FY2025 EPS Estimates for Flowserve Increased by Analyst

Flowserve Corporation (NYSE:FLS) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for Flowserve in a report released on Tuesday, November 18th. Zacks Research analyst Team now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings per share of $3.44 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $3.31. Zacks Research has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Flowserve’s current full-year earnings is $3.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Flowserve’s Q1 2026 earnings at $0.80 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.94 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.95 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $1.17 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.86 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.90 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $1.02 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $1.04 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.16 EPS.

FLS has been the subject of a number of other reports. TD Cowen lifted their target price on shares of Flowserve from $75.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Cowen reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Flowserve in a report on Tuesday, November 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $66.00 to $76.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. UBS Group raised their target price on Flowserve from $65.00 to $82.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus set a $84.00 price target on Flowserve in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $75.33.

Flowserve Price Performance

Shares of FLS stock opened at $65.65 on Wednesday. Flowserve has a fifty-two week low of $37.34 and a fifty-two week high of $72.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 1.50 and a current ratio of 2.10. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.08, a PEG ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 1.32. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $58.03 and its 200-day simple moving average is $53.95.

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October 28th. The industrial products company reported $0.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $1.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.21 billion. Flowserve had a net margin of 9.66% and a return on equity of 19.41%. Flowserve’s revenue was up 3.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.62 earnings per share. Flowserve has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.400-3.500 EPS.

Insider Activity at Flowserve

In other news, insider Susan Claire Hudson sold 10,667 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $70.01, for a total transaction of $746,796.67. Following the sale, the insider owned 6,589 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $461,295.89. This trade represents a 61.82% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider Lamar L. Duhon sold 1,609 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $69.51, for a total transaction of $111,841.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 15,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,050,713.16. This represents a 9.62% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 59,276 shares of company stock worth $4,196,578. 0.76% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FLS. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its stake in Flowserve by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,856,358 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $237,185,000 after acquiring an additional 248,273 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA raised its position in Flowserve by 104.4% during the third quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 4,333,481 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $230,281,000 after acquiring an additional 2,213,406 shares during the period. Boston Partners acquired a new stake in shares of Flowserve in the second quarter valued at about $223,561,000. UBS Group AG grew its position in shares of Flowserve by 67.8% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 4,146,917 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $220,367,000 after purchasing an additional 1,676,284 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Flowserve by 9.9% during the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 3,230,118 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $171,648,000 after purchasing an additional 290,226 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 93.93% of the company’s stock.

About Flowserve

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.