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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.

37.56 0.42 +1.13%
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
47.5×
Fwd P/E
46.6×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
8/9
Altman Z
4.27
Beneish M
−2.41
Dividend safety
n/a
Overview Business Profile Financial Analysis Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flow Metrics & Ratios 10-Q 10-K

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 25.04
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell 2 2 1 10 — 2 2 — 1 3 — —
Insider Ownership 2.44%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 3,170.00
Revenue 635.00
Net Income 67.50
Free Cash Flow 63.50
Net Debt 81.40
Current Ratio 3.20 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.16 (at or below 0.5: strong)
P/E ratio 47.54 (above 35: high)
Fwd P/E 46.60 (above 35: high)
P/S ratio 5.07
P/B ratio 4.05
Past 5Y EPS Growth 48.17% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 20.27% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y EPS Growth 21.16% (at or above 15%: strong)
Next Y revenue growth 12.37% (at or above 10%: strong)
Next 5Y EPS Growth 18.56% (at or above 15%: strong)

Green and red mark values outside typical ranges. How we judge →

Valuation vs history

EV/Sales, ten years
EV/Sales is 5.3×, against a ten-year median of 2.3×; over the ten years it ranged from 1.4× in 2022 to 5.8× in 2026.
P/E against its own 10 years 71.53%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 98.34%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 98.41%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 98.34%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 85.41%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio —
Annual Dividend Rate —
Annual Dividend Yield —
total individual payouts
2023 Powerpack
2022 Powerpack
2021 Powerpack
2020 Powerpack
2019 Powerpack
2018 Powerpack
2017 Powerpack
special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 87 130 54 50
Receivables 91 105 103 117
Inventory 127 118 125 147
Other — — — —
429 361 291 324
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 36 59 43 48
ST’ Debt 47 69 — —
Other — — — —
165 198 106 101

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales (2.36%) (4.94%) 7.40%
Cash Flow 3.81% (2.31%) 9.72%
Earnings 0.00% 46.28% 0.00%
Book Value (2.57%) (9.86%) (7.90%)

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 153 167 — — —
’25 132 146 153 162 593
’24 133 135 143 143 554
’23 144 173 108 31 457
’22 201 188 178 (89) 479
’21 201 200 233 234 868
’20 163 152 206 243 764
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1) 28 — — —
’25 1 36 29 47 114
’24 17 25 53 35 130
’23 22 1 40 60 123
’22 1 20 19 47 86
’21 40 21 56 66 182
’20 (1) 27 28 76 128
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (11) 22 — — —
’25 (3) 31 21 32 82
’24 21 22 49 25 117
’23 18 9 36 55 118
’22 (6) 13 8 40 54
’21 35 11 43 45 134
’20 (9) 20 22 64 97
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.11 0.22 — — —
’25 (0.02) 0.09 0.20 0.24 0.50
’24 0.03 (2.90) 0.01 0.21 (2.64)
’23 (0.06) 0.15 0.18 0.52 0.79
’22 0.19 (2.64) 0.03 (2.28) (4.69)
’21 0.13 0.19 0.29 0.98 1.59
’20 (0.10) (0.21) 0.06 0.32 0.07
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.8
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 9.68 14.11 10.95 12.20 11.10 17.89 11.57 12.78 14.97 12.19

