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Knowles Corp. (KN)

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Knowles Corp. (KN) reported revenue of $167 million for Q2 FY2026, the quarter ended 30 June 2026, up 14.3% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $19 million, up 148.7% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $0.22. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-Q it filed with the SEC on 28 July 2026.

Revenue$167 millionup 14.3%
Net income$19 millionup 148.7%
Diluted EPS$0.22
QuarterQ2 FY2026ended 30 June 2026

Knowles (KN) in brief

Knowles (KN) reported revenue of $593 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 7.2% on the year before.
Read moreNet income was $44 million and diluted earnings per share $0.50. Revenue was $554 million in fiscal 2024, $457 million in fiscal 2023, $479 million in fiscal 2022 and $868 million in fiscal 2021. Net income in the same years was a loss of $238 million, $72 million, a loss of $430 million and $150 million. Over the twelve months to 30 June 2026, Knowles reported revenue of $635 million and net income of $68 million. Revenue fell 4.9% a year, compounded, over the five years to fiscal 2025. Knowles had 85 million shares outstanding at the latest filed count. At 30 June 2026 it carried $131 million of debt and $50 million of cash. At the close of 9 October 2026 the market cap of Knowles was $3.2 billion, 48.8 times its earnings over the last twelve months.

Ratios

From the filings

ROE8.5%
ROCE10.0%
Operating margin14.5%
Net margin10.6%
FCF marginn/a
Interest covern/a
Debt to equity0.16
Cash conversionn/a
Share count, 1 year-0.6%
Sales CAGR, 3 years7.4%
Profit CAGR, 3 yearsn/a
EPS, TTM$0.77

At the close of 9 October 2026

Price$37.58
Market cap$3.2 billion
Stock P/E48.80
Price to book4.03
EV / EBITDA25.45
Dividend yieldn/a
Market cap / sales5.05
52-week high$42.80
52-week low$20.67
Price, 1 year60.1%
Price CAGR, 3 years37.4%
Price CAGR, 5 years15.0%
Worked from the filed figures; hover a name for the formula.
Read moreThe priced ones use the latest price, the last regular-hours trade on IEX. Debt to equity here stands on the total debt Knowles Corp. states in its own filing, with lease liabilities counted separately and never inside it. Nothing here is a valuation or a view.
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Daily prices to 9 October 2026, adjusted for splits; from 28 September 2026 each day's price is the last regular-hours trade on IEX.
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The public record on KN

Filings15 in twelve months: 7 current reports (8-K), about 4 results of operations; 2 shareholder vote; 1 officer or director change
Planned insider sales33 Form 144 notices in twelve months, $28.1 million; latest 17 August 2026
Options tapeput/call 0.1 by open interest at the 9 October 2026 close; the straddle prices a 9.5% move to 16 October 2026
13F holders6 of the followed funds hold it; largest Geode Capital Management; 10 Schedule 13D or 13G filings in twelve months
Insider trading41 sales and 0 purchases on Form 4 in twelve months
Congress0 House trades disclosed in six months
Short interest4.4 million shares short, 6.43 days to cover at 30 September 2026
Documentsthe 10-K, the 10-Qs, the proxy and 4 earnings press releases, each linked

Quarterly results, the last 12 quarters

Q3 FY2023 †Q4 FY2023 *Q1 FY2024 †Q2 FY2024 †Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024 * †Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025 *Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Revenue108215133135142142132146153162153167
Cost of revenue57.513779.177.179.581.178.481.782.889.685.992.1
Gross profit50.478.453.257.862.960.953.360.669.972.567.174.6
Gross margin47%36%40%43%44%43%40%42%46%45%44%45%
R&D8.119.09.49.610.210.39.710.010.010.511.710.6
SG&A29.445.437.335.633.935.237.235.934.035.739.439.2
Operating income11.413.65.012.718.715.44.014.725.825.815.924.7
Operating margin11%6%4%9%13%11%3%10%17%16%10%15%
Pre-tax income11.310.21.07.812.213.70.811.322.329.611.022.6
Tax rate-35%-365%200%38%25%24%150%31%19%14%-3%19%
Net income16.647.42.5-2590.518.5-2.07.817.421.09.719.4
Net margin15%22%2%-192%0%13%-2%5%11%13%6%12%
Diluted EPS$0.18$0.52$0.03-$2.90$0.01$0.21-$0.02$0.09$0.20$0.24$0.11$0.22
Operating cash flow39.9n/a17.324.952.8n/a1.336.429.1n/a-0.728.2
Capital expenditure3.95.13.43.23.73.34.05.17.715.310.86.5
Free cash flow36.0n/a13.921.749.1n/a-2.731.321.4n/a-11.521.7
Buybacks15.020.00.025.04.524.25.030.020.010.07.515.0
Shares outstanding90m89m90m88m88m87m88m86m85m85m86m85m
Filing10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q10-Q10-K10-Q10-Q
Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.
Read more* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS and diluted share count are from the company's results press release for that quarter, used where the release gives the same revenue and net income as the table. A quarter marked † is shown as the company last restated it in a later filing, so it compares with the quarters around it on one basis; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

