Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Issues Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.520-0.570 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.630. The company issued revenue guidance of $685.0 million-$705.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $766.9 million. Hillenbrand also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.800-3.150 EPS.

Hillenbrand Stock Down 1.7 %

NYSE:HI opened at $30.17 on Thursday. Hillenbrand has a 1-year low of $25.11 and a 1-year high of $50.58. The company has a 50-day moving average of $27.87 and a 200 day moving average of $36.26. The firm has a market cap of $2.12 billion, a PE ratio of -10.26 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th were paid a $0.2225 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This is a positive change from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.95%. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio is -30.27%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

HI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. KeyCorp reduced their target price on shares of Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. DA Davidson downgraded shares of Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $54.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, August 12th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Hillenbrand from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, September 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $44.67.

About Hillenbrand

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.