Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.530-0.580 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 0.640. The company issued revenue guidance of $685.0 million-$705.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $730.8 million. Hillenbrand also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.450-2.800 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently commented on HI. DA Davidson reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 price objective on shares of Hillenbrand in a research note on Friday, November 15th. KeyCorp lowered their price target on shares of Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 26th.

Hillenbrand Price Performance

NYSE:HI traded up $0.12 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $33.90. 478,530 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 364,014. Hillenbrand has a 1-year low of $25.11 and a 1-year high of $50.58. The business has a 50 day moving average of $32.51 and a 200 day moving average of $31.92. 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 company has a market capitalization of $2.39 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.34 and a beta of 1.43.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.02. Hillenbrand had a negative net margin of 6.63% and a positive return on equity of 14.86%. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.69 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that Hillenbrand will post 3.2 EPS for the current year.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

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

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.