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Standex International (SXI) has attracted fresh attention after its Board approved a quarterly cash dividend of $0.34 per share, a 6.3% year-on-year lift and the company’s 246th consecutive payout.
See our latest analysis for Standex International.
The dividend increase comes after a strong run for the stock, with a 1 month share price return of 5.5% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 27.7%. The 5 year total shareholder return of 208.5% points to sustained long term compounding, even as short term share price momentum has eased, with a 1 week share price return of 3.2%.
If this kind of consistent dividend story has you rethinking your watchlist, it could be a good moment to widen the search and check out aerospace and defense stocks.
With SXI trading at $242.05 and sitting only around 8% below an analyst price target of $261.40, the key question is whether there is still an opportunity for investors to consider the stock at current levels or if the market is already reflecting expectations for future growth.
At a last close of $242.05 versus a narrative fair value of $261.40, Standex International is framed as modestly undervalued, with that gap resting on some confident growth and margin assumptions.
The accelerating global shift towards automation, electrification, and grid modernization is driving persistent demand for Standex’s high-value electrical, sensor, and precision engineering solutions, creating a runway for double-digit sales increases in fast growth end markets and supporting sustained above-GDP revenue growth.
Curious what kind of revenue ramp and margin lift need to line up to support that fair value? The narrative leans on ambitious earnings growth and a future earnings multiple that assumes the market keeps rewarding execution quality. The exact mix of growth, profitability and discount rate doing the heavy lifting might surprise you.
Result: Fair Value of $261.40 (UNDERVALUED)
Have a read of the narrative in full and understand what’s behind the forecasts.
However, this hinges on acquisitions and Electronics staying on track. Any slip in organic growth or margins could quickly challenge that 7.4% undervalued story.
Find out about the key risks to this Standex International narrative.
That 7.4% undervalued narrative sits alongside a very different signal from the P/E ratio. At 55.7x earnings, Standex International trades at roughly double the US Machinery industry average of 27.1x and well above both peers at 27.7x and its fair ratio of 39.7x.
In plain terms, the share price already builds in a lot of future growth and margin improvement, which leaves less room for disappointment if forecasts do not play out as expected. With one lens flagging upside and another pointing to valuation stretch, which signal do you think should carry more weight in your own work?
See what the numbers say about this price — find out in our valuation breakdown.
NYSE:SXI P/E Ratio as at Jan 2026
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