Hillenbrand Valuation

Is HI undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Sales vs Peers

  • Price-To-Sales vs Industry

  • Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HI when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HI ($33.78) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($87.22)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HI is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HI?

Key metric: As HI is unprofitable we use its Price-To-Sales Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Sales ratio for HI. This is calculated by dividing HI's market cap by their current revenue.
What is HI's PS Ratio?
PS Ratio0.7x
SalesUS$3.18b
Market CapUS$2.37b

Price to Sales Ratio vs Peers

How does HI's PS Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PS ratio for HI vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PSEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average2.3x
B Barnes Group
1.5x5.0%US$2.4b
AIN Albany International
2.1x3.5%US$2.7b
KMT Kennametal
1.1x2.1%US$2.3b
EPAC Enerpac Tool Group
4.5x6.5%US$2.6b
HI Hillenbrand
0.7x-0.8%US$2.4b

Price-To-Sales vs Peers: HI is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the peer average (2.3x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Industry

How does HI's PS Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Machinery Industry?

17 CompaniesPrice / SalesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HY Hyster-Yale
0.2x-0.6%US$993.19m
TWI Titan International
0.2x2.2%US$460.92m
PKOH Park-Ohio Holdings
0.3x3.9%US$441.47m
MTW Manitowoc Company
0.2x2.4%US$379.72m
HI 0.7xIndustry Avg. 1.6xNo. of Companies18PS01.22.43.64.86+
17 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Sales vs Industry: HI is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the US Machinery industry average (1.6x).


Price to Sales Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HI's PS Ratio compared to its Fair PS Ratio? This is the expected PS Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HI PS Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PS Ratio0.7x
Fair PS Ratio1.1x

Price-To-Sales vs Fair Ratio: HI is good value based on its Price-To-Sales Ratio (0.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Sales Ratio (1.1x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HI forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$33.78
US$43.60
+29.1%
15.9%US$54.00US$33.00n/a5
Nov ’25US$27.79
US$46.80
+68.4%
17.8%US$56.00US$33.00n/a5
Oct ’25US$26.71
US$46.80
+75.2%
17.8%US$56.00US$33.00n/a5
Sep ’25US$32.96
US$46.80
+42.0%
17.8%US$56.00US$33.00n/a5
Aug ’25US$41.60
US$56.80
+36.5%
8.5%US$64.00US$50.00n/a5
Jul ’25US$38.07
US$58.50
+53.7%
6.6%US$64.00US$54.00n/a4
Jun ’25US$46.49
US$58.50
+25.8%
6.6%US$64.00US$54.00n/a4
May ’25US$41.43
US$59.00
+42.4%
7.0%US$64.00US$54.00n/a4
Apr ’25US$49.45
US$63.00
+27.4%
5.1%US$68.00US$59.00n/a4
Mar ’25US$47.54
US$63.00
+32.5%
5.1%US$68.00US$59.00n/a4
Feb ’25US$47.41
US$63.50
+33.9%
4.2%US$68.00US$61.00n/a4
Jan ’25US$47.85
US$63.50
+32.7%
4.2%US$68.00US$61.00n/a4
Dec ’24US$39.93
US$64.33
+61.1%
4.1%US$68.00US$62.00n/a3
Nov ’24US$38.26
US$68.67
+79.5%
12.7%US$81.00US$62.00US$27.793
Oct ’24US$42.31
US$68.67
+62.3%
12.7%US$81.00US$62.00US$26.713
Sep ’24US$48.52
US$68.67
+41.5%
12.7%US$81.00US$62.00US$32.963
Aug ’24US$51.42
US$67.00
+30.3%
7.6%US$74.00US$62.00US$41.603
Jul ’24US$51.28
US$67.00
+30.7%
7.6%US$74.00US$62.00US$38.073
Jun ’24US$49.28
US$67.00
+36.0%
7.6%US$74.00US$62.00US$46.493
May ’24US$46.42
US$67.00
+44.3%
7.6%US$74.00US$62.00US$41.433
Apr ’24US$47.53
US$67.00
+41.0%
7.6%US$74.00US$62.00US$49.453
Mar ’24US$47.93
US$67.00
+39.8%
7.6%US$74.00US$62.00US$47.543
Feb ’24US$46.80
US$67.00
+43.2%
7.6%US$74.00US$62.00US$47.413
Jan ’24US$42.67
US$67.00
+57.0%
7.6%US$74.00US$62.00US$47.853
Dec ’23US$50.46
US$67.67
+34.1%
8.9%US$76.00US$62.00US$39.933
Nov ’23US$44.98
US$67.33
+49.7%
9.2%US$76.00US$62.00US$38.263

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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