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IDEX Corporation key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, IDEX Corporation had return on equity of 12.4%, an operating margin of 20.2%, debt equal to 45.4% of equity and a current ratio of 2.86. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin39.3%40.9%40.2%41.1%43.1%44.2%44.8%44.0%44.9%45.0%45.1%43.7%44.3%44.8%44.2%44.2%44.5%44.9%
Operating margin13.9%16.5%16.6%6.6%19.5%20.1%21.6%19.5%22.0%22.9%23.2%22.1%23.0%23.6%22.4%20.7%20.2%20.9%
Net margin8.5%10.4%10.5%1.9%12.6%13.0%14.0%12.8%14.7%16.5%17.1%16.1%16.3%18.4%18.2%15.4%14.0%14.6%
Free-cash-flow margin14.1%10.1%9.9%14.9%18.3%14.9%15.7%17.1%17.0%17.0%19.1%22.0%17.8%15.4%19.1%18.4%17.8%18.2%
Return on equity8.9%11.9%13.4%2.5%16.8%18.3%19.3%18.2%19.7%21.2%20.0%15.7%16.8%20.1%18.1%13.8%12.4%13.3%
Return on assets5.4%7.0%7.4%1.3%9.0%9.7%9.9%9.1%10.3%11.9%11.7%9.2%9.6%11.3%10.5%8.0%7.1%7.8%
Asset turnover0.630.680.700.700.710.740.710.710.700.720.680.570.590.610.580.520.510.53
Current ratio2.381.963.063.033.252.612.792.662.783.003.524.153.502.572.892.532.862.78
Debt to equity31.6%47.1%53.6%54.2%49.3%64.9%58.8%66.2%45.7%42.7%37.6%41.3%42.8%48.6%37.6%51.9%45.4%43.8%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)10.8x15.4x10.4x3.0x9.4x10.3x10.5x9.0x11.2x12.9x13.1x11.6x15.5x18.5x14.2x———
Effective tax rate32.8%32.2%29.2%56.3%27.7%28.8%27.9%26.4%25.9%22.4%20.2%19.7%22.5%21.7%21.7%21.1%23.7%23.9%
R&D as % of revenue2.2%2.1%2.0%1.9%1.6%1.7%1.7%1.9%1.9%1.9%2.3%2.0%1.8%1.9%2.1%2.1%2.0%—
SG&A as % of revenue24.5%23.7%22.9%22.7%23.6%23.5%23.5%23.3%23.0%21.6%21.0%21.0%20.9%20.5%21.5%23.2%23.7%23.6%
Capital spending as % of revenue1.9%2.1%1.9%1.8%1.6%2.2%2.2%1.8%1.9%2.3%2.0%2.2%2.6%2.1%2.7%2.0%1.8%2.3%
Free cash flow ÷ net income165.3%97.2%93.9%771.7%145.0%114.5%111.9%133.4%115.3%103.1%112.2%137.0%109.6%83.4%105.2%119.4%127.6%124.5%
Dividends ÷ net income34.1%29.5%28.2%170.3%28.6%30.7%34.0%37.9%33.0%31.0%34.6%40.2%35.8%30.2%32.0%40.7%44.0%39.9%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow20.6%30.3%30.0%52.9%65.0%95.5%97.0%44.2%36.1%71.2%42.3%50.6%32.7%66.5%34.3%34.0%74.6%77.2%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

2 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $6.9bn
Short-term assets $1.8bnLonger-term assets $5.1bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $6.9bn
Short-term liabilities $636mLonger-term liabilities $2.2bnShareholders' equity $4.0bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.8bn of assets due within a year against $636m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $1.8bn short-term assets against $2.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $602m of cash against $1.8bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 44% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 41% to 44% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $753m of operating cash flow against $1.8bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From IDEX Corporation's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

83 /100

Strong moat

How hard IDEX's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 14 / 20

    Net income has been a median 9.0% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 15 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 44.6%, moving by 0.5 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 17 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 22.3%; its worst year was 19.9%.

  • Cash conversion 19 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 18.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 18 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 2.7% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Low. In this industry, the business rests on physical assets, regulated networks or products AI itself depends on.

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from IDEX Corporation's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to IDEX Corporation.