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Knowles Corporation KN
$40.05 +4.76% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $3.42B
Strong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $0.77, up 179.4% year over year.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 307 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- The shares trade at 52.0× trailing earnings, higher than 82% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 48%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 10%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 13%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 47%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 39%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 33%
- Gross marginBottom 39%
- Operating marginTop 25%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 42%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 29%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 45%
- Interest coverTop 25%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 41%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 40%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 25%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 23%
- 6-month returnTop 26%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 22%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 14%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 40%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 48%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 24%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 18%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 24%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 10%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 37%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 45%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 11.2% | 12.8% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 40.2% | 42.3% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 14.7% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 19.4% | 10.0% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 12.8% | 11.2% | ↑ | Top 48% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 179.4% | — | Top 10% | |
| Gross margin | 42.3% | 40.2% | ↑ | Bottom 39% |
| Operating margin | 14.7% | 10.7% | ↑ | Top 25% |
| Net margin | 10.6% | 4.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 10.0% | 19.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 8.2% | — | Top 33% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 7.4% | — | Top 47% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.54×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -3.4%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 2.6%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +2.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.77×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 12.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.19%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.19%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.3%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.4%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 3
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 3 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +5.5%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.4%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $40.67
- Target vs current price
- +1.5%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 47%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +8.2% | +6.0% | -5.6% | -5.0% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | +17.4% | +2.4% | -0.6% | +15.4% | +16.3% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | +2.9% | +1.7% | +11.0% | +5.6% | +30.1% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | -6.4% | +3.7% | +1.9% | -8.8% | +3.8% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | -88.2% | -1.8% | +8.6% | +7.1% | +24.1% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +0.0% | +5.6% | +6.2% | +11.1% | +21.2% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | -3.6% | +1.0% | -1.3% | -12.5% | -9.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +0.0% | +0.9% | +2.6% | +6.3% | +19.2% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.33 | $0.31 | +8.2% | $166.8M |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.27 | $0.23 | +17.4% | $153.1M |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.36 | $0.35 | +2.9% | $162.2M |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.35 | -6.4% | $152.9M |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.02 | $0.17 | -88.2% | $145.9M |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.18 | +0.0% | $132.2M |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.28 | -3.6% | $142.5M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.26 | $0.26 | +0.0% | $142.5M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 52.0× | 27.6× | 82th | Top 41% |
| P/E (forward) | 30.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 27.0× | — | — | Top 44% |
| EV / Sales | 5.55× | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.86% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| Earnings yield | 1.92% | — | — | Top 41% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 11.3× – 75.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +68.2%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +179.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -38.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 9
- Days above the 200-day average
- 307
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +4.6%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +10.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +26.3%
- RSI (14)
- 70.3
- Relative volume
- 1.16×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 43.8%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 82th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.62
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.66
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -6.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -38.0%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 2022 | Oct 12, 2022 | -49.5% | 194 days | 744 days (Oct 1, 2025) |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 | -23.8% | 44 days | Not yet recovered |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Nov 20, 2025 | -15.3% | 33 days | 37 days (Jan 15, 2026) |
| Feb 24, 2021 | Oct 12, 2021 | -15.1% | 160 days | 24 days (Nov 15, 2021) |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Mar 20, 2026 | -15.0% | 17 days | 14 days (Apr 10, 2026) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.42B
- P/E (TTM)
- 52.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $0.77
- Revenue (TTM)
- $635.0M
- 52-week range
- $20.57 – $42.93
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $868.1M | $478.8M | $456.8M | $553.5M | $593.2M |
| Gross profit | $341.5M | $227.0M | $200.1M | $221.2M | $244.5M |
| Operating income | $118.2M | $90.8M | $49.4M | $56.7M | $77.7M |
| Net income | $150.4M | -$430.1M | $72.4M | -$239.5M | $44.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.59 | -$4.69 | $0.79 | -$2.67 | $0.50 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $142.5M | $142.5M | $132.2M | $145.9M | $152.9M | $162.2M | $153.1M | $166.8M |
| Net income | $2.8M | $14.5M | -$2.0M | $7.8M | $17.4M | $21.0M | $9.7M | $19.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.03 | $0.16 | -$0.00 | $0.09 | $0.20 | $0.24 | $0.11 | $0.22 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $182.1M | $86.3M | $122.7M | $130.1M | $114.0M |
| Capital expenditure | -$48.6M | -$32.1M | -$17.2M | -$13.6M | -$32.1M |
| Free cash flow | $133.5M | $54.2M | $105.5M | $116.5M | $81.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$18.9M | -$36.5M | -$45.9M | -$47.9M | -$58.3M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $49.6M
- Total assets
- $1.08B
- Total liabilities
- $280.5M
- Total debt
- $150.2M
- Net debt
- $100.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $795.5M
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 28, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,611,142
- Days to cover
- 7.13
- Change vs previous report
- +9.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.