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 17.49 19.90 18.32 22.79 22.20 23.47 23.81 20.25 20.49 24.54
People
People Employees 8,000 7,900 8,000 8,500 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,100 5,500 5,200
Revenue/emp, $m 0.09 0.09 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.07 0.06 0.10 0.11
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 756 744 827 855 764 868 479 457 554 593
Gross margin, % 39.13 38.43 39.01 38.37 35.48 41.41 47.41 44.61 42.42 43.21
EBT 28 19 61 66 11 105 88 37 35 64
EBT margin, % 3.72 2.61 7.39 7.76 1.48 12.05 18.32 8.17 6.27 10.79
Net income (42) 68 68 49 7 150 (430) 72 (238) 44
Depreciation 79 65 60 63 70 71 526 49 321 41
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 8.52 8.33 9.18 9.37 8.33 9.41 5.22 5.03 6.23 6.87
Earnings (0.48) 0.76 0.75 0.54 0.07 1.63 (4.69) 0.80 (2.67) 0.51
Cash flow 1.21 1.04 1.09 1.36 1.40 1.97 0.94 1.35 1.46 1.32
Capex (0.41) (0.57) (0.89) (0.45) (0.34) (0.52) (0.35) (0.05) (0.15) (0.37)
Free cash flow 0.80 0.47 0.21 0.91 1.05 1.45 0.59 1.30 1.31 0.95
Book value 11.37 12.67 13.45 14.13 14.21 15.81 10.83 11.38 8.50 8.98
Shares, m 89 89 90 91 92 92 92 91 89 86
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 0.00 19.60 17.75 39.91 263.29 14.33 0.00 22.06 0.00 41.21
P/S 1.97 1.81 1.45 2.26 2.21 2.48 3.21 3.51 3.20 3.12
P/B 1.47 1.19 0.99 1.50 1.30 1.48 1.55 1.55 2.34 2.39
EV/Sales 2.28 1.94 1.57 2.36 2.27 2.50 3.23 3.91 3.33 3.34
EV/FCF 24.29 34.50 70.08 24.42 17.94 16.18 28.45 15.12 15.83 24.22
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 108 93 99 124 128 182 86 123 130 114
Capex (37) (51) (80) (41) (32) (48) (32) (4) (14) (32)
Free cash flow 71 42 19 83 97 134 54 118 117 82
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 159 243 223 237 122 214 263 264 164 186
Total debt 298 196 160 169 189 84 56 271 203 114
Net debt 235 84 87 90 41 15 8 184 72 60
Shareholders’ equity 1,008 1,132 1,212 1,289 1,304 1,460 993 1,034 756 776
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA (2.63) 4.46 4.37 3.07 0.40 8.88 (29.50) 5.47 (18.43) 4.08
ROIC 2.26 2.05 3.75 3.68 1.36 4.91 5.67 2.23 3.91 5.26
ROE (4.20) 6.38 5.78 3.93 0.51 10.89 (35.08) 7.14 (26.57) 5.77
Negative figures in brackets.

All 10 years →

Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Knowles Corporation vs peers in Electronic Components (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
BELFA Bel Fuse Inc. $3.4B 49.8× 32.7× +25.18% (above 0%: growing) −11.33% (below 0%: shrinking) −27.35% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.85% 18.24% Compare
BELFB Bel Fuse Inc. $3.4B 59.1× 32.7× +25.18% (above 0%: growing) −11.68% (below 0%: shrinking) −27.35% (below 0%: shrinking) 39.85% 18.24% Compare
OLED Universal Display Corporation $3.4B 18.1× 20.1× −11.43% (below 0%: shrinking) −24.82% (below 0%: shrinking) −45.68% (below 0%: shrinking) 75.82% 35.26% Compare
KN Knowles Corporation $3.2B 47.5× 46.6× +14.32% (above 0%: growing) +155.56% (above 0%: growing) −30.67% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.72% 14.81%
OSIS OSI Systems, Inc. $3.1B 21.6× 18.5× −4.14% (below 0%: shrinking) +7.92% (above 0%: growing) +1,853.69% (above 0%: growing) 34.70% 15.26% Compare
BHE Benchmark Electronics, Inc. $2.9B 55.0× 41.3× +17.69% (above 0%: growing) +1,733.33% (above 0%: growing) +244.06% (above 0%: growing) 10.37% 4.00% Compare
OUST Ouster, Inc. $2.9B — (loss-making) — (loss-making) +55.86% (above 0%: growing) n/m −600.91% (below 0%: shrinking) 48.85% (36.69%) Compare
ROG Rogers Corporation $2.7B 84.2× 42.6× +6.90% (above 0%: growing) n/m +226.79% (above 0%: growing) 32.47% 9.23% Compare
ALNT Allient Inc. $1.9B 64.3× 47.2× +10.17% (above 0%: growing) +82.35% (above 0%: growing) −59.55% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.85% 10.15% Compare
Median of peers $3.0B 55.0× 32.7× +13.93% −1.70% −27.35% 37.35% 12.71%

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Knowles Corporation (KN) key facts

  • Strength: Knowles Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $593.2 million, up 7.17% from fiscal 2024.
  • Knowles Corporation (KN) is an Electronic Components company in the Technology sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Net income was $44.2 million, or $0.51 per share (basic), a net margin of 7.45%.
  • As of October 9, 2026, KN traded at $37.56, a market capitalization of $3.2 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 47.5× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 5.1× sales; its P/E is higher than 72% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Return on equity was 5.77% and debt-to-equity 0.16.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 8 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 4.27 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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