Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.800-3.150 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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.

Hillenbrand Price Performance

Shares of HI opened at $33.70 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $27.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $36.26. Hillenbrand has a one year low of $25.11 and a one year high of $50.58. 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 Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 2.64%. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is -29.77%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have weighed in on HI shares. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on shares of Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. StockNews.com lowered Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, DA Davidson downgraded Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their target price for the stock from $54.00 to $33.00 in a research report on Monday, August 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $44.67.

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.