Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.02 EPS

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.02, Zacks reports. Hillenbrand had a positive return on equity of 14.86% and a negative net margin of 6.63%. Hillenbrand updated its Q2 2025 guidance to 0.530-0.580 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 2.450-2.800 EPS.

Hillenbrand Stock Up 0.4 %

HI stock traded up $0.12 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $33.90. The company had a trading volume of 478,530 shares, compared to its average volume of 364,014. Hillenbrand has a 52 week low of $25.11 and a 52 week high of $50.58. The company has a market capitalization of $2.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.34 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28, a current ratio of 1.27 and a quick ratio of 0.83. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $31.90.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Monday, December 16th were given a dividend of $0.225 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. This is a boost from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.65%. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio is -30.10%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on HI shares. DA Davidson restated a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 price objective on shares of Hillenbrand in a report on Friday, November 15th. StockNews.com raised Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 26th. Finally, 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, 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.