Knowles Corp · Household Audio & Video Equipment

KN

Low riskNext report: Around Feb 4, 2027 (est.)

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The short version

A profitable company with growing sales.

Going well

Sales up 20% in the latest quarter vs a year ago
Profitable
Sales growth speeding up

Money moves

No insider buying or selling in the last 30 days
Institutions added 0.8% to their holdings in the quarter ending June 2026 (195 bought, 111 sold)

Facts from SEC filings, not a recommendation.

What the price means

Price as of Oct 26

$32.65+1.4% that day

Company value: $2.8B; Share price times all shares
Price vs profit (P/E): 39.8x; You pay about $40 for each $1 of yearly profit
Price vs sales: 4.2x; Company value is 4.2 times a year of sales
Cash vs value: 2%; Cash as a share of company value
Debt vs value: 4%; Debt as a share of company value

From KN's last IEX trade and its SEC filings (profits and sales over the last four quarters). A starting point for research, not a verdict.

The business over time

Last 12 quarters, from SEC filings

Sales, Sep '26

$184.0M+20% vs a year earlier

Dec '23Tap a barSep '26

Last 12 months: $666.1M, up 16% from the 12 months before. Over 5 years, sales shrank about 4.9% a year.

What the price assumes

Your guesses, our math

Move the sliders to your own view of KN. Starting points are the company's recent numbers.

Sales growth+16% a yearRecently: +16% a yearProfit margin11%Last 12 months: 10.8%P/E at the end40xToday: 39.8x. Many steady companies trade at 12x to 25xShare count change-2% a yearBelow zero means buybacks; above zero means new shares (dilution)

Sales in 5 years$1.4B

Profit in 5 years$154M

Price these guesses point to$80.38+146% vs $32.65 todayAbout +20% a year, before dividends

What today's price needs: with a 11% margin and a 40x P/E, sales could shrink about 3.1% a year for 5 years and still match today's price.

Simple math on your guesses, not a forecast or a price target. Real results depend on many things these sliders leave out.

Price

Price chart by TradingView.

Business quality

The checklist Warren Buffett-style investors use. Annual numbers for 2025.

3/6Mixed

MissReturn on equity 15%+Earns a lot on the money owners have in the business.5.8%
PassDebt under half of equityNot relying on borrowed money.0.15x equity
MissNet margin 10%+Keeps at least 10 cents of profit from each dollar of sales.7.5%
MissProfitable every yearSteady profits, not one good year.7 of 10 years
PassShare count not growingNot diluting owners. Falling means buybacks.-5.2% in 3 years
PassGross margin 40%+Pricing power: sells for well above what it costs to make.43.2%

Revenue: $593.2M; +7.2% vs prior year
5-year growth: -4.9%/yr; revenue, per year
Total debt: $114.0M; 0.15x equity
Current ratio: 2.75x; short-term assets / bills due

From annual reports filed with the SEC. Not in this company's SEC data, so not scored: free cash flow positive. A checklist is a starting point for research, not a verdict.