Income statement (profit and loss), 12 fiscal years and the trailing twelve months

FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue915754756744827855764868479457554593635
Cost of revenue552466458452504525491509252252317332350
Gross profit356282296286323328271360227204235256284
Gross margin38.9%37.4%39.1%38.5%39.0%38.4%35.5%41.4%47.4%44.6%42.4%43.2%44.7%
Research and development64.183.292.093.410196.892.992.829.332.439.540.242.8
Selling, general and administrative157150150127142146132146106126142143148
Operating income13535.045.039.977.881.229.211690.843.451.870.392.2
Operating margin14.7%4.6%6.0%5.4%9.4%9.5%3.8%13.3%19.0%9.5%9.4%11.9%14.5%
Interest expensen/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a1.37.54.2n/a
Pre-tax income13220.628.119.461.166.311.310587.737.334.764.085.5
Income tax12.93.28.312.9-4.516.68.4-45.621.3-28.311.313.112.3
Effective tax rate9.7%15.5%29.5%66.5%-7.4%25.0%74.3%-43.6%24.3%-75.9%32.6%20.5%14.4%
Net income-87.0-234-42.368.367.749.16.6150-43072.4-23844.267.5
Net margin-9.5%-31.0%-5.6%9.2%8.2%5.7%0.9%17.3%-89.8%15.8%-43.0%7.5%10.6%
Diluted EPS-$1.02-$2.69-$0.47$0.75$0.74$0.53$0.07$1.59-$4.69$0.79-$2.64$0.50$0.77
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
From each year's 10-K, linked; TTM is the last four quarters.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are. † The year as the company last restated it in a later filing; rest on a figure for the one first filed. EPS is as filed.

Revenue by segment

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
latest year
Precision Devices22130032955.4%
MedTech & Specialty Audio23525426444.6%
Precision DevicesMedTech & Specialty Audio
457FY2023554FY2024593FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the latest 10-K, in the company's own words.
Read moreA year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Revenue by region

FY2023FY2024FY2025Share
latest year
United States16123624941.9%
Asia17718722638.1%
Europe10110395.416.1%
Other Americas6.812.112.02.0%
Other11.315.110.91.8%
United StatesAsiaEuropeOther AmericasOther
457FY2023554FY2024593FY2025

$ million; hover a block for its figure and share

From the latest 10-K, in the company's own words.
Read moreA year is shown only where the parts add up to the revenue above. Fiscal years are labelled by the year they end in.

Cash flow and capital returned

FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Capital expenditure83.963.138.751.680.141.231.948.632.116.913.632.140.3
Cash from investing-93.1-95.25.969.5-88.0-110-35.1-130-32.7-14245.2-31.6-40.3
Cash from financing-71.426.1-110-118-48.6-8.5-23.9-131-73.258.2-132-159-117
Depreciation and amortisation15213673.757.352.454.460.662.553.946.550.336.337.1
Share-based compensation9.016.521.525.127.025.217.332.128.629.022.828.428.5
Buybacksn/an/an/an/a0.00.016.244.544.047.553.765.052.5
Diluted shares, weighted85m87m89m90m91m93m93m95m92m92m90m88m88m
Shares outstanding at period endn/an/an/an/an/an/a92m92m91m89m87m85m85m
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
Cash paid in the year, from the cash flow statement.
Read moreThe dividend per share is as declared. Diluted shares are the weighted average for the year; a falling count is the buybacks net of issuance. TTM sums the last four quarters; the share counts are the latest quarter's.

