Idex Corp. price target raised to $256 from $244 at Stifel

Stifel analyst Nathan Jones raised the firm’s price target on Idex Corp. (IEX) to $256 from $244 and keeps a Buy rating on the shares. Global industrial stocks having materially outperformed the growth in earnings with 2024 EPS growth of 10% for the group, notes the analyst, who has “concerns in several areas,” but is “relatively bullish that growth will be similar in 2025.” However, the firm thinks stocks in the group “may have overshot the mark in the short term,” the analyst added.