Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.800-3.150 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.080. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.9 billion-$3.1 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.1 billion. Hillenbrand also updated its FY25 guidance to $2.80-3.15 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Hillenbrand Stock Down 1.7 %

Shares of Hillenbrand stock traded down $0.53 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $30.17. 532,552 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 386,897. 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 company’s 50 day simple moving average is $27.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is $36.43. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a quick ratio of 0.88 and a current ratio of 1.35. Hillenbrand has a 52 week low of $25.11 and a 52 week high of $50.58.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Monday, September 16th were paid a $0.2225 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 16th. This is a positive change 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 dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently -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.