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

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

Hillenbrand Price Performance

Shares of HI stock traded up $0.08 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $31.55. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 18,033 shares, compared to its average volume of 393,888. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28. Hillenbrand has a twelve month low of $25.11 and a twelve month high of $50.58. The business has a fifty day moving average of $32.51 and a 200-day moving average of $31.92. The stock has a market cap of $2.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.53 and a beta of 1.43.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 16th were given a dividend of $0.225 per share. This is a boost from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.85%. Hillenbrand’s payout ratio is presently -30.10%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $33.00 price target on shares of Hillenbrand in a report on Friday, November 15th. Finally, KeyCorp decreased their price objective on shares of Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 14th.

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.