Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

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

Shares of NYSE HI traded up $0.12 during midday 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 firm has a market capitalization of $2.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -11.34 and a beta of 1.43. Hillenbrand has a twelve month low of $25.11 and a twelve month high of $50.58. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $32.51 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $31.90. The company has a quick ratio of 0.83, a current ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) last posted 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 negative net margin of 6.63% and a positive return on equity of 14.86%. Equities research analysts anticipate that Hillenbrand will post 3.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Hillenbrand Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th were given a $0.225 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 16th. This represents a $0.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.65%. This is a boost from Hillenbrand’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently -30.10%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

HI has been the topic of a number of research reports. StockNews.com raised shares of Hillenbrand from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 26th. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and set a $33.00 price objective on shares of Hillenbrand in a research note on Friday, November 15th. Finally, KeyCorp cut 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.

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.