knowles corp - KN

KN

Close Chg Chg %
22.07 -0.17 -0.77%

Closed Market

21.90

-0.17 (0.77%)

Volume: 375.66K

Last Updated:

Dec 26, 2025, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: knowles corp - KN

KN Key Data

Open

$22.18

Day Range

21.90 - 22.18

52 Week Range

12.19 - 24.54

Market Cap

$1.88B

Shares Outstanding

85.15M

Public Float

82.95M

Beta

1.51

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

49.48

EPS

$0.45

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

756.99K

 

KN Performance

1 Week
 
-0.95%
 
1 Month
 
-2.58%
 
3 Months
 
-6.17%
 
1 Year
 
9.61%
 
5 Years
 
18.83%
 

KN Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 4
Full Ratings ➔

About knowles corp - KN

Knowles Corp. supplies advanced micro-acoustic, audio processing and precision device solutions. It operates through the MedTech and Specialty Audio, and Precision Devices segments. The MedTech & Specialty Audio segment specializes in the design and delivery of high-performance capacitor products and RF solutions. The Precision Devices segment designs and manufactures balanced armature speakers and microphones used in applications that serve the hearing health and premium audio markets. The company was founded by Hugh Knowles in 1946 and is headquartered in Itasca, IL.

KN At a Glance

Knowles Corp.
1151 Maplewood Drive
Itasca, Illinois 60143
Phone 1-630-250-5100 Revenue 553.50M
Industry Electronic Components Net Income -239,500,000.00
Sector Electronic Technology Employees 5,500
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2025
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KN Valuation

P/E Current 49.484
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) N/A
Price to Sales Ratio 3.201
Price to Book Ratio 2.303
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 13.62
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 19.668
Enterprise Value to Sales 3.351
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.115

KN Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 100,636.364
Income Per Employee -43,545.455
Receivables Turnover 5.271
Total Asset Turnover 0.429

KN Liquidity

Current Ratio 1.829
Quick Ratio 1.232
Cash Ratio 0.658

KN Profitability

Gross Margin 39.964
Operating Margin 10.244
Pretax Margin 6.269
Net Margin -43.27
Return on Assets 1.813
Return on Equity 2.614
Return on Total Capital 2.415
Return on Invested Capital 2.163

KN Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 28.175
Total Debt to Total Capital 21.981
Total Debt to Total Assets 19.048
Long-Term Debt to Equity 18.545
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 14.469
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Annual Financials for Knowles Corp - KN

