Why did Knowles (KN) stock move recently?

On 8/25/2026, Knowles moved +3.2% — Knowles shares rose amid a cluster of 13F filings showing new or increased positions by institutional investors including Deutsche Bank AG, BlackRock, and others, with no single company-specific catalyst reported for the session. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Knowles (KN) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Knowles's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 93.4, a forward P/E of about 21.8, a price-to-book of about 3.8 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

What is Knowles's revenue?

Knowles reported revenue of $593.2M for FY2025, with net profit of $44.2M, per official filings.

What is the share price of Knowles (KN)?

Knowles last traded at $35.49 (+3.0% on the day), as of 9/4/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Knowles

KN · NYSE · Technology · United States

Snapshot

TickerKN

ExchangeNYSE

SectorTechnology

IndustryElectronic Components

CountryUnited States

Employees5,200

HeadquartersItasca, United States

Websitewww.knowles.com

Filings tracked12

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.

Who owns it

Insiders1.8%
Institutions98.2%
Public & other0.0%

459 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.16.13%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC8.00%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP5.88%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc5.30%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC4.33%
State Street Corporation4.11%
Neuberger Berman Group, LLC3.74%
Barrow, Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC2.89%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 6/30/2026.

Forensic scorecard

Margin has compressed by about 8.4 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Net margin trend15.8% → 7.5%

Margin has compressed by about 8.4 points over the period — profitability is trending down.

Return on equity5.7%

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

Growth qualityrev 14% · PAT -22%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

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

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $174.6M · EPS 0.38

Est. earnings growth +5.6%

Next fiscal year

Rev $712.5M · EPS 1.62

Est. earnings growth +21.2%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$593.2M

Net margin

7.5%

ROE

5.7%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+14.0%

Profit CAGR (2y)

-21.9%

EPS (FY2025)

0.50

Net profit (FY2025)

$44.2M

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Why it moved

Aug 25, 2026
Knowles shares rose amid a cluster of 13F filings showing new or increased positions by institutional investors including Deutsche Bank AG, BlackRock, and others, with no single company-specific catalyst reported for the session.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: medium
Jul 23, 2026
KN rose on anticipation momentum ahead of its Q2 2026 earnings release scheduled after market close today.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗· confidence: medium

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$593.2M	$44.2M	0.50	7.5%	5.7%
FY2024	$553.5M	$-237.8M	-2.64	-43.0%	-31.5%
FY2023	$456.8M	$72.4M	0.79	15.8%	7.0%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q1	$153.1M	$9.7M	0.11	6.3%
2025Q3	$152.9M	$17.4M	0.20	11.4%
2025Q2	$145.9M	$7.8M	0.09	5.3%
2025Q1	$132.2M	$-2.0M	-0.02	-1.5%
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

10-Q filing
SEC7/28/2026
8-K/A — Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC7/28/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC7/23/2026material
8-K — Shareholder vote results
SEC4/29/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/28/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/23/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change, Exhibits
SEC2/20/2026material
10-K filing
SEC2/9/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC2/5/2026material

2025

10-Q filing
SEC10/28/2025
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC10/23/2025material
10-Q filing
SEC7/29/2025

In the news

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