knowles corp - KN

KN

Close Chg Chg %
27.16 0.14 0.50%

Closed Market

27.29

+0.14 (0.50%)

Volume: 540.43K

Last Updated:

Feb 19, 2026, 3:59 PM EDT

Company Overview: knowles corp - KN

KN Key Data

Open

$27.01

Day Range

26.58 - 27.39

52 Week Range

12.19 - 27.73

Market Cap

$2.32B

Shares Outstanding

84.91M

Public Float

82.96M

Beta

1.52

Rev. Per Employee

N/A

P/E Ratio

49.93

EPS

$0.55

Yield

0.00%

Dividend

N/A

EX-DIVIDEND DATE

SHORT INTEREST

N/A

AVERAGE VOLUME

729.99K

 

KN Performance

1 Week
 
-0.11%
 
1 Month
 
10.90%
 
3 Months
 
27.74%
 
1 Year
 
55.06%
 
5 Years
 
29.50%
 

KN Analyst Ratings

  • Sell
  • Under
  • Hold
  • Over
  • Buy
Number of Ratings 4
Full Ratings ➔

About knowles corp - KN

Knowles Corp. supplies advanced micro-acoustic, audio processing and precision device solutions. It operates through the MedTech and Specialty Audio, and Precision Devices segments. The MedTech & Specialty Audio segment specializes in the design and delivery of high-performance capacitor products and RF solutions. The Precision Devices segment designs and manufactures balanced armature speakers and microphones used in applications that serve the hearing health and premium audio markets. The company was founded by Hugh Knowles in 1946 and is headquartered in Itasca, IL.

KN At a Glance

Knowles Corp.
1151 Maplewood Drive
Itasca, Illinois 60143
Phone 1-630-250-5100 Revenue 593.20M
Industry Electronic Components Net Income 47.00M
Sector Electronic Technology 2025 Sales Growth 7.173%
Fiscal Year-end 12 / 2026 Employees 5,200
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KN Valuation

P/E Current 49.926
P/E Ratio (with extraordinary items) N/A
P/E Ratio (without extraordinary items) 39.393
Price to Sales Ratio 3.121
Price to Book Ratio 2.345
Price to Cash Flow Ratio 16.24
Enterprise Value to EBITDA 16.979
Enterprise Value to Sales 3.257
Total Debt to Enterprise Value 0.07

KN Efficiency

Revenue/Employee 114,076.923
Income Per Employee 9,038.462
Receivables Turnover 5.77
Total Asset Turnover 0.547

KN Liquidity

Current Ratio 2.752
Quick Ratio 1.575
Cash Ratio 0.512

KN Profitability

Gross Margin 41.183
Operating Margin 13.098
Pretax Margin 10.789
Net Margin 7.923
Return on Assets 4.693
Return on Equity 6.646
Return on Total Capital 5.589
Return on Invested Capital 5.649

KN Capital Structure

Total Debt to Total Equity 17.298
Total Debt to Total Capital 14.813
Total Debt to Total Assets 12.834
Long-Term Debt to Equity 16.77
Long-Term Debt to Total Capital 14.319
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Annual Financials for Knowles Corp - KN

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All values USD millions. 2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
Sales/Revenue
764.70M 707.60M 553.50M 593.20M
Sales Growth
-11.91% -7.47% -21.78% +7.17%
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) incl D&A
463.90M 446.30M 332.30M 348.90M
COGS excluding D&A
- - - -
-
Depreciation & Amortization Expense
53.90M 46.50M 37.60M 36.30M
Depreciation
41.70M 33.00M 20.60M 20.10M
Amortization of Intangibles
12.20M 13.50M 17.00M 16.20M
COGS Growth
-11.91% -3.79% -25.54% +5.00%
Gross Income
300.80M 261.30M 221.20M 244.30M
Gross Income Growth
-11.92% -13.13% -15.35% +10.44%
Gross Profit Margin
+39.34% +36.93% +39.96% +41.18%
2022 2023 2024 2025 5-year trend
SG&A Expense
198.40M 215.30M 164.50M 166.80M
Research & Development
81.70M 71.60M 37.10M 37.70M
Other SG&A
116.70M 143.70M 127.40M 129.10M
SGA Growth
-11.15% +8.52% -23.59% +1.40%
Other Operating Expense
- - - -
-
Unusual Expense
513.70M 5.50M 7.20M 1.00M
EBIT after Unusual Expense
(411.30M) 40.50M 49.50M 76.50M
Non Operating Income/Expense
(2.60M) 11.90M 5.30M 500.00K
Non-Operating Interest Income
400.00K 2.00M 3.80M 3.70M
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Interest Expense
4.30M 7.40M 20.10M 13.00M
Interest Expense Growth
-70.14% +72.09% +171.62% -35.32%
Gross Interest Expense
4.30M 7.40M 20.10M 13.00M
Interest Capitalized
- - - -
-
Pretax Income
(418.20M) 45.00M 34.70M 64.00M
Pretax Income Growth
-499.81% +110.76% -22.89% +84.44%
Pretax Margin
-54.69% +6.36% +6.27% +10.79%
Income Tax
11.90M (27.40M) 11.30M 13.10M
Income Tax - Current - Domestic
1.80M 2.10M 1.40M 1.30M
Income Tax - Current - Foreign
5.50M 12.10M 4.00M 5.30M
Income Tax - Deferred - Domestic
2.70M (42.40M) 4.50M 6.50M
Income Tax - Deferred - Foreign
- 1.90M 800.00K 1.40M
Income Tax Credits
- - - -
-
Equity in Earnings of Affiliates
- - - -
-
Other After Tax Income (Expense)
- - - -
-
Consolidated Net Income
(430.10M) 72.40M 23.40M 50.90M
Minority Interest Expense
- - - -
-
Net Income
(430.10M) 72.40M 23.40M 50.90M
Net Income Growth
-386.35% +116.83% -67.68% +117.52%
Net Margin Growth
-56.24% +10.23% +4.23% +8.58%
Extraordinaries & Discontinued Operations
- - (262.90M) (3.90M)
-
Discontinued Operations
- - (262.90M) (3.90M)
-
Net Income After Extraordinaries
(430.10M) 72.40M (239.50M) 47.00M
Preferred Dividends
- - - -
-
Net Income Available to Common
(430.10M) 72.40M (239.50M) 47.00M
EPS (Basic)
-4.6903 0.7965 -2.694 0.544
EPS (Basic) Growth
-387.84% +116.98% -438.23% +120.19%
Basic Shares Outstanding
91.70M 90.90M 88.90M 86.40M
EPS (Diluted)
-4.6903 0.7904 -2.694 0.544
EPS (Diluted) Growth
-395.32% +116.85% -440.84% +120.19%
Diluted Shares Outstanding
91.70M 91.60M 88.90M 86.40M
EBITDA
156.30M 92.50M 94.30M 113.80M
EBITDA Growth
-13.50% -40.82% +1.95% +20.68%
EBITDA Margin
+20.44% +13.07% +17.04% +19.18%