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All values USD millions. 2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
868.10M 764.70M 707.60M 553.50M
Sales Growth
+13.58% -11.91% -7.47% -21.78%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
526.60M 463.90M 446.30M 332.30M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
62.50M 53.90M 46.50M 37.60M
Depreciation
46.60M 41.70M 33.00M 20.60M
Amortization of Intangibles
15.90M 12.20M 13.50M 17.00M
COGS Growth
+4.28% -11.91% -3.79% -25.54%
Gross Income
341.50M 300.80M 261.30M 221.20M
Gross Income Growth
+31.70% -11.92% -13.13% -15.35%
Gross Profit Margin
+39.34% +39.34% +36.93% +39.96%
2021 2022 2023 2024 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
223.30M 198.40M 215.30M 164.50M
Research & Development
92.80M 81.70M 71.60M 37.10M
Other SG&A
130.50M 116.70M 143.70M 127.40M
SGA Growth
+5.63% -11.15% +8.52% -23.59%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
3.10M 513.70M 5.50M 7.20M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
115.10M (411.30M) 40.50M 49.50M
Non Operating Income/Expense
3.90M (2.60M) 11.90M 5.30M
Non-Operating Interest Income
200.00K 400.00K 2.00M 3.80M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
14.40M 4.30M 7.40M 20.10M
Interest Expense Growth
-15.79% -70.14% +72.09% +171.62%
Gross Interest Expense
14.40M 4.30M 7.40M 20.10M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
104.60M (418.20M) 45.00M 34.70M
Pretax Income Growth
+825.66% -499.81% +110.76% -22.89%
Pretax Margin
+12.05% -54.69% +6.36% +6.27%
Income Tax
(45.60M) 11.90M (27.40M) 11.30M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
700.00K 1.80M 2.10M 1.40M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
14.80M 5.50M 12.10M 4.00M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
(59.70M) 2.70M (42.40M) 4.50M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
(1.40M) 1.90M 800.00K 1.40M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
150.20M (430.10M) 72.40M 23.40M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
150.20M (430.10M) 72.40M 23.40M
Net Income Growth
+5,079.31% -386.35% +116.83% -67.68%
Net Margin Growth
+17.30% -56.24% +10.23% +4.23%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - 200.00K (262.90M)
-
Discontinued Operations
- - 200.00K (262.90M)
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
150.40M (430.10M) 72.40M (239.50M)
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
150.40M (430.10M) 72.40M (239.50M)
EPS (Basic)
1.6295 -4.6903 0.7965 -2.694
EPS (Basic) Growth
+2,163.19% -387.84% +116.98% -438.23%
Basic Shares Outstanding
92.30M 91.70M 90.90M 88.90M
EPS (Diluted)
1.5882 -4.6903 0.7904 -2.694
EPS (Diluted) Growth
+2,133.76% -395.32% +116.85% -440.84%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
94.70M 91.70M 91.60M 88.90M
EBITDA
180.70M 156.30M 92.50M 94.30M
EBITDA Growth
+66.54% -13.50% -40.82% +1.95%
EBITDA Margin
+20.82% +20.44% +13.07% +17.04%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 23.75
Number of Ratings 4 Current Quarters Estimate 0.353
FY Report Date 12 / 2025 Current Year's Estimate 1.095
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.33 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 0.91 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.223
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 4 4 4 4
Mean Estimate 0.35 0.22 1.10 1.22
High Estimates 0.36 0.25 1.10 1.25
Low Estimate 0.35 0.20 1.09 1.19
Coefficient of Variance 1.42 9.82 0.53 2.62

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 2 2
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 1 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Knowles Corp - KN

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 38,404 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 939,370 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $23.55 per share 22,122,163.50
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 977,774 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $16.07 per share 15,712,828.18
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 1,037,622 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $16.07 per share 16,674,585.54
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 939,370 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $23.71 per share 22,272,462.70
Aug 27, 2025 Raymond D. Cabrera SVP, Chief HR Officer 135,402 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $16.07 per share 2,175,910.14
Aug 27, 2025 Raymond D. Cabrera SVP, Chief HR Officer 114,607 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $21.35 per share 2,446,859.45
Aug 27, 2025 Raymond D. Cabrera SVP, Chief HR Officer N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 27, 2025 Robert J. Perna SVP, General Counsel & Sec 75,773 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $17.02 per share 1,289,656.46
Feb 24, 2025 Air A. Bastarrica Vice President, Controller 72,537 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $17.84 per share 1,294,060.08
Feb 24, 2025 Daniel J. Giesecke Senior Vice President & COO 174,591 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $17.84 per share 3,114,703.44
Feb 24, 2025 John S. Anderson Senior Vice President & CFO 242,407 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $17.84 per share 4,324,540.88
Feb 21, 2025 John S. Anderson Senior Vice President & CFO N/A Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $19.5 per share 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 John S. Anderson Senior Vice President & CFO 247,879 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $18.34 per share 4,546,100.86
Feb 21, 2025 John S. Anderson Senior Vice President & CFO 219,497 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Robert J. Perna SVP, General Counsel & Sec 88,868 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Robert J. Perna SVP, General Counsel & Sec 69,784 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.34 per share 1,279,838.56
Feb 20, 2025 Daniel J. Giesecke Senior Vice President & COO 154,022 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.34 per share 2,824,763.48
Feb 20, 2025 Daniel J. Giesecke Senior Vice President & COO 178,559 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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