Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for KN in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
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Gekko Brief
AI summaryOct 12 closeThis week's attention on Knowles centers on analyst sentiment and peer comparison, with Argus raising its target price for Knowles to $45.00 while the stock traded near $37.56. A separate piece compared Knowles against Vontier (VNT) on risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings. A filing also showed Corient Private Wealth LP trimming its stake in Knowles by 70.8% during the second quarter.
Knowles closed at $36.52, down 2.8%, sitting between its 50-day average of $36.59 and 200-day average of $32.19. The stock's one-month return stands at -1.1% and its six-month return at 26.5%, within a 52-week range of $20.57 to $42.93. The GekkoIndex reads 59.8, placing Knowles in the Neutral zone, and the price sits 2.1% above Gekko Fair Value of $35.77.
Knowles reports next on 22 October 2026 after close, nine days away, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; its last reaction to earnings was 2.6%, with an average absolute reaction of 4.8% across prior quarters. Current analyst coverage includes 2 firms, with 1 buy and 1 hold rating, and a consensus target of $43.75 reflecting 19.8% upside from current levels. Seasonality for this calendar stretch has averaged a 10.2% move over the next 20 trading days across 5 years, with gains in 5 of those instances. No insider, Congress, or unusual options activity appears in the current windows.
Written by AI from the Oct 12, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Knowles price vs fair value
Close $36.52200-day averageGekko Fair Value $35.77
Knowles quick facts
- Market cap
- $3.12B
- P/E ratio
- 44.2
- Forward P/E
- 15.2
- EPS, TTM
- $0.84
- Revenue, TTM
- $635.0M
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Dividend yield
- —
- Beta
- 1.59
- Volume
- 488,155 avg 644,904
- 1-year return
- +55.6%
- Typical daily move
- ±3.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.7%
- 50-day average
- $36.59
- 200-day average
- $32.19
- Next earnings
- Oct 22 after close
- Shares outstanding
- 85.41M
Knowles swing-trade checklist
Knowles scores 1 supportive, 3 mixed and 1 headwind across the 5 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
1 supportive3 mixed1 headwind
- Trendmixed
Averages disagree
Close $36.52 sits between the 50-day ($36.59) and 200-day ($32.19) averages, or the averages disagree.
See the chart - GekkoIndexmixed
59.8, Neutral
Reading 59.8 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex - Fair valuemixed
2.1% above
Price is within 5% of Gekko Fair Value (2.1% above).
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No data
No insider, Congress or unusual options activity in the window.
See smart money - Earnings riskheadwind
Reports in 10 days
Reports on Oct 22, 2026, 10 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings - Seasonalitysupportive
+10.2% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged +10.2% over 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
See seasonality
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Knowles stock chart and price history
Knowles closed at $36.52 on Oct 12, 2026, +55.6% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $20.57 to $42.93.
Close50-day average200-day averageVolume
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Performance Breakdown
- 1 month
- −1.1%
- 3 months
- −0.7%
- 6 months
- +26.5%
- 1 year
- +55.6%
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About Knowles
Knowles makes specialized electronic components, including micro-acoustic microphones, balanced armature speakers, audio processing solutions, capacitors, and radio frequency products. These parts are built for precision use across consumer electronics, medical technology, defense, electric vehicles, industrial equipment, and communications systems. The company is particularly associated with its audio hardware, which supports mobile devices, hearing health products, true wireless stereo earbuds, and connected devices.
The business runs through two segments. The Audio segment designs and builds microphones, speakers, and audio processors used in phones, hearing solutions, wireless earbuds, IoT devices, and computing equipment. The Precision Devices segment produces capacitors and RF components for applications such as power supplies, medical implants, satellite links, radar, and communications gear. Knowles sells to original equipment manufacturers, their contract manufacturers, and suppliers, and also works through a network of outside distributors.
Founded in 1946, Knowles is headquartered in Itasca, Illinois, and operates across Asia, the United States, Europe, and other parts of the Americas. Its shares are listed on the NYSE under the ticker KN.
- Listed
- NYSE
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Electronic components
- Website
- knowles.com
Knowles GekkoIndex: the smart money zone
Knowles’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 59.8, in the Neutral zone, up 13.9 points over five sessions.
59.8Neutral
Up 13.9 points over five sessions.
Reading for Oct 12, 2026
What followed past readings in each zone
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 27 | +3.0% | +2.1% | ||
| Accumulation | 177 | +0.3% | +2.7% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 429 | +0.9% | +2.8% | ||
| Distribution | 48 | −0.4% | +4.3% | ||
| Selling | 1 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average KN share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.1% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
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Is Knowles stock overvalued? Gekko Fair Value
Knowles trades 2.1% above Gekko Fair Value of $35.77, so the shares are about fair value on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Knowles shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$35.77
Gekko Fair Value, Oct 10, 2026
2.1% above fair value · About fair value
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 17.5% below the estimate.