Snapshot

Average Recommendation OVERWEIGHT Average Target Price 26.50
Number of Ratings 4 Current Quarters Estimate 0.238
FY Report Date 03 / 2026 Current Year's Estimate 1.24
Last Quarter’s Earnings 0.36 Median PE on CY Estimate N/A
Year Ago Earnings 1.11 Next Fiscal Year Estimate 1.497
Median PE on Next FY Estimate N/A

Earnings Per Share

This Quarter Next Quarter This Fiscal Next Fiscal
# of Estimates 4 4 4 3
Mean Estimate 0.24 0.29 1.24 1.50
High Estimates 0.24 0.31 1.28 1.55
Low Estimate 0.23 0.26 1.18 1.40
Coefficient of Variance 2.11 7.58 3.42 5.60

Analysts Recommendations

Current 1 Month Ago 3 Months Ago
BUY 2 2 2
OVERWEIGHT 1 1 1
HOLD 1 1 1
UNDERWEIGHT 0 0 0
SELL 0 0 0
MEAN Overweight Overweight Overweight

Insider Actions for Knowles Corp - KN

Date Name Shares Transaction Value
Jan 21, 2026 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 864,370 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $25 per share 21,609,250.00
Jan 21, 2026 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 839,370 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $24.5 per share 20,564,565.00
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 38,404 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 939,370 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $23.55 per share 22,122,163.50
Nov 5, 2025 Jeffrey S. Niew President & CEO; Director 977,774 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $16.07 per share 15,712,828.18
Aug 27, 2025 Raymond D. Cabrera SVP, Chief HR Officer 135,402 Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $16.07 per share 2,175,910.14
Aug 27, 2025 Raymond D. Cabrera SVP, Chief HR Officer 114,607 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $21.35 per share 2,446,859.45
Aug 27, 2025 Raymond D. Cabrera SVP, Chief HR Officer N/A Exercise or conversion of derivative security exempted pursuant to Rule 16b-3 0.00
Feb 27, 2025 Robert J. Perna SVP, General Counsel & Sec 75,773 Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $17.02 per share 1,289,656.46
Feb 24, 2025 Air A. Bastarrica Vice President, Controller 72,537 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $17.84 per share 1,294,060.08
Feb 24, 2025 Daniel J. Giesecke Senior Vice President & COO 174,591 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $17.84 per share 3,114,703.44
Feb 24, 2025 John S. Anderson Senior Vice President & CFO 242,407 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $17.84 per share 4,324,540.88
Feb 21, 2025 John S. Anderson Senior Vice President & CFO N/A Open market or private sale of non-derivative or derivative security Non-derivative transaction at $19.5 per share 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 John S. Anderson Senior Vice President & CFO 247,879 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) Non-derivative transaction at $18.34 per share 4,546,100.86
Feb 21, 2025 John S. Anderson Senior Vice President & CFO 219,497 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Robert J. Perna SVP, General Counsel & Sec 88,868 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00
Feb 21, 2025 Robert J. Perna SVP, General Counsel & Sec 69,784 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.34 per share 1,279,838.56
Feb 20, 2025 Daniel J. Giesecke Senior Vice President & COO 154,022 Payment of exercise price or tax liability by delivering/withholding secs incident to the receipt/exercise/vesting pursuant to Rule 16b-3 Non-derivative transaction at $18.34 per share 2,824,763.48
Feb 20, 2025 Daniel J. Giesecke Senior Vice President & COO 178,559 Grant, award or other acq pursuant to Rule 16b-3(d) 0.00

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