Chairman and CEO of IDEX Corp. (IEX) Lawrence D Kingsley sells 8,661 shares of IEX on 02/22/2011 at an average price of $41.73 a share.

Idex Corp. has a market cap of $3.35 billion; its shares were traded at around $40.89 with a P/E ratio of 20.4 and P/S ratio of 2.2. The dividend yield of Idex Corp. stocks is 1.5%. Idex Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 8.1% over the past 10 years.

Hedge Fund Gurus that owns IEX: Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, George Soros of Soros Fund Management LLC. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns IEX: John Rogers of Ariel Capital Management, First Pacific Advisors of First Pacific Advisors, LLC, Mario Gabelli of GAMCO Investors, Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, John Keeley of Keeley Fund Management, Ruane Cunniff of Ruane & Cunniff & Goldfarb Inc.

This is the annual revenues and earnings per share of IEX over the last 10 years. For detailed 10-year financial data and charts, go to 10-Year Financials of IEX.

CEO Recent Trades:

• Sell: Chairman and CEO Lawrence D Kingsley sold 95,000 shares of IEX stock on 02/18/2011 at the average price of 42.02. Lawrence D Kingsley owns at least 567,220 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.69% since.

CFO Recent Trades:

• Sell: VP and CFO Dominic A Romeo sold 187,020 shares of IEX stock on 02/09/2011 at the average price of 41.19. Dominic A Romeo owns at least 20,765 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 0.73% since.


• Sell: VP and CFO Dominic A Romeo sold 70,250 shares of IEX stock on 10/25/2010 at the average price of 36.81. Dominic A Romeo owns at least 102,869 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 11.08% since.

This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of IEX. For the complete insider trading history of IEX, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell: VP - Group Executive John L Mcmurray sold 50,125 shares of IEX stock on 02/17/2011 at the average price of 42.04. John L Mcmurray owns at least 27,702 shares after this. The price of the stock has decreased by 2.74% since.


• Sell: VP - Corporate Finance Heath A Mitts sold 3,704 shares of IEX stock on 11/05/2010 at the average price of 37.7. Heath A Mitts owns at least 20,673 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 8.46% since.


• Sell: Director Bradley J Bell sold 15,188 shares of IEX stock on 10/25/2010 at the average price of 36.76. Bradley J Bell owns at least 9,096 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 11.24% since.

For the complete insider trading history of IEX, click here.

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