Knowles Financial Ratios
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Knowles ratio analysis
Knowles earned a net margin of 7.5% in FY 2025, up from -43.0% a year earlier. Gross margin was 43.2% compared with a median of 39.1% over the prior 9 years. Return on equity reached 5.7%, meaning Knowles generated 0.06 dollars of profit for every dollar of shareholders' equity.
Debt-to-equity stood at 0.15 versus 0.36 the year before, and the current ratio was 2.75. At the end of FY 2025, KN traded at 43.9 times earnings; across the 7 fiscal years shown, its year-end P/E ranged from 14.7 to 263.3, with a median of 22.7. Valuation ratios use the closing share price on each fiscal year-end date and diluted shares from the income statement; profitability and leverage ratios use reported annual figures. Current valuation multiples are on the statistics page.
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Knowles financial ratios (annual)
| Ratio | FY 2025 | FY 2024 | FY 2023 | FY 2022 | FY 2021 | FY 2020 | FY 2019 | FY 2018 | FY 2017 | FY 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio (at fiscal year end) | 43.90 | — | 22.67 | — | 14.69 | 263.29 | 40.36 | 16.73 | 19.55 | — |
| Price / sales | 3.20 | 3.26 | 3.56 | 3.14 | 2.48 | 2.21 | 2.28 | 1.35 | 1.76 | 1.96 |
| Price / book | 2.44 | 2.38 | 1.57 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 1.30 | 1.51 | 0.92 | 1.16 | 1.47 |
| Gross margin | 43.2% | 42.4% | 44.6% | 47.4% | 41.4% | 35.5% | 38.4% | 39.0% | 38.4% | 39.1% |
| Operating margin | 11.9% | 9.4% | 9.5% | 19.0% | 13.3% | 3.8% | 9.5% | 9.4% | 5.4% | 6.0% |
| Net margin | 7.5% | -43.0% | 15.8% | -89.8% | 17.3% | 0.9% | 5.7% | 8.2% | 9.2% | -5.6% |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 5.7% | -31.5% | 7.0% | -43.3% | 10.3% | 0.5% | 3.8% | 5.6% | 6.0% | -4.2% |
| Return on assets (ROA) | 4.2% | -21.3% | 4.9% | -36.3% | 8.7% | 0.4% | 3.0% | 4.4% | 4.4% | -2.8% |
| Debt / equity | 0.15 | 0.36 | 0.31 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.30 |
| Current ratio | 2.75 | 1.83 | 2.61 | 3.66 | 2.29 | 1.41 | 2.56 | 2.57 | 2.60 | 2.20 |
| Revenue growth | 7.2% | 21.2% | -4.6% | -44.8% | 13.6% | -10.6% | 3.4% | 11.1% | -1.5% | 0.3% |
| EPS growth | — | -434.2% | — | -391.2% | 2,171.4% | -86.8% | -28.4% | -1.3% | — | — |