Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Flowserve Q2 Earnings

Flowserve Co. (NYSE:FLS) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Flowserve in a research report issued on Thursday, April 24th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $0.81 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.80. The consensus estimate for Flowserve’s current full-year earnings is $3.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Flowserve’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.93 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.05 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.83 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $3.85 EPS.

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, February 18th. The industrial products company reported $0.70 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.77 by ($0.07). Flowserve had a return on equity of 17.08% and a net margin of 6.20%. The firm had revenue of $1.18 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.21 billion.

FLS has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Citigroup cut their price target on Flowserve from $72.00 to $56.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 14th. Baird R W raised Flowserve from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, March 17th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Stifel Nicolaus lowered their target price on shares of Flowserve from $77.00 to $50.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Monday, April 14th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upgraded shares of Flowserve from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $71.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday, March 17th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $64.30.

Flowserve Stock Up 0.6 %

Flowserve stock opened at $44.89 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.97, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $47.86 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $55.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.22. Flowserve has a 1-year low of $37.34 and a 1-year high of $65.08.

Flowserve Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 28th were issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.87%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 28th. Flowserve’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 39.25%.

Institutional Trading of Flowserve

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in FLS. New York Life Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in Flowserve in the 4th quarter worth about $800,000. American Century Companies Inc. raised its position in shares of Flowserve by 25.9% in the fourth quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 110,994 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $6,384,000 after purchasing an additional 22,850 shares during the period. New Age Alpha Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Flowserve during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $422,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in Flowserve by 103.0% in the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 20,806 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,197,000 after buying an additional 10,557 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in Flowserve by 19.1% in the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,807 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $104,000 after buying an additional 290 shares in the last quarter. 93.93% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Flowserve Company Profile

Flowserve Corporation designs, manufactures, distributes, and services industrial flow management equipment in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates through Flowserve Pump Division (FPD) and Flow Control Division (FCD) segments. The FPD segment offers custom and pre-configured pumps and pump systems, mechanical seals, auxiliary systems, replacement parts, upgrades, and related aftermarket services; and equipment services, including installation and commissioning services, seal systems spare parts, repairs, advanced diagnostics, re-rate and upgrade solutions, retrofit programs, and machining and asset management solutions, as well as manufactures a gas-lubricated mechanical seal for use in high-speed compressors for gas pipelines and in the oil and gas production and process markets.