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 (EPS) guidance of 2.800-3.150 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Hillenbrand Price Performance

Shares of NYSE HI opened at $30.17 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.35. Hillenbrand has a fifty-two week low of $25.11 and a fifty-two week high of $50.58. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion, a PE ratio of -10.26 and a beta of 1.38. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $27.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $36.26.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th were given a dividend of $0.2225 per share. This represents a $0.89 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.95%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This is a positive change from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -30.27%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on HI shares. DA Davidson lowered Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their target price for the stock from $54.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, August 12th. StockNews.com raised Hillenbrand from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, September 6th. Finally, KeyCorp cut their price target on Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $44.67.

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.