Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Updates 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 FY 2025 guidance to 2.800-3.150 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have commented on the company. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 price target on shares of Hillenbrand in a research report on Friday. KeyCorp cut their price target on Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Thursday. One investment 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $44.67.

Hillenbrand Trading Down 2.8 %

Shares of HI stock opened at $32.75 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $27.94 and its 200 day moving average price is $36.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.30 billion, a PE ratio of -10.95 and a beta of 1.38. 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 has a 1-year low of $25.11 and a 1-year high of $50.58.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th were issued a $0.2225 dividend. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 16th. This is an increase from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -29.77%.

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.