.6%
Nearest support
224.78
Distance to nearest support
0%
Nearest resistance
225.55
Distance to nearest resistance
0.3%
Volume accumulation ratio (14d / 46d)
1.08
  • Mid: 224.78 (0% away, 0.02 ATR, 25 touches)
  • Major: 223.77 (0.5% away, 0.29 ATR, 38 touches)
  • Mid: 222.94 (0.8% away, 0.51 ATR, 11 touches)
  • Mid: 225.55 (0.3% away, 0.19 ATR, 30 touches)
  • Mid: 226.78 (0.9% away, 0.52 ATR, 24 touches)
  • Minor: 227.99 (1.4% away, 0.84 ATR, 6 touches)

Trends

Evidence

Average earnings surprise
+6.2%
  • April 29, 2026: actual EPS 2 vs estimate 1.77 (surprise +12.8%)
  • February 4, 2026: actual EPS 2.1 vs estimate 2.04 (surprise +2.9%)
  • October 29, 2025: actual EPS 2.03 vs estimate 1.93 (surprise +5.2%)
  • July 30, 2025: actual EPS 2.07 vs estimate 1.99 (surprise +4.0%)

Expected move

Implied move
+2.1%
Source
Options chain

Reactions over its last 20 earnings

Median move
3.4%
75th percentile move
5.5%
90th percentile move
7.6%
Up / down moves
12 / 8
Average up move
+3.5%
Average down move
-5.4%

Monitoring and close

What IDEX Corporation reported

Status
Finished
Actual EPS2.32
EPS estimate2.11
EPS surprise+10.0%
Revenue$921 million
Revenue estimate$906 million
Revenue surprise+1.7%

IDEX reported quarterly earnings that beat estimates, with record orders and optimistic guidance. Shares rose in premarket market review.

Sources (13)

Pre-market second reading after the results

Verdict
Beat expectations

Heading into the open, the figures confirm the optimistic scenario. In the 1266 past cases with a similar move, the close held that direction 86% of the time.

How the stock reacted

Outcome
Accurate
Consolidated
+2.2%
Max favorable move (MFE)
8%
Max adverse move (MAE)
0%