Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC Sells 51,802 Shares of Hillenbrand Inc $HI

Key Points

• Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC reduced its stake in Hillenbrand Inc by 10.9%, selling 51,802 shares during the 1st quarter, leaving them with 421,428 shares valued at approximately $10.17 million.
• Hillenbrand's stock is currently priced at $26.04, showing a 5.9% increase, and has a market cap of $1.84 billion despite experiencing a year-over-year revenue decline of 23.9%.
• The company reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $0.51 for the last quarter, beating analysts' expectations, and has set a full-year guidance for FY 2025 at an EPS of $2.20 to $2.35.

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC reduced its position in shares of Hillenbrand Inc (NYSE:HI - Free Report) by 10.9% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 421,428 shares of the company's stock after selling 51,802 shares during the quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC owned 0.60% of Hillenbrand worth $10,173,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd bought a new position in shares of Hillenbrand in the 4th quarter valued at about $42,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in Hillenbrand by 65.9% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 1,966 shares of the company's stock valued at $47,000 after purchasing an additional 781 shares during the last quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S bought a new position in Hillenbrand during the first quarter worth about $84,000. State of Wyoming grew its holdings in Hillenbrand by 342.6% during the fourth quarter. State of Wyoming now owns 5,417 shares of the company's stock worth $167,000 after purchasing an additional 4,193 shares during the period. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its position in Hillenbrand by 79.9% during the fourth quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 6,815 shares of the company's stock worth $210,000 after buying an additional 3,027 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.09% of the company's stock.

Hillenbrand Stock Up 5.9%

Hillenbrand stock opened at $26.0430 on Monday. The company's 50-day moving average price is $21.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $23.28. The company has a quick ratio of 0.87, a current ratio of 1.25 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.23. The stock has a market cap of $1.84 billion, a P/E ratio of -104.17 and a beta of 1.46. Hillenbrand Inc has a twelve month low of $18.36 and a twelve month high of $35.59.

Hillenbrand (NYSE:HI - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, August 11th. The company reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.01. The company had revenue of $598.90 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $572.48 million. Hillenbrand had a positive return on equity of 13.53% and a negative net margin of 0.63%.The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 23.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.85 earnings per share. Hillenbrand has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.200-2.350 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Hillenbrand Inc will post 2.53 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

HI has been the topic of several research analyst reports. KeyCorp lowered Hillenbrand from an "overweight" rating to a "sector weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 8th. DA Davidson decreased their target price on Hillenbrand from $33.00 to $24.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Hold rating, Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Hillenbrand has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $32.00.

Hillenbrand Company Profile

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.

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