Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Updates Q1 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued an update on its first quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.52-0.57 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $0.63. The company issued revenue guidance of $685-705 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $747.35 million. Hillenbrand also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.800-3.150 EPS.

Hillenbrand Stock Down 1.7 %

Shares of HI opened at $30.17 on Thursday. Hillenbrand has a one year low of $25.11 and a one year high of $50.58. The company has a market cap of $2.12 billion, a P/E ratio of -10.26 and a beta of 1.38. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.44, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 0.88. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $27.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $36.26.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 16th were issued a dividend of $0.2225 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 16th. This is an increase from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. This represents a $0.89 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.95%. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio is -30.27%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have recently issued reports on HI. DA Davidson downgraded shares of Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their price target for the stock from $54.00 to $33.00 in a report on Monday, August 12th. StockNews.com upgraded Hillenbrand from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, September 6th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, one has given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $48.00.

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.