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 guidance of 0.520-0.570 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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

Shares of NYSE:HI opened at $33.70 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.35. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $27.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is $36.26. Hillenbrand has a 52 week low of $25.11 and a 52 week high of $50.58.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The firm 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 of this dividend was Monday, September 16th. This represents a $0.89 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.64%. This is an increase from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand’s payout ratio is presently -29.77%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently commented on HI. DA Davidson lowered Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the company from $54.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, August 12th. KeyCorp reduced their price target on shares of Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com lowered shares of Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, one has issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Hillenbrand currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus 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.