Knowles Corp (KN)
Knowles Corporation offers capacitors, radio frequency (RF) and microwave filters, balanced armature speakers, and medtech microphones in Asia, the United States, Europe, rest of Americas, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Precision Devices (PD) and Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA). The PD segment focuses on the custom design and delivery of high performance capacitor products and RF solutions primarily serving the defense, industrial, medtech, and electrification/energy markets. The MSA segment designs and manufactures balanced armature speakers and microphones for the hearing health; and specialty audio applications that serve the medtech and industrial markets. The company manufactures and sells film, electrolytic, and mica capacitors that are used in medtech, defense, and industrial electrification applications. It serves the defense, medtech, electric vehicle, industrial, and communications markets through original equipment manufacturers, their contract manufacturers, suppliers, sales representatives, and distributors. Knowles Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois.
- Symbol
- KN
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Electronic Components
- Market cap
- $3.16B
- 52 week range
- 20.57 - 42.93
Valuation
- Share price
- $36.73 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 57.67x
- Price to book
- 4.05x
- Price to free cash flow
- 121.93x
- Enterprise value
- $3.27B
- Book value per share
- $9.12
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | +2.00% |
| 5 days | +5.61% |
| 1 month | +10.23% |
| 3 months | -8.38% |
| 6 months | +45.24% |
| Year to date | +71.40% |
| 1 year | +58.66% |
| 3 years | +151.75% |
| 5 years | +93.62% |
| 10 years | +161.61% |
| All time | +28.02% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 5.70%
- Return on invested capital
- 6.67%
- Return on assets
- 4.21%
- Return on capital employed
- 7.44%
- Gross margin
- 43.21%
- Net margin
- 7.45%
- EBITDA margin
- 17.97%
- Revenue growth
- 7.17%
- Net income growth
- 118.59%
- Free cash flow growth
- -136.03%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 0.82%
- Current ratio
- 3.27x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 0.90x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2025-12-31
- Fiscal year
- 2025
- Revenue
- $593.20M
- Cost of revenue
- $332.50M
- Gross profit
- $256.30M
- EBITDA
- $106.60M
- Net income
- $44.20M
- Earnings per share
- $0.51
- Research and development
- $40.20M
- Shares outstanding
- 86.40M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $593.20M | $256.30M | $44.20M | $0.51 |
| 2024-12-31 | $553.50M | $234.80M | $-237.80M | $-2.67 |
| 2023-12-31 | $456.80M | $203.80M | $72.40M | $0.80 |
| 2022-12-31 | $478.80M | $227.00M | $-430.10M | $-4.69 |
| 2021-12-31 | $868.10M | $359.50M | $150.40M | $1.63 |
| 2020-12-31 | $764.30M | $271.20M | $6.60M | $0.07 |
| 2019-12-31 | $854.80M | $328.00M | $49.10M | $0.54 |
| 2018-12-31 | $826.90M | $322.60M | $67.70M | $0.75 |
| 2017-12-31 | $744.20M | $286.00M | $68.30M | $0.76 |
| 2016-12-31 | $755.70M | $295.70M | $-42.30M | $-0.48 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 43.21% | 7.45% | 5.70% | 6.67% |
| 2024-12-31 | 42.42% | -42.96% | -31.46% | 4.83% |
| 2023-12-31 | 44.61% | 15.85% | 7.00% | 3.52% |
| 2022-12-31 | 47.41% | -89.83% | -43.32% | 6.89% |
| 2021-12-31 | 41.41% | 17.33% | 10.30% | 7.76% |
| 2020-12-31 | 35.48% | 0.86% | 0.51% | 1.53% |
| 2019-12-31 | 38.37% | 5.74% | 3.81% | 4.58% |
| 2018-12-31 | 39.01% | 8.19% | 5.59% | 6.00% |
| 2017-12-31 | 38.43% | 9.18% | 6.03% | 2.23% |
| 2016-12-31 | 39.13% | -5.60% | -4.19% | 2.95% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2025-12-31 | $54.20M | $114.00M |
| 2024-12-31 | $130.10M | $134.00M |
| 2023-12-31 | $87.30M | $224.10M |
| 2022-12-31 | $48.20M | $45.00M |
| 2021-12-31 | $68.90M | $70.00M |
| 2020-12-31 | $147.80M | - |
| 2019-12-31 | $78.40M | $156.80M |
| 2018-12-31 | $73.50M | $158.10M |
| 2017-12-31 | $111.70M | $192.60M |
| 2016-12-31 | $63.40M | $288.50M |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-10-22
- Consensus EPS estimate
- $0.30
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-07-23 | Jun/2026 | $0.24 |
| 2026-04-23 | - | - |
| 2026-02-05 | - | - |
| 2025-10-23 | - | - |
| 2025-07-24 | - | - |
| 2025-04-24 | - | - |
| 2025-02-13 | - | - |
| 2024-10-24 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- knowles.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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