Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for Flowserve Q2 Earnings

Flowserve Co. (NYSE:FLS) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Flowserve in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, March 11th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the industrial products company will post earnings of $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.

Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) last released 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 net margin of 6.20% and a return on equity of 17.08%. The firm had revenue of $1.18 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.21 billion.

Several other research firms have also weighed in on FLS. Royal Bank of Canada dropped their price target on Flowserve from $69.00 to $68.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Citigroup dropped their price target on Flowserve from $73.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, January 13th. StockNews.com lowered Flowserve from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 20th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their target price on Flowserve from $75.00 to $77.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 20th. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their target price on Flowserve from $60.00 to $75.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 16th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Flowserve presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $68.60.

Flowserve Trading Down 2.2 %

NYSE FLS opened at $47.49 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71. Flowserve has a twelve month low of $43.66 and a twelve month high of $65.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.26 billion, a PE ratio of 22.19, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.43. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $58.75 and its 200 day moving average is $56.26.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FLS. FIL Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of 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 bought a new position in shares of Flowserve during the fourth quarter valued at $94,629,000. Driehaus Capital Management LLC increased its position in Flowserve by 307.1% during the fourth quarter. Driehaus Capital Management LLC now owns 1,888,917 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $108,651,000 after acquiring an additional 1,424,948 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Flowserve by 52.7% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 2,068,025 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $118,953,000 after acquiring an additional 714,063 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Point72 Asset Management L.P. increased its position 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 valued at $47,207,000 after acquiring an additional 606,416 shares during the last quarter. 93.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Flowserve Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 11th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.77%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 28th. Flowserve’s payout ratio is currently 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.