Gekko Fair ValueShare price, month end
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Knowles insider and Congress trading
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Knowles, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
Congress trades last 90 days
No trades in KN were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
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Buybacks
Knowles has been buying back its own shares.
- Bought back, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
- $15.00M
- As a share of market cap
- 0.48%
- Trailing four quarters
- $52.50M
From company filings.
Knowles earnings: next date and track record
Knowles reports on Oct 22, 2026, after the close (10 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports.
Next earnings report
Oct 22, 2026
Expected after the close, 10 days away
- EPS estimate
- $0.36
- Revenue estimate
- $172.1M
5 of 8reports beat the EPS estimate
±4.8%average move across the report
8 of 8reports followed by a gain
Share-price move across each report
Last earnings call, Jul 23, 2026 AI summary
- What they said
- Knowles reported a strong Q2 2026 with revenue of $167 million (up 14% YoY), EPS of $0.33 (up 38% YoY) and cash from operations of $28 million — all above the high end or midpoint of guidance. Growth was broad-based, driven by a 25% YoY increase in Precision Devices (PD, $98M) and modest growth in Medtech & Specialty Audio (MSA, $69M, +2% YoY). Gross margins improved meaningfully: MSA at 53.1% (up 250 bps) and PD at 40.1% (up 140 bps), driven by factory productivity and higher utilization. Management highlighted strong, broad-based bookings, including energy and defense orders (a July radar order >$15M to ship starting in 2027). They reiterated full-year organic revenue growth expectations (10–12%) and MSA mid-year growth of 2–4% for 2026, while calling out potential upside in some MSA data they were still digesting. Management expressed confidence in pricing power (especially in PD), continued margin expansion, selective M&A activity, continued capital allocation (share repurchases, debt paydown), and a path to EBITDA margins >25% this year and near 30% over 2–3 years. They signaled higher CapEx on an absolute basis for 2027 while keeping CapEx near 5% of revenue.
- Guidance
- Full-year organic revenue growth target: 10%–12% (company comfortable with this range). MSA growth expectation for 2026: 2%–4%. PD segment: expect low-40% gross margins in the back half of the year. Sequential growth Q3→Q4 expected. CapEx target: ~5% of revenue (but higher absolute spend on a larger revenue base). Cash/CAPEX and capital allocation: continued buybacks and debt paydown. EBITDA margin target: >25% in 2026 with a path to ~30% within 2–3 years.
- Risks flagged
- Risks cited or implied in the call include: potential headwinds or uncertainty in the Hearing Health/MSA end market (new data recently released that management is still digesting), the risk of transient/one-off bookings leading to mis-sizing capacity investments, macro and defense-budget timing uncertainty (some defense demand won’t materialize until late 2027+), and general execution risks around ramping capacity and absorbing pricing actions into P&L given long lead times. Management also reiterated standard SEC forward-looking statement disclaimers and the need to review SEC filings.
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $0.27 est $0.24 | $166.8M est $157.0M | +2.6% |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $0.27 est $0.24 | $153.1M est $147.4M | +0.3% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.36 est $0.35 | $162.2M est $156.2M | +10.9% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $0.33 est $0.31 | $152.9M est $156.2M | +3.6% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $0.24 est $0.23 | $145.9M est $148.6M | +7.3% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $0.18 est $0.18 | $132.2M est $139.8M | +8.6% |
| Feb 13, 2025 | $0.27 est $0.28 | $142.5M est $146.0M | +1.2% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $0.26 est $0.26 | $142.5M est $146.0M | +3.5% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Knowles stock forecast and analyst price targets
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Knowles is $43.75, +19.8% from the last close, from 2 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
$43.75consensus 12-month target, +19.8% from the last close
Now $36.52Avg $43.75
Low $40High $44
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 2 firms.
Latest analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24 | Robert W. Baird | $44 | +20.5% |
| Jul 24 | Susquehanna | $40 | +9.5% |
| Jul 21 | Susquehanna | $33 | −9.6% |
+2.8%average 20-day move after past Neutral readings
+10.2%average move over the next 20 trading days in the last 5 years
±3.1%typical daily move, from the 14-day average range
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Knowles seasonality: the next 20 trading days
Over the next 20 trading days from Oct 10, Knowles averaged +10.2% across the last 5 years, rising in 5 of them.
Next 20 trading days, by year
Average move and hit rate
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +2.2% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +1.7% | 3 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +4.4% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | +10.2% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | +10.3% | 4 of 5 |
For scale, KN’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 6.7%.
Knowles market cap and key statistics
