Industrial processing equipment and solutions provider Hillenbrand (NYSE: HI) will be reporting results this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what to expect.
Hillenbrand beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 4.6% last quarter, reporting revenues of $598.9 million, down 23.9% year on year. It was a strong quarter for the company, with a solid beat of analysts’ revenue estimates and full-year EBITDA guidance slightly topping analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Hillenbrand’s revenue to decline 29.1% year on year to $594.1 million, a reversal from the 9.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $0.61 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Hillenbrand has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time since going public by 3.3% on average.
Looking at Hillenbrand’s peers in the general industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Icahn Enterprises’s revenues decreased 9.9% year on year, beating analysts’ expectations by 4.3%, and Columbus McKinnon reported revenues up 7.7%, topping estimates by 8.5%. Icahn Enterprises traded up 12.6% following the results while Columbus McKinnon was also up 7.8%.
Read our full analysis of Icahn Enterprises’s results here and Columbus McKinnon’s results here.
The euphoria surrounding Trump’s November win lit a fire under major indices, but potential tariffs have caused the market to do a 180 in 2025. While some of the general industrial machinery stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 7% on average over the last month. Hillenbrand’s stock price was unchanged during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $32 (compared to the current share price of $31.65).
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