Buyback yield (TTM)
1.95%
Shareholder yield (TTM)
3.46%
5Y share count change
-1.4%
Buyback spend (TTM)
$274.10M
Cumulative buybacks
$1.63B
Key takeaways
- IDEX (IEX) repurchased about $274.10M of stock over the trailing twelve months.
- Diluted share count is down 1.4% over the last ~5 fiscal years — buybacks are net-shrinking the share base.
- TTM buyback ÷ stock-based-comp ratio of 9.29× — repurchases more than cover SBC dilution.
- Cash buyback spend has compounded at +17.6% per year over the latest 5-year window.
- TTM repurchases used about 69% of free cash flow remaining after dividends.
Dividend & buyback yield over time for IDEX (IEX)
Stacked annual yields — buyback yield (TTM cash repurchases ÷ market cap) plus dividend yield from the same fiscal-year-end key-metrics period — show how total cash return per dollar of equity has evolved.
Diluted vs basic shares (annual) for IDEX (IEX)
Diluted weighted-average shares are the EPS denominator — a falling count means buybacks are outpacing SBC dilution.
Year-over-year change in diluted shares for IDEX (IEX)
Green is fewer shares vs the prior fiscal year (net repurchase); red is growth (dilution). The earliest year shown has no prior year to compare.
Cash buyback spend over time for IDEX (IEX)
Latest: $247.80M
Overview
The 2025 reading of IDEX (IEX) buyback spend is $247.80M.
Over 2020–2025 (5 years), IDEX buyback spend expanded at a +17.6% compound annual rate, with mixed annual results across the window.
The highest annual buyback spend of $247.80M was reported in 2025. The lowest in the available history was $0.00 in 1990.
IDEX Buyback Spend 2025: $247.80M
IDEX buyback spend in 2025 was $247.80M.
IDEX Buyback Spend 2024: $0.00
IDEX buyback spend in 2024 was $0.00, plunged 100.0% below 2023.
IDEX Buyback Spend 2023: $24.20M
2023's buyback spend for IDEX came in at $24.20M, plunged 83.7% below 2022.
IDEX Buyback Spend 2022: $148.10M
IDEX buyback spend in 2022 was $148.10M.
IDEX Buyback Spend 2021: $0.00
IDEX buyback spend in 2021 was $0.00.
See more financial history for IDEX (IEX).
Buyback, SBC & dilution history
Buyback spend, SBC, net dilution effect, and share count.
| 2025 | $247.80M | $27.30M | $220.50M | 1.86% | 0.08B | -0.8% | |
| 2024 | $0.00 | $25.80M | −$25.80M | — | 0.08B | 0.0% | |
| 2023 | $24.20M | $21.80M | $2.40M | 0.15% | 0.08B | -0.1% | |
| 2022 | $148.10M | $21.60M | $126.50M | 0.86% | 0.08B | -0.5% | |
| 2021 | $0.00 | $20.40M | −$20.40M | — | 0.08B | 0.0% | |
| 2020 | $110.30M | $14.80M | $95.50M | 0.73% | 0.08B | -0.1% | |
| 2019 | $54.70M | $22.10M | $32.60M | 0.42% | 0.08B | -1.4% | |
| 2018 | $173.93M | $24.75M | $149.17M | 1.81% | 0.08B | +0.3% | |
| 2017 | $29.07M | $24.41M | $4.67M | 0.29% | 0.08B | +0.7% | |
| 2016 | $57.27M | $20.33M | $36.95M | 0.84% | 0.08B | -1.6% | |
| 2015 | $210.82M | $20.05M | $190.77M | 3.63% | 0.08B | -3.4% | |
| 2014 | $219.89M | $20.72M | $199.18M | 3.62% | 0.08B | -2.1% | |
| 2013 | $167.50M | $16.99M | $150.51M | 2.81% | 0.08B | -1.4% | |
| 2012 | $89.56M | $13.10M | $76.46M | 2.35% | 0.08B | +0.1% | |
| 2011 | $0.00 | $12.08M | −$12.08M | — | 0.08B | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | $0.00 | $17.36M | −$17.36M | — | 0.08B | +1.6% | |
| 2009 | $0.00 | $15.71M | −$15.71M | — | 0.08B | -1.9% | |
| 2008 | $50.00M | $15.01M | $34.99M | 2.60% | 0.08B | +0.3% | |
| 2007 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.08B | +1.4% | |
| 2006 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.08B | +2.4% | |
| 2005 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.08B | +2.7% | |
| 2004 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.08B | +2.8% | |
| 2003 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | +2.6% | |
| 2002 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | +4.6% | |
| 2001 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | +1.4% | |
| 2000 | $46.00K | $0.00 | $46.00K | — | 0.07B | +1.8% | |
| 1999 | $100.00K | $0.00 | $100.00K | — | 0.07B | +0.1% | |
| 1998 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | -0.1% | |
| 1997 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | +1.3% | |
| 1996 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | 0.07B | — | |
| 1995 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1994 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1993 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1992 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1991 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | — | — | — | |
| 1989 | $46.00M | $0.00 | $46.00M | — | — | — |
- 2025$247.80M
- 2024$0.00
- 2023$24.20M
- 2022$148.10M
- 2021$0.00
- 2020$110.30M
- 2019$54.70M
- 2018$173.93M
- 2017$29.07M
- 2016$57.27M
- 2015$210.82M
- 2014$219.89M
- 2013$167.50M
- 2012$89.56M
- 2011$0.00
- 2010$0.00
- 2009$0.00
- 2008$50.00M
- 2007$0.00
- 2006$0.00
- 2005$0.00
- 2004$0.00
- 2003$0.00
- 2002$0.00
- 2001$0.00
- 2000$46.00K
- 1999$100.00K
- 1998$0.00
- 1997$0.00
- 1996$0.00
- 1995$0.00
- 1994$0.00
- 1993$0.00
- 1992$0.00
- 1991$0.00
- 1990$0.00
- 1989$46.00M
Buybacks vs stock-based compensation for IDEX (IEX)
Annual cash repurchases set against stock-based compensation. Coverage above 1× means buybacks fully offset the equity dilution from SBC. TTM coverage: 9.29×.
Buybacks vs dividends (share of cash returned) for IDEX (IEX)
How IDEX splits cash returned to shareholders between dividends and buybacks.
Sector peers by buyback spend
Companies in the same sector as IDEX, ranked by their latest buyback spend.
| $7.55B | |
| $5.19B | |
| $2.68B | |
| $1.86B | |
| $1.14B | |
| $1.13B | |
| $50.00M | |
| $0.00 |
- $7.55B
- $5.19B
- $2.68B
- $1.86B
- $1.14B
- $1.13B
- $50.00M
- $0.00
Buyback capacity (TTM)
Free cash flow minus dividends paid versus actual TTM repurchases — the headroom bar shows how much of post-dividend FCF is still being deployed elsewhere.
Headroom $398.40M (TTM FCF − TTM dividends, clamped at zero).
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