NYSE:HRC - Hill-Rom Stock Price, Forecast & News

Hill-Rom trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "HRC."

Hill-Rom announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 16th will be given a dividend of $0.21 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.82%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. View Hill-Rom's Dividend History.

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HRC) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, January, 24th. The medical technology company reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.05. The medical technology company earned $685 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $684.01 million. Hill-Rom had a return on equity of 21.87% and a net margin of 5.15%. Hill-Rom's revenue for the quarter was up .2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.02 earnings per share. View Hill-Rom's Earnings History.

Hill-Rom is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 24th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Hill-Rom.

Hill-Rom updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, January, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.50-5.56 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.52. The company issued revenue guidance of +1-2% to $2.94-2.97 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.94 billion.

3 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Hill-Rom's shares. Their forecasts range from $116.00 to $138.00. On average, they expect Hill-Rom's share price to reach $127.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 24.7% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Hill-Rom.

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hill-Rom in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Hill-Rom.

News coverage about HRC stock has been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Hill-Rom earned a daily sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the medical technology company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Hill-Rom.

Hill-Rom saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,620,000 shares, a decline of 12.4% from the December 31st total of 1,850,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 392,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.1 days. Approximately 2.4% of the company's shares are sold short. View Hill-Rom's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Hill-Rom include Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Medtronic (MDT), Stryker (SYK), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Becton Dickinson and (BDX), Boston Scientific (BSX), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Baxter International (BAX), DexCom (DXCM), ResMed (RMD), IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX), Teleflex (TFX), Steris (STE), Varian Medical Systems (VAR) and Hologic (HOLX).

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Hill-Rom's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (2.76%), State Street Corp (2.48%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.63%), Bank of Montreal Can (1.58%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.41%) and Bank of America Corp DE (1.24%). Company insiders that own Hill-Rom stock include Alton Shader, Andreas G Frank, Deborah Rasin and Paul Sherwood Johnson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Hill-Rom.

HRC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Montreal Can, Jennison Associates LLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Credit Suisse AG, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC, AQR Capital Management LLC and State Street Corp. Company insiders that have sold Hill-Rom company stock in the last year include Andreas G Frank, Deborah Rasin and Paul Sherwood Johnson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hill-Rom.

HRC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC, Man Group plc, Panagora Asset Management Inc., AXA, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Acadian Asset Management LLC and Geode Capital Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Hill-Rom.

Shares of HRC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of HRC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $102.25.

Hill-Rom has a market capitalization of $6.85 billion and generates $2.91 billion in revenue each year. The medical technology company earns $152.20 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.08 on an earnings per share basis. Hill-Rom employs 10,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Hill-Rom.

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

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]