Knowles Corporation
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Knowles Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $593.2 million, up 7.17% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 14.3%, EPS grew 155.6%, free cash flow fell 30.7% and total debt fell 31.1%, each against the same quarter a year earlier.
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Knowles Corporation (KN) Piotroski F-score
Knowles Corporation's Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 8 out of 9: 8 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, up from 5 in fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 8 | 3.00 |
| FY2024 | 5 | (1.00) |
| FY2023 | 6 | 0.00 |
| FY2022 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2021 | 7 | 3.00 |
| FY2020 | 4 | 0.00 |
| FY2019 | 4 | (2.00) |
| FY2018 | 6 | (1.00) |
| FY2017 | 7 | 0.00 |
| FY2016 | 7 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | 4.08% | (18.43%) | Pass | 1 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 114.00m | 130.10m | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | 4.08% | (18.43%) | Pass | 1 |
| Cash flow above net income | 69.80m | 367.90m | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.11 | 0.10 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising current ratio | 2.75 | 1.83 | Pass | 1 |
| No new shares issued | 86,400,000 | 88,900,000 | Pass | 1 |
| Rising gross margin | 43.21% | 42.42% | Pass | 1 |
| Rising asset turnover | 0.55 | 0.43 | Pass | 1 |
| Piotroski F-score | Strong — most fundamentals improved | 8 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| BELFB Bel Fuse Inc. compare | 8 |
| KN Knowles Corporation | 8 |
| BELFA Bel Fuse Inc. compare | 8 |
| ALNT Allient Inc. compare | 7 |
| BHE Benchmark Electronics, Inc. compare | 6 |
| OLED Universal Display Corporation compare | 6 |
| OUST Ouster, Inc. compare | 6 |
| ROG Rogers Corporation compare | 5 |
| OSIS OSI Systems, Inc. compare | 5 |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover