Understanding Flowserve Corp (FLS)’s Gross Margin and Net Margin Figures

A share price of Flowserve Corp [FLS] is currently trading at $50.36, up 2.78%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The FLS shares have gain 8.37% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -19.72%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

From an analyst’s perspective:

Flowserve Corp [NYSE: FLS] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on March 17, 2025, when Robert W. Baird upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $71 for it. Previously, Goldman upgraded its rating to Neutral on December 12, 2024, and elevated its price target to $69. On November 22, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $69 on the stock. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $50 on September 26, 2023. BofA Securities upgraded its rating to Buy for this stock on January 30, 2023, and upped its price target to $40. In a note dated September 15, 2022, Credit Suisse downgraded an Neutral rating on this stock and revised its target price from $38 to $31.

Flowserve Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $43.66 and $65.08. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $61 within the next 12 months. Flowserve Corp [NYSE: FLS] shares were valued at $50.36 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 21.13% based on the average FLS price forecast.

Analyzing the FLS fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Flowserve Corp [NYSE:FLS] were 4.56B which represents 1.30% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.32% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.05, Equity is 0.14 and Total Capital is 0.12. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.84.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 49.77 points at the first support level, and at 49.18 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 50.84, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 51.32.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Flowserve Corp [NYSE:FLS] is 1.98. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.41, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.46. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.46, the price to book ratio is 3.29 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 23.57.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved Rowe Robert Scott, President & CEO, that happened on May 23 ’24 when 57731.0 shares were sold. President & CEO, Rowe Robert Scott completed a deal on May 22 ’24 to sell 42269.0 shares.

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