Hill-Rom Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hill-Rom in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" Hill-Rom stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HRC, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Hill-Rom saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 765,700 shares, a decline of 20.0% from the August 15th total of 957,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 822,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Hill-Rom is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 5th 2021.
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Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HRC) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July, 30th. The medical technology company reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.35 by $0.03. The medical technology company earned $717.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $708.33 million. Hill-Rom had a net margin of 8.12% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 21.74%. Hill-Rom's revenue was down 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.95 EPS.
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Hill-Rom's stock was trading at $89.15 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, HRC shares have increased by 69.0% and is now trading at $150.70.
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Hill-Rom declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 8th. Investors of record on Friday, September 17th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Thursday, September 30th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.64%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 16th.
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Hill-Rom pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.63%. Hill-Rom does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Hill-Rom is 17.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Hill-Rom will have a dividend payout ratio of 14.98% next year. This indicates that Hill-Rom will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Hill-Rom issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Friday, August, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of $6.080-$6.120 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.060. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.97 billion-$3.00 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.94 billion.

6 analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Hill-Rom's stock. Their forecasts range from $117.00 to $156.00. On average, they expect Hill-Rom's stock price to reach $136.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.5%.
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54 employees have rated Hill-Rom CEO John P. Groetelaars on Glassdoor.com. John P. Groetelaars has an approval rating of 82% among Hill-Rom's employees.

Some companies that are related to Hill-Rom include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Medtronic (MDT), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Stryker (SYK), Becton, Dickinson and (BDX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Boston Scientific (BSX), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), DexCom (DXCM), ResMed (RMD), Baxter International (BAX), STERIS (STE), Insulet (PODD), Hologic (HOLX) and Teleflex (TFX).
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Hill-Rom trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HRC."

Hill-Rom's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.20%), BlackRock Inc. (9.68%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (5.49%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (2.94%), State Street Corp (2.70%) and Cooke & Bieler LP (2.69%). Company insiders that own Hill-Rom stock include Amy M Dodrill, Andreas G Frank, Deborah Rasin, Jeffrey F Dimodica, Mary Kay Ladone and Paul Sherwood Johnson.
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HRC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., BlackRock Inc., Natixis, LSV Asset Management, FMR LLC, Invesco Ltd., and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. Company insiders that have sold Hill-Rom company stock in the last year include Andreas G Frank, Deborah Rasin, Jeffrey F Dimodica, Mary Kay Ladone, and Paul Sherwood Johnson.
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HRC stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Panagora Asset Management Inc., Balyasny Asset Management LLC, Cooke & Bieler LP, Victory Capital Management Inc., Allianz Asset Management GmbH, Northern Trust Corp, Amundi, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc..
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Shares of HRC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HRC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $150.70.

Hill-Rom has a market capitalization of $9.92 billion and generates $2.88 billion in revenue each year. The medical technology company earns $223 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.53 on an earnings per share basis.

Hill-Rom employs 10,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Hill-Rom is www.hill-rom.com.

Hill-Rom is headquartered at 130 East Randolph Street Suite 1000, Chicago IL, 60601.

Hill-Rom's mailing address is 130 East Randolph Street Suite 1000, Chicago IL, 60601. The medical technology company can be reached via phone at (312) 819-7200 or via email at [email protected]