Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.450-2.800 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 2.950. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-$2.8 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.0 billion. Hillenbrand also updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.530-0.580 EPS.

Hillenbrand Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:HI traded down $0.21 during trading on Friday, reaching $31.26. 212,768 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 399,311. The firm has a market cap of $2.20 billion, a PE ratio of -10.47 and a beta of 1.43. Hillenbrand has a 12 month low of $25.11 and a 12 month high of $50.58. The company has a current ratio of 1.27, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $32.47 and a 200-day moving average price of $31.91.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.02. Hillenbrand had a positive return on equity of 14.86% and a negative net margin of 6.63%. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.69 EPS. Research analysts expect that Hillenbrand will post 3.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th were issued a $0.225 dividend. This is an increase from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.88%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio is -30.10%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have commented on HI. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 price target on shares of Hillenbrand in a research report on Friday, November 15th. StockNews.com cut shares of Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, KeyCorp dropped their price target on shares of Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock 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.