Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases FY25 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday. 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 Upgrades and Downgrades

HI has been the subject of several recent research reports. DA Davidson lowered shares of Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $54.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, August 12th. StockNews.com upgraded shares of Hillenbrand from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, September 6th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $48.00.

Hillenbrand Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE HI traded down $0.46 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $30.24. 298,728 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 385,834. The company has a market cap of $2.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -10.43 and a beta of 1.38. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $27.89 and a 200 day moving average price of $36.43. Hillenbrand has a 52 week low of $25.11 and a 52 week high of $50.58. 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 business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th were paid a dividend of $0.2225 per share. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.94%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This is a positive change from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -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.