Manufacturing company IDEX (NYSE:IEX) will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before the bell. Here’s what to look for.

IDEX missed analysts’ revenue expectations by 0.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $862.9 million, up 9.4% year on year. It was a slower quarter for the company, with EPS guidance for next quarter missing analysts’ expectations significantly and a miss of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.

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This quarter, analysts are expecting IDEX’s revenue to be flat year on year at $805.4 million, improving from the 5.3% decrease it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.64 per share.

Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. IDEX has missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates six times over the last two years.

Looking at IDEX’s peers in the gas and liquid handling segment, some have already reported their Q1 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Gorman-Rupp delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 2.9%, missing analysts’ expectations by 0.5%, and Graco reported revenues up 7.3%, in line with consensus estimates. Gorman-Rupp traded up 6.1% following the results while Graco was also up 2.1%.

Read our full analysis of Gorman-Rupp’s results here and Graco’s results here.

Investors in the gas and liquid handling segment have had fairly steady hands going into earnings, with share prices down 1.6% on average over the last month. IDEX is down 4.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $210.46 (compared to the current share price of $172.20).

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