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

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

Hillenbrand Trading Up 0.4 %

NYSE:HI traded up $0.12 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $33.90. The company had a trading volume of 478,530 shares, compared to its average volume of 364,014. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 1.27. Hillenbrand has a fifty-two week low of $25.11 and a fifty-two week high of $50.58. The firm has a market cap of $2.39 billion, a P/E ratio of -11.34 and a beta of 1.43. The business’s fifty day moving average is $32.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $31.90.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on HI. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $33.00 target price on shares of Hillenbrand in a research note on Friday, November 15th. KeyCorp lowered 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. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 26th.

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.