Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued an update on its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.520-0.570 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.630. The company issued revenue guidance of $685.0 million-$705.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $766.9 million. Hillenbrand also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.800-3.150 EPS.

Hillenbrand Stock Performance

HI opened at $32.75 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $27.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $36.24. Hillenbrand has a 1-year low of $25.11 and a 1-year high of $50.58. The company has a market capitalization of $2.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.95 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 0.88.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The company 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 dividend yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This is an increase from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio is -29.77%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. KeyCorp reduced their price objective on Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 price objective on shares of Hillenbrand in a research report on Friday. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded shares of Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, one has assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Hillenbrand has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average 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.