How to buy Hillenbrand stock | 35.91

Hillenbrand, Inc is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Hillenbrand shares (HI) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Hillenbrand employs 6,500 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$2.3 billion.

How to buy shares in Hillenbrand

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Hillenbrand. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HI. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Hillenbrand reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$35.91, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Hillenbrand, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Hillenbrand. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Hillenbrand's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Hillenbrand's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$35.91, which is 22.19% up on its pre-crash value of USD$27.94 and 163.85% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$13.61.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Hillenbrand shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$532.95 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,240.33.

Hillenbrand share price

Use our graph to track the performance of HI stocks over time.

Hillenbrand shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-19.

Latest market close	USD$35.91
52-week range	USD$13.61 - USD$34.634
50-day moving average	USD$29.7318
200-day moving average	USD$26.6299
Wall St. target price	USD$40.5
PE ratio	14.0704
Dividend yield	USD$0.85 (2.7%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$1.92

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Hillenbrand price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $35.91 from 2020-11-16

1 week (2020-11-18)	-0.55%
1 month (2020-10-23)	14.22%
3 months (2020-08-25)	10.94%
6 months (2020-05-22)	45.50%

1 year (2019-11-25)	13.21%
2 years (2018-11-23)	-17.30%
3 years (2017-11-24)	-18.01%
5 years (2015-11-25)	17.31%

Is Hillenbrand under- or over-valued?

Valuing Hillenbrand stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Hillenbrand's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Hillenbrand's P/E ratio

Hillenbrand's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 14x. In other words, Hillenbrand shares trade at around 14x recent earnings.

That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.

Hillenbrand's PEG ratio

Hillenbrand's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.51. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Hillenbrand's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Hillenbrand's EBITDA

Hillenbrand's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$400.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Hillenbrand's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Hillenbrand financials

Revenue TTM	USD$2.3 billion
Operating margin TTM	12.46%
Gross profit TTM	USD$624.4 million
Return on assets TTM	6.07%
Return on equity TTM	-2.38%
Profit margin	-1.23%
Book value	$13.877
Market capitalisation	USD$2.3 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Hillenbrand shares

There are currently 1.4 million Hillenbrand shares held short by investors – that's known as Hillenbrand's "short interest". This figure is 8.4% down from 1.6 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Hillenbrand shares can be evaluated.

Hillenbrand's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Hillenbrand's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Hillenbrand shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Hillenbrand shares traded daily (recently around 399409.39226519). Hillenbrand's SIR currently stands at 3.62. In other words for every 100,000 Hillenbrand shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3620 shares are currently held short.

However Hillenbrand's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Hillenbrand shares, or, against the total number of tradable Hillenbrand shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Hillenbrand's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Hillenbrand shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.023% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Hillenbrand shares, roughly 23 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Hillenbrand.

Find out more about how you can short Hillenbrand stock.

Hillenbrand share dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 33.07% of net profits

Recently Hillenbrand has paid out, on average, around 33.07% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 2.7% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Hillenbrand shareholders could enjoy a 2.7% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Hillenbrand's case, that would currently equate to about $0.85 per share.

While Hillenbrand's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Hillenbrand may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.

Hillenbrand's most recent dividend payout was on 30 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 15 September 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").

Hillenbrand share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Hillenbrand's shares have ranged in value from as little as $13.61 up to $34.634. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Hillenbrand's is 1.4738. This would suggest that Hillenbrand's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Hillenbrand overview

Hillenbrand, Inc. operates as a diversified industrial company in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Process Equipment Group and Batesville. The Process Equipment Group segment designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and services process and material handling equipment and systems for various industries, including plastics, food and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fertilizers, minerals and mining, energy, wastewater treatment, forest products, and other general industrials. The Batesville segment designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells funeral services products and solutions, such as burial caskets, cremation caskets, containers and urns, other personalization and memorialization products, and Web-based technology applications. Hillenbrand, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Batesville, Indiana.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Hillenbrand is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 1.815% of Hillenbrand shares are held by insiders and 85.383% by institutions.

• How many people work for Hillenbrand?

  Latest data suggests 6,500 work at Hillenbrand.

• When does the fiscal year end for Hillenbrand?

  Hillenbrand's fiscal year ends in September.

• Where is Hillenbrand based?

  Hillenbrand's address is: 1 Batesville Boulevard, Batesville, IN, United States, 47006

• What is Hillenbrand's ISIN number?

  Hillenbrand's international securities identification number is: US4315711089

• What is Hillenbrand's CUSIP number?

  Hillenbrand's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 431571108