Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases Q1 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) updated its first quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.520-0.570 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on HI. DA Davidson lowered Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price objective 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 report 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 issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Hillenbrand has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $48.00.

Hillenbrand Stock Performance

HI traded down $0.53 on Wednesday, reaching $30.17. The company had a trading volume of 534,847 shares, compared to its average volume of 386,907. Hillenbrand has a 1 year low of $25.11 and a 1 year high of $50.58. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.12 billion, a PE ratio of -10.43 and a beta of 1.38. 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 stock has a 50-day moving average price of $27.89 and a 200-day moving average price of $36.43.

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. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This is a boost from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.95%. Hillenbrand’s payout ratio 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.