Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Boosts Stake in Knowles Corporation $KN

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its position in Knowles Corporation (NYSE:KN) by 26.1% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 12,995 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 2,686 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in Knowles were worth $229,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Meeder Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Knowles by 47.0% in the first quarter. Meeder Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,703 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $56,000 after buying an additional 1,184 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its stake in shares of Knowles by 118.8% in the second quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 6,482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $114,000 after buying an additional 3,520 shares in the last quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S acquired a new stake in shares of Knowles in the first quarter valued at $106,000. AlphaQuest LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Knowles in the first quarter valued at $193,000. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Knowles by 4.7% in the first quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 13,105 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $201,000 after buying an additional 592 shares in the last quarter. 96.35% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Knowles Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of NYSE KN opened at $23.91 on Friday. Knowles Corporation has a 1 year low of $12.19 and a 1 year high of $24.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 2.00 and a quick ratio of 1.29. The company has a market capitalization of $2.05 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 49.82 and a beta of 1.53. The business has a 50-day moving average of $22.49 and a two-hundred day moving average of $19.14.

Knowles (NYSE:KN) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 23rd. The communications equipment provider reported $0.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.25 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $152.90 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $149.08 million. Knowles had a return on equity of 8.98% and a net margin of 7.27%.The business’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.26 EPS. Knowles has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 0.330-0.370 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on KN shares. Robert W. Baird set a $30.00 price objective on Knowles in a research note on Friday. Wall Street Zen raised Knowles from a “buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, September 13th. Susquehanna boosted their target price on Knowles from $18.00 to $23.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings reissued a “hold (c-)” rating on shares of Knowles in a research note on Saturday. Finally, Craig Hallum set a $28.00 target price on Knowles and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $27.00.

Insider Transactions at Knowles

In other Knowles news, VP Air A. Jr. Bastarrica sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $20.94, for a total transaction of $209,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the vice president directly owned 62,537 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,309,524.78. This represents a 13.79% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP Robert J. Perna sold 56,130 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $20.47, for a total value of $1,148,981.10. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 66,552 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,362,319.44. This represents a 45.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 2.54% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Knowles Company Profile

Knowles Corporation offers capacitors, radio frequency (RF) filtering products, balanced armature speakers, micro-acoustic microphones, and audio solutions in Asia, the United States, Europe, other Americas, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Precision Devices (PD); Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA); and Consumer MEMS Microphones (CMM).