Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Issues Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI - Get Free Report) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.530-0.580 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Hillenbrand Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE HI traded down $0.17 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $31.30. The company had a trading volume of 961,748 shares, compared to its average volume of 404,790. 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 business's 50-day moving average is $32.41 and its 200-day moving average is $31.82. Hillenbrand has a 52 week low of $25.11 and a 52 week high of $50.58.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.54 by $0.02. Hillenbrand had a positive return on equity of 15.00% and a negative net margin of 7.12%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. Analysts expect that Hillenbrand will post 2.94 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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 issued a $0.225 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 16th. This is a positive change from Hillenbrand's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.88%. Hillenbrand's dividend payout ratio is currently -28.66%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

HI has been the subject of several recent research reports. KeyCorp reduced 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. StockNews.com lowered Hillenbrand from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, DA Davidson reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a $33.00 price objective on shares of Hillenbrand in a report on Friday, November 15th.

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.