Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) Updates FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.200-2.350 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 2.231. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-$2.6 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.6 billion.

Hillenbrand Stock Up 0.4%

NYSE:HI opened at $19.80 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -5.20 and a beta of 1.46. Hillenbrand has a twelve month low of $18.36 and a twelve month high of $35.59. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $20.99 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $23.81. The company has a quick ratio of 1.14, a current ratio of 1.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.39.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 11th. The company reported $0.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $598.90 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $572.48 million. Hillenbrand had a positive return on equity of 15.03% and a negative net margin of 8.82%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 23.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.85 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Hillenbrand will post 2.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

HI has been the topic of a number of research reports. DA Davidson decreased their price objective on Hillenbrand from $33.00 to $24.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. KeyCorp cut shares of Hillenbrand from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 8th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its stake in Hillenbrand by 622.7% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 3,729 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,000 after acquiring an additional 3,213 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in Hillenbrand by 37.0% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 9,950 shares of the company’s stock worth $240,000 after acquiring an additional 2,687 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Hillenbrand by 154.2% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 31,096 shares of the company’s stock worth $751,000 after acquiring an additional 18,863 shares in the last quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Hillenbrand by 4.6% in the first quarter. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. now owns 41,786 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,009,000 after buying an additional 1,829 shares during the period. Finally, Intech Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Hillenbrand by 13.0% in the first quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC now owns 52,139 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,259,000 after buying an additional 5,993 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.09% of the company’s stock.

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.