Knowles (KN)

• Market cap: $1.71B
• 1 day: -0.72%
• 5 days: -2.27%
• 1 month: 6.89%
• 3 months: 10.73%
• 6 months: 13.92%
• Year to date: 9.92%
• 1 year: 9.85%
• 5 years: -10.23%
• 10 years: -11.62%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Household Audio & Video Equipment

About: Knowles Corp is engaged in the manufacturing of micro-acoustic microphones and balanced armature speakers, audio solutions, high-performance capacitors, and radio frequency filtering products. It operates in three segments; the Precision Devices segment specializes in the design and delivery of high-performance capacitor products and RF solutions, Medtech & Specialty Audio segment designs and manufactures microphones and balanced armature speakers used in applications and the Consumer MEMS Microphones segment designs and manufactures micro-electro-mechanical systems microphones and audio solutions used in applications. The majority of its revenue comes from the Consumer MEMS Microphones segment.

Employees: 7,100

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

269% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $251K | Put options by funds: $68K

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.49B [Q2] → $1.58B (+$93.4M) [Q3]

2.98% more ownership

Funds ownership: 96.5% [Q2] → 99.47% (+2.98%) [Q3]

7% less funds holding

Funds holding: 227 [Q2] → 212 (-15) [Q3]

13% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 69 | Existing positions reduced: 79

41% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 22 | Existing positions closed: 37

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $19 2% downside
• Avg. target: $19 2% downside
• High target: $19 2% downside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 0 0%
• neutral: 1 100%
• negative: 0 0%

Susquehanna Christopher Rolland 47% 1-year accuracy 74 / 157 met price target

2% downside $19

Neutral Maintained

25 Oct 2024