NYSE:KN - Knowles Stock Price, Forecast & News

Knowles trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "KN."

Knowles Corp (NYSE:KN) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The communications equipment provider reported $0.38 EPS for the quarter, meeting analysts' consensus estimates of $0.38. The communications equipment provider earned $235.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $235.92 million. Knowles had a return on equity of 6.59% and a net margin of 12.81%. The firm's revenue was down .1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.34 earnings per share. View Knowles' Earnings History.

Knowles is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 6th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Knowles.

Knowles updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $0.37-0.43 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $0.40. The company issued revenue guidance of $225-250 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $237.46 million.

6 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Knowles' shares. Their forecasts range from $17.00 to $23.00. On average, they anticipate Knowles' stock price to reach $20.83 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 0.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Knowles.

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

Media coverage about KN stock has trended positive on Monday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Knowles earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the communications equipment provider 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 next several days. View News Stories for Knowles.

Knowles saw a decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,550,000 shares, a decrease of 8.9% from the December 15th total of 6,090,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 727,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 7.6 days. Approximately 6.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Knowles' Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Knowles include Sonos (SONO), Universal Electronics (UEIC), Arlo Technologies (ARLO), Technicolor (TCLRY), LRAD (GNSS), LRAD (LRAD), Koss (KOSS), The Guitammer (GTMM) and Provision (PVHO).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Knowles investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Alibaba Group (BABA), Intel (INTC), Baidu (BIDU), Netflix (NFLX), QUALCOMM (QCOM), AT&T (T) and Himax Technologies (HIMX).

Knowles' stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (1.00%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.12%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.07%), Sciencast Management LP (0.05%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%) and We Are One Seven LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Knowles stock include Cheryl L Shavers, Christian Scherp, Daniel J Giesecke, Didier Hirsch, Jeffrey Niew, John S Anderson, Keith Barnes, Michael S Polacek, Raymond D Cabrera, Thomas G Jackson and Ye Jane Li. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Knowles.

KN stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Calamos Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, We Are One Seven LLC, Diligent Investors LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. Company insiders that have sold Knowles company stock in the last year include Cheryl L Shavers, Christian Scherp, Daniel J Giesecke, Jeffrey Niew, John S Anderson, Raymond D Cabrera and Ye Jane Li. View Insider Buying and Selling for Knowles.

KN stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sciencast Management LP, Fruth Investment Management and Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC. Company insiders that have bought Knowles stock in the last two years include Didier Hirsch, Jeffrey Niew and Michael S Polacek. View Insider Buying and Selling for Knowles.

Shares of KN 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 KN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $20.64.

Knowles has a market capitalization of $1.89 billion and generates $826.90 million in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $67.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $0.80 on an earnings per share basis. Knowles employs 8,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Knowles.

The official website for Knowles is http://www.knowles.com/.

Knowles' mailing address is 1511 MAPLEWOOD DRIVE, ITASCA IL, 60143. The communications equipment provider can be reached via phone at 630-250-5100 or via email at [email protected]