IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. · IDXX · FY2025 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2025
IDEXX raises 2025 outlook as new diagnostics gain traction
The supplied analysis supports a constructive operating thesis for IDEXX: resilient demand, pricing, consumables, software, and new diagnostic platforms supported growth and a higher outlook. The evidence is balanced by unresolved sensitivity to clinic visits, tariffs, foreign exchange, and execution on instrument placements.
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What changed
Management described early adoption of Cancer Dx and inVue Dx, raised full-year revenue and EPS guidance, and lifted the operating-margin outlook. InVue Dx moved from controlled rollout to full volume, while the company continued to flag clinic-visit headwinds, tariff exposure, and FX risk.
Guidance delta
Management raised full-year 2025 revenue guidance to $4.095–$4.210 billion and EPS guidance to $11.93–$12.43, while targeting 4,500+ instrument placements.
Key takeaways
- Q1 organic revenue growth was 5%, supported by companion-animal diagnostics, water, and LPD.
- Cancer Dx received more than 1,000 practice orders in its first month, while inVue Dx reached about 900 installations by April.
- Management cited 62.4% gross margin and raised the full-year operating-margin outlook to 31.1%–31.6%.
- Clinic-visit headwinds remain, but pricing, consumables, software, and new-platform adoption were resilient.
- The main watchpoints are placement pace, visit recovery, tariffs, and foreign exchange.
Management priorities
- Scale Cancer Dx and inVue Dx adoption.
- Reach 4,500+ instrument placements in 2025.
- Expand the oncology menu and add five-needle FNA capability to inVue Dx.
- Continue software-platform integration and R&D investment.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 14, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Aug 11, 2026 |
| UBS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Citigroup | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Stifel | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Feb 9, 2026 |
| BTIG | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Feb 3, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Nov 4, 2025 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Leerink Partners | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 17, 2025 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 21, 2025 |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 17, 2024 |
| Atlantic Equities | Neutral | Overweight | Downgrade | Aug 2, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Aug 13, 2021 |
| Guggenheim | Neutral | Buy | Downgrade | Jul 12, 2021 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jul 22, 2019 |
| Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Buy | Maintain | May 2, 2019 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 2, 2018 |
| PiperJaffray | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Aegis Capital | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Jun 1, 2017 |
| CL King | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Apr 1, 2016 |
| Raymond James | Market Perform | Outperform | Downgrade | Aug 28, 2015 |
| Feltl & Co. | Hold | Sell | Upgrade | Jul 23, 2015 |
| Bank oferica | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 20, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $520.31. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclays | Glen Santangelo | $710 | $595.76 | +36.5% | Aug 11, 2026 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $620 | $559.86 | +19.2% | Jul 27, 2026 |
| UBS | Andrea Alfonso | $640 | $569.17 | +23.0% | Apr 28, 2026 |
| Piper Sandler | Analyst unavailable | $750 | $644.61 | +44.1% | Feb 9, 2026 |
| Barclays | Glen Santangelo | $800 | $642.94 | +53.8% | Feb 5, 2026 |
| UBS | Andrea Alfonso | $730 | $639.6 | +40.3% | Feb 3, 2026 |
| BTIG | Analyst unavailable | $800 | $639.6 | +53.8% | Feb 3, 2026 |
| Barclays | Glen Santangelo | $850 | $706.65 | +63.4% | Dec 8, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $805 | $721.04 | +54.7% | Nov 4, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $750 | $722.94 | +44.1% | Nov 4, 2025 |
| BTIG | Analyst unavailable | $830 | $722.94 | +59.5% | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Keith Devas | $830 | $722.94 | +59.5% | Nov 4, 2025 |
| Leerink Partners | Analyst unavailable | $785 | $722.94 | +50.9% | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Jonathan Block | $775 | $722.94 | +48.9% | Nov 3, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Jonathan Block | $700 | $628.54 | +34.5% | Oct 31, 2025 |
| UBS | Andrea Alfonso | $720 | $638.89 | +38.4% | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $722 | $641.94 | +38.8% | Aug 5, 2025 |
| BTIG | Analyst unavailable | $785 | $641.94 | +50.9% | Aug 5, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $640 | $682.78 | +23.0% | Aug 4, 2025 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Jonathan Block | $510 | $495.73 | -2.0% | Jun 24, 2024 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $590 | $507.68 | +13.4% | Feb 8, 2023 |
| J.P. Morgan | Analyst unavailable | $550 | $487.04 | +5.7% | Feb 7, 2023 |
| Atlantic Equities | Analyst unavailable | $600 | $485.53 | +15.3% | Feb 7, 2023 |
| Oppenheimer | Analyst unavailable | $247 | $483.2 | -52.5% | Feb 2, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $268 | $483.2 | -48.5% | Feb 2, 2023 |
| Citigroup | Analyst unavailable | $273 | $420.63 | -47.5% | Dec 9, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $543 | $435.78 | +4.4% | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Stifel Nicolaus | Analyst unavailable | $500 | $355.62 | -3.9% | Jun 24, 2022 |
| Goldman Sachs | Analyst unavailable | $530 | $357.33 | +1.9% | May 19, 2022 |
| Barclays | Balaji Prasad | $700 | $364.5 | +34.5% | May 6, 2022 |
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Snapshot as of publicationIDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is a global enterprise focused on creating, producing, and distributing a wide array of products and services. Its primary client base includes companion animal veterinary practices, the livestock and poultry industries, dairy operations, and water quality testing sectors. The company organizes its operations across several key divisions: the Companion Animal Group (CAG), Water Quality Products, Livestock, Poultry, and Dairy (LPD), and additional segments. For companion animals, IDEXX offers a comprehensive suite of point-of-care veterinary diagnostic tools, such as instruments, consumables, and rapid assay kits. It also provides reference laboratory diagnostic and consultation services, alongside practice management and diagnostic imaging solutions for veterinarians. Furthermore, the company supports the biomedical research community with health monitoring, biological materials testing, and laboratory animal diagnostic instruments and services.…
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