Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.02 EPS

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI - Get Free Report) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.02, Zacks reports. Hillenbrand had a positive return on equity of 15.00% and a negative net margin of 7.12%. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.69 EPS. 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 Down 0.5 %

NYSE:HI traded down $0.17 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $31.30. 961,748 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 404,790. Hillenbrand has a fifty-two week low of $25.11 and a fifty-two week high of $50.58. The company has a current ratio of 1.34, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.20 billion, a P/E ratio of -9.97 and a beta of 1.43. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $32.41 and a 200-day simple moving average of $31.65.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th were paid a $0.225 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.88%. This is an increase from Hillenbrand's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand's dividend payout ratio is currently -28.66%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HI has been the subject of a number of research reports. KeyCorp dropped their target price on shares of Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, November 14th. DA Davidson reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $33.00 price objective on shares of Hillenbrand in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, StockNews.com cut shares of Hillenbrand from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday.

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.