Knowles (NYSE:KN) Releases Q4 2025 Earnings Guidance

Knowles (NYSE:KN) updated its fourth quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.330-0.370 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.340. The company issued revenue guidance of $151.0 million-$161.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $154.3 million.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Susquehanna lifted their target price on Knowles from $18.00 to $23.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Knowles in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Craig Hallum set a $28.00 price target on Knowles and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Wall Street Zen upgraded Knowles from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 13th. Finally, Robert W. Baird set a $30.00 price target on Knowles in a research note on Friday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $27.00.

Knowles Trading Down 0.4%

Knowles stock opened at $23.91 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.29, a current ratio of 2.00 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Knowles has a 52 week low of $12.19 and a 52 week high of $24.53. The company has a market capitalization of $2.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.82 and a beta of 1.53. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $22.49 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.09.

Knowles (NYSE:KN) last released its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The communications equipment provider reported $0.33 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.08. Knowles had a return on equity of 8.98% and a net margin of 7.27%.The firm had revenue of $152.90 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $149.08 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.26 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Knowles has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.330-0.370 EPS.

Insider Transactions at Knowles

In other Knowles news, VP Air A. Jr. Bastarrica sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.94, for a total value of $209,400.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 62,537 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,309,524.78. The trade was a 13.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, SVP Robert J. Perna sold 56,130 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.47, for a total value of $1,148,981.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 66,552 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,362,319.44. The trade was a 45.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 2.54% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of KN. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its position in shares of Knowles by 94.5% in the second quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 1,842 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 895 shares in the last quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC increased its position in shares of Knowles by 385.9% in the second quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 11,633 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $205,000 after buying an additional 9,239 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in shares of Knowles by 117.5% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 13,426 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $237,000 after buying an additional 7,254 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Knowles by 18.4% in the second quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 15,514 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $279,000 after buying an additional 2,409 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Knowles by 8.0% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 20,289 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $357,000 after buying an additional 1,506 shares in the last quarter. 96.35% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Knowles

Knowles Corporation offers capacitors, radio frequency (RF) filtering products, balanced armature speakers, micro-acoustic microphones, and audio solutions in Asia, the United States, Europe, other Americas, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Precision Devices (PD); Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA); and Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM).