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 2.800-3.150 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

HI has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. KeyCorp decreased their price objective on Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com lowered Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and issued a $33.00 price objective on shares of Hillenbrand in a report on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Hillenbrand presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $44.67.

Hillenbrand Stock Down 2.8 %

Shares of NYSE:HI opened at $32.75 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44. Hillenbrand has a twelve month low of $25.11 and a twelve month high of $50.58. The company has a market capitalization of $2.30 billion, a PE ratio of -10.95 and a beta of 1.38. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $27.94 and a 200-day simple moving average of $36.24.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th were given a $0.2225 dividend. This represents a $0.89 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This is a boost from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand’s payout ratio is -29.77%.

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.