DA Davidson Comments on Hillenbrand’s Q2 Earnings (NYSE:HI)

Hillenbrand, Inc. (NYSE:HI) – Research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Hillenbrand in a report released on Monday, February 24th. DA Davidson analyst M. Summerville anticipates that the company will post earnings of $0.53 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a “Neutral” rating and a $33.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hillenbrand’s current full-year earnings is $2.53 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Hillenbrand’s FY2026 earnings at $2.87 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also weighed in on HI. StockNews.com cut Hillenbrand from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 6th. KeyCorp dropped their target price on shares of Hillenbrand from $45.00 to $40.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, November 14th.

Hillenbrand Stock Down 2.0 %

HI stock opened at $30.27 on Tuesday. Hillenbrand has a fifty-two week low of $25.11 and a fifty-two week high of $50.58. The company has a market capitalization of $2.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -9.64 and a beta of 1.43. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $32.42 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $31.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.33, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.34.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 5th. The company reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.02. Hillenbrand had a negative net margin of 7.12% and a positive return on equity of 15.00%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.69 EPS.

Hillenbrand Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 14th will be paid a $0.225 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.97%. Hillenbrand’s dividend payout ratio is presently -28.66%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Hillenbrand

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HI. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Hillenbrand by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 8,666,374 shares of the company’s stock valued at $266,751,000 after acquiring an additional 59,311 shares during the period. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Hillenbrand by 10.4% during the 4th quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,116,444 shares of the company’s stock valued at $126,704,000 after buying an additional 387,048 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Hillenbrand by 2.4% during the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 2,873,289 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,877,000 after purchasing an additional 66,741 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of Hillenbrand by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,739,689 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,163,000 after buying an additional 19,546 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Hillenbrand by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 2,563,412 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,902,000 after acquiring an additional 111,953 shares in the last quarter. 89.09% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.