Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.800-3.150 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.080. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.9 billion-$3.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.1 billion. Hillenbrand also updated its FY25 guidance to $2.80-3.15 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 target price on shares of Hillenbrand in a research note on Friday. Finally, KeyCorp cut their price objective on Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has assigned a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $44.67.

Hillenbrand Trading Down 2.8 %

Shares of HI stock opened at $32.75 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $2.30 billion, a PE ratio of -10.95 and a beta of 1.38. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $27.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $36.24. Hillenbrand has a 1 year low of $25.11 and a 1 year high of $50.58. 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 business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th were issued a dividend of $0.2225 per share. This is a positive change from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 16th. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.72%. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -29.77%.

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.