Zacks Research Has Pessimistic View of Flowserve Q1 Earnings

Flowserve Co. (NYSE:FLS) – Research analysts at Zacks Research decreased their Q1 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Flowserve in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the industrial products company will post earnings of $0.59 per share for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $0.61. 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 $0.95 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $0.68 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.10 EPS.

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

Other analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Mizuho increased their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $65.00 to $70.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $73.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Robert W. Baird increased their price objective on shares of Flowserve from $69.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on shares of Flowserve from $69.00 to $68.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Flowserve presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $68.60.

Flowserve Stock Up 2.9 %

Shares of FLS stock opened at $49.00 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $6.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.89, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.43. Flowserve has a 52 week low of $43.66 and a 52 week high of $65.08. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.36 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $56.25. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Flowserve

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FLS. FIL Ltd lifted its holdings in Flowserve by 71.7% during the fourth quarter. FIL Ltd now owns 5,255,059 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $302,271,000 after purchasing an additional 2,193,904 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Flowserve in the fourth quarter worth about $94,629,000. Driehaus Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Flowserve by 307.1% in the fourth quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC now owns 1,888,917 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $108,651,000 after buying an additional 1,424,948 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. raised its stake in Flowserve by 52.7% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,068,025 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $118,953,000 after purchasing an additional 714,063 shares during the period. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. raised its stake in Flowserve by 197.6% during the third quarter. Point72 Asset Management L.P. now owns 913,268 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $47,207,000 after purchasing an additional 606,416 shares during the period. 93.93% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Flowserve Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 28th. Flowserve’s payout ratio is 39.25%.

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.