IEX Stock — IDEX Corp.

IDEX Corp. (IEX)

Updated October 16, 2026.

IEX is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.24%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.23%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 93/100 (Safe). Total return is 13217.7% over the past 37.4 years.

IDEX Corporation is an industrial equipment manufacturer operating through three segments: Health & Science Technologies (producing precision pumps, fluidics, and medical devices), Fluid & Metering Technologies (making positive displacement pumps, valves, and flow meters), and Fire & Safety/Diversified Products (manufacturing firefighting equipment and industrial dispensing systems). The company pays a modest quarterly dividend distribution. This stock may appeal to income investors seeking exposure to diversified industrial manufacturing with a modest yield component.

IEX performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 13217.7% over the past 37.4 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 44.7%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 14.5%.

IEX key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

93 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.15%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/02/1989

Distribution rate

1.24%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.23%

5-year average yield

1.23

Last close

$235.55 (stale; as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$17,364,721,503

Average volume

655500.0

Dividend

$0.73

Ex-dividend date

10/02/2026

Payment date

10/16/2026

Beta

0.96

Payout ratio

34.3%

P/E ratio

33.89

Forward P/E

23.9808

EPS

$6.95

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.24%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.23%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

IEX risks and drawbacks

IEX's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 14.5%.

Who may consider IEX — and who may not

IEX may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (IEX pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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