Knowles (NYSE:KN) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Knowles (NYSE:KN) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.160-0.200 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.220. The company issued revenue guidance of $124.0 million-$134.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $136.5 million.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Knowles from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, October 26th. Craig Hallum upgraded shares of Knowles to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Susquehanna reduced their price target on shares of Knowles from $20.00 to $19.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, October 25th.

Knowles Price Performance

Shares of KN stock traded up $0.14 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $18.21. 940,639 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 580,529. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $19.58 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $18.48. Knowles has a 1-year low of $15.00 and a 1-year high of $20.85. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a current ratio of 2.35 and a quick ratio of 1.67. The firm has a market cap of $1.60 billion, a PE ratio of -7.78 and a beta of 1.42.

Knowles (NYSE:KN) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.22 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.23 by ($0.01). Knowles had a negative net margin of 27.53% and a positive return on equity of 5.16%.

About Knowles

Knowles Corporation offers capacitors, radio frequency (RF) filtering products, balanced armature speakers, micro-acoustic microphones, and audio solutions in Asia, the United States, Europe, other Americas, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Precision Devices (PD); Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA); and Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM).