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What is the share price of Knowles (KN)?

Knowles last traded at $36.51 (-1.5% on the day), as of 7/22/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Knowles

KN · NYSE · Technology · United States

$36.51-1.5%

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance · as of Jul 22, 2026, 7:28 PM

Snapshot

TickerKN

ExchangeNYSE

SectorTechnology

IndustryElectronic Components

CountryUnited States

Employees5,200

HeadquartersItasca, United States

Market cap$3.1B

P/E (TTM)96.1

P/B4.0

Volume243.39K

Websitewww.knowles.com

Filings tracked3

About Knowles

Knowles Corporation offers capacitors, radio frequency (RF) and microwave filters, balanced armature speakers, and medtech microphones in Asia, the United States, Europe, rest of Americas, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Precision Devices (PD) and Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA). The PD segment focuses on the custom design and delivery of high performance capacitor products and RF solutions primarily serving the defense, industrial, medtech, and electrification/energy markets. The MSA segment designs and manufactures balanced armature speakers and microphones for the hearing health; and specialty audio applications that serve the medtech and industrial markets. The company manufactures and sells film, electrolytic, and mica capacitors that are used in medtech, defense, and industrial electrification applications. It serves the defense, medtech, electric vehicle, industrial, and communications markets through original equipment manufacturers, their contract manufacturers, suppliers, sales representatives, and distributors. Knowles Corporation was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois.

Profile as reported by Yahoo Finance.

Who owns it

Insiders2.1%
Institutions97.9%
Public & other0.0%

397 institutional holders

As reported by Yahoo Finance.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.15.68%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC7.81%
Neuberger Berman Group, LLC6.72%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP6.57%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc4.57%
Ariel Investments, LLC4.46%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.29%
State Street Corporation3.90%

Largest institutional holders, as reported by Yahoo Finance (as of 3/31/2026).

Forensic scorecard

Latest ROE of 5.7% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Return on equity5.7%

Latest ROE of 5.7% is on the low side — the business earns a modest return on shareholder capital.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $163.4M · EPS 0.34

Est. earnings growth +2.3%

Next fiscal year

Rev $687.9M · EPS 1.56

Est. earnings growth +20.7%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance. As reported by Yahoo Finance.

$18.4552-wk range$42.93

Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Market cap

$3.1B

Day change

-1.5%

P/E (TTM)

96.1

Fwd P/E

23.4

P/B

4.0

Beta

1.59

ROE

5.7%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-21.9%

EPS (FY2025)

0.50

Net profit (FY2025)

$44.2M

Market figures: Delayed · as reported by Yahoo Finance. Financials as reported in company filings.

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Net profit	EPS	ROE
FY2025	$44.2M	0.50	5.7%
FY2024	$-237.8M	-2.64	-31.5%
FY2023	$72.4M	0.79	7.0%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	—	$9.7M	0.11	—
2025Q3	—	$17.4M	0.20	—
2025Q2	—	$7.8M	0.09	—
2025Q1	—	$-2.0M	-0.02	—
2024Q3	$142.5M	$500,000	0.01	0.4%
2024Q2	$204.7M	$-259.3M	-2.88	-126.7%
2024Q1	$196.4M	$2.5M	0.03	1.3%
2023Q3	$108.1M	$16.6M	0.18	15.4%
2023Q2	$173.0M	$13.6M	0.15	7.9%
2023Q1	$144.3M	$-5.2M	-0.06	-3.6%

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC4/29/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/28/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/23/2026material

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