Zacks Research Has Positive Outlook of Flowserve Q2 Earnings

Flowserve Co. (NYSE:FLS) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Flowserve in a research note issued on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will earn $0.80 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.78. The consensus estimate for Flowserve’s current full-year earnings is $3.18 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Flowserve’s Q3 2025 earnings at $0.78 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.12 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $0.91 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.89 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $3.59 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $4.18 EPS.

FLS has been the subject of a number of other research reports. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on shares of Flowserve from $69.00 to $71.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Flowserve from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 16th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised shares of Flowserve from a “sell” rating to a “neutral” rating and increased their target price for the company from $55.00 to $69.00 in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Mizuho increased their target price on shares of Flowserve from $65.00 to $70.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada decreased their target price on shares of Flowserve from $69.00 to $68.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Flowserve currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $68.60.

Flowserve Price Performance

Shares of FLS opened at $48.62 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $58.93 and a 200-day moving average price of $56.32. Flowserve has a fifty-two week low of $43.66 and a fifty-two week high of $65.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.41 billion, a PE ratio of 22.72, a PEG ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a current ratio of 1.97.

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

Flowserve Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 11th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 28th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.73%. Flowserve’s dividend payout ratio is currently 39.25%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. US Bancorp DE increased its stake in shares of Flowserve by 9.6% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 5,433 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $281,000 after acquiring an additional 475 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its stake in shares of Flowserve by 14.0% in the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 35,466 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $1,833,000 after acquiring an additional 4,351 shares during the period. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. increased its stake in shares of Flowserve by 3.9% in the third quarter. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. now owns 8,564 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $442,000 after acquiring an additional 318 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Flowserve in the third quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Wolverine Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Flowserve by 6.3% in the third quarter. Wolverine Asset Management LLC now owns 17,000 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $879,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the period. 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.