Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.450-2.800 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.950. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-$2.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.0 billion. Hillenbrand also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.530-0.580 EPS.

Hillenbrand Trading Up 0.4 %

HI stock traded up $0.12 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $33.90. 478,530 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 364,014. Hillenbrand has a fifty-two week low of $25.11 and a fifty-two week high of $50.58. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $32.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.92. The company has a market capitalization of $2.39 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.34 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 0.83.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.02. Hillenbrand had a negative net margin of 6.63% and a positive return on equity of 14.86%. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.69 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Hillenbrand will post 3.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th were issued a dividend of $0.225 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 16th. This is a positive change from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.65%. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio is -30.10%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on HI shares. KeyCorp decreased their price target on Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, November 14th. DA Davidson reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 price objective on shares of Hillenbrand in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, StockNews.com raised Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 26th.

Hillenbrand Company Profile

Hillenbrand, Inc operates as an industrial company in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Advanced Process Solutions and Molding Technology Solutions. The Advanced Process Solutions segment designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and services process and material handling equipment and systems comprising compounding, extrusion, and material handling equipment, equipment system design services, as well as offers mixing technology, ingredient automation, and portion process; and provides screening and separating equipment for various industries, including plastics, food and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fertilizers, minerals, energy, wastewater treatment, forest products, and other general industrials.