Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.02 EPS

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.02, Zacks reports. Hillenbrand had a positive return on equity of 14.86% and a negative net margin of 6.63%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. Hillenbrand updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.530-0.580 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 2.450-2.800 EPS.

Hillenbrand Stock Up 0.4 %

HI stock opened at $33.90 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $32.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.92. The company has a market cap of $2.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.34 and a beta of 1.43. Hillenbrand has a fifty-two week low of $25.11 and a fifty-two week high of $50.58. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 1.27.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th were paid a $0.225 dividend. This is an increase from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -30.10%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on HI shares. KeyCorp decreased their price target on shares of 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 restated a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 price target on shares of Hillenbrand in a research report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a 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.