Knowles Corporation

KN Technology Electronic Components

Knowles Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $593.2 million, up 7.17% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+20.3%
EPS
+25.0%
Free cash flow
+74.3%
Total debt
−34.2%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

30.52 3.18 −9.44%
Market cap
$2.6B
P/E
36.3×
Fwd P/E
36.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
4.27
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
n/a

Knowles Corporation (KN) Operating margin

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Knowles Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 14.6%, up 2.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (11.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.82% (fiscal 2020) to 19.0% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Electronic Components industry median of 4.90% and above the Technology sector median of 0.02%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 11.9% 2.49
FY2024 9.36% (0.14)
FY2023 9.50% (9.46)
FY2022 19.0% 5.62
FY2021 13.3% 9.52
FY2020 3.82% (5.68)
FY2019 9.50% 0.09
FY2018 9.41% 4.05
FY2017 5.36% (0.59)
FY2016 5.95% 1.31

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 16.7% 1.87
Jun 2026 14.8% 4.42
Mar 2026 10.4% (5.52)
Dec 2025 15.9% (0.96)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 3.82% High 19.0%
Ten-year median 9.41%
Current reading's percentile 91

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
OLED Universal Display Corporation compare 34.6%
CTS CTS Corporation compare 17.0%
BELFA Bel Fuse Inc. compare 16.2%
BELFB Bel Fuse Inc. compare 16.2%
KN Knowles Corporation 14.6%
OSIS OSI Systems, Inc. compare 12.2%
ROG Rogers Corporation compare 7.94%
BHE Benchmark Electronics, Inc. compare 3.49%
OUST Ouster, Inc. compare −25.6%
Electronic Components industry median 4.90%
Technology sector median 0.02%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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