Balance sheet at year end

FY2014 †FY2015 †FY2016 †FY2017 †FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022 †FY2023 †FY2024FY2025TTM
Funded by
Shareholders' equity1,2361,0071,0081,1321,2121,2881,3041,4609931,034756776796
Debt40042929819315815716570.045.0224134114131
Operating lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/a0.025.118.714.77.28.25.816.114.7
Finance lease liabilitiesn/an/an/an/an/a6.95.53.61.40.60.40.3n/a
Other liabilities362262208225178177162184137196222145135
Total liabilities and equity1,9981,6981,5151,5501,5481,6551,6551,7321,1841,4631,1181,0511,076
Owned
Fixed assets316215173183212206192201162143130140145
Goodwill915872872885888910910941201270270270270
Intangible assets27097.073.853.556.791.778.797.385.1176157141133
Investmentsn/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/an/a0.077.283.483.4
Cash and equivalents52.761.363.411273.578.414868.948.287.313054.249.6
Receivables23614512613814016013114713590.7105103116
Inventory16211890.8126140142130153170127118125147
Other assets46.618911653.437.766.765.4124384569131134131
Total assets1,9981,6981,5151,5501,5481,6551,6551,7321,1841,4631,1181,0511,076
Filing10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K10-K
At the fiscal year end; the TTM column is the latest quarter end.
Read moreBoth totals are the company's own. Other liabilities is the filed total less the rows above it: payables, deferred revenue, taxes, borrowings the rows above do not carry and the rest; other assets is the same on the other side. Investments add the current and non-current lines as filed. Debt is the company's own stated total where it files one, otherwise its long-term debt with the current maturities, never parts added together. A row is left blank in a year where the lines shown overlap and the remainder would fall below nil.

Compounded growth

10 years5 years3 yearsTTM
Sales growth, compounded-2.4%-4.9%7.4%12.8%
Profit growth, compoundedn/a46.3%n/a172.2%
Return on equity, average-4.0%-10.4%-6.3%5.7%
Yearly growth, compounded; TTM is the last four quarters against the four before.
Read moreReturn on equity is net income over shareholders' equity at each year end, averaged over the window (the TTM column is the latest year alone); equity is the parent's shareholders' equity as tagged in the 10-K. Arithmetic on filed numbers, nothing forecast.

Questions

What was Knowles' revenue in fiscal 2025?

Knowles (KN) reported revenue of $593 million for fiscal 2025, the year ended 31 December 2025, up 7.2% on the year before.

How much did Knowles earn in fiscal 2025?

Net income was $44 million for fiscal 2025, and diluted earnings per share $0.50.

What is Knowles' P/E ratio?

At the close of 9 October 2026, Knowles traded at 48.8 times its earnings over the twelve months to 30 June 2026.

What is Knowles' market cap?

The market cap of Knowles was $3.2 billion at the close of 9 October 2026.

How much debt does Knowles have?

At 30 June 2026 Knowles carried $131 million of debt and $50 million of cash.

Peers: Recreation

CompanyMarket capP/EROEOp. marginSales growth
TTM
Debt to equityDiv. yield
Sony Group Corporation SONY *$142.4 billionn/a-4.0%11.6%3.7%0.130.6%
Hasbro, Inc. HAS$13.2 billion16.79108.7%23.4%17.0%4.163.0%
Mattel Inc. MAT$4.8 billion12.2721.4%7.8%2.9%1.170.0%
Acushnet Holdings Corp. GOLF$4.6 billion21.5723.8%13.7%8.8%1.011.2%
Knowles Corp. KN$3.2 billion48.808.5%14.5%12.8%0.16n/a
Yeti Holdings, Inc. YETI$2.9 billion17.3729.3%12.2%6.2%0.16n/a
Callaway Golf Co. CALY$2.4 billionn/a-12.2%9.6%3.7%0.000.1%
Peloton Interactive, Inc. PTON$2.2 billion36.27n/a6.6%-1.8%n/an/a
Sonos Inc. SONO$2.0 billion37.5114.1%4.4%5.6%0.00n/a
2 companies share its SEC industry code (Household Audio & Video Equipment); the rest are the names nearest in size in its wider industry, Recreation, one of the Fama-French 48 industries, a published grouping of SEC industry codes.
Read moreBy market capitalisation; a click on a heading sorts by it, largest first, and a second click turns it round. Each figure is the same arithmetic as the ratio box above, on each company's own filings and latest close; a name marked * is a foreign company that files once a year, on its latest fiscal year.

Filings

FilingPeriodFiledWhere
10-Q30 June 202628 July 2026EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202628 April 2026EDGAR
10-K31 December 20259 February 2026EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202528 October 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202529 July 2025EDGAR
10-Q31 March 202529 April 2025EDGAR
10-K31 December 202413 February 2025EDGAR
10-Q30 September 202429 October 2024EDGAR
10-Q30 June 202431 July 2024EDGAR
10-Q31 March 20241 May 2024EDGAR

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