Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.80-3.15 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.08. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.925-3.090 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.09 billion. Hillenbrand also updated its Q1 guidance to $0.52-0.57 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HI has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. DA Davidson lowered shares of Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $54.00 to $33.00 in a research note on Monday, August 12th. StockNews.com raised shares of Hillenbrand from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, September 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $48.00.

Hillenbrand Stock Down 1.5 %

Shares of HI traded down $0.46 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $30.24. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 298,728 shares, compared to its average volume of 385,834. The company has a 50 day moving average of $27.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of $36.43. The company has a quick ratio of 0.88, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44. The firm has a market cap of $2.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.43 and a beta of 1.38. Hillenbrand has a 1-year low of $25.11 and a 1-year high of $50.58.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 16th were paid a dividend of $0.2225 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.94%. This is a positive change from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -30.27%.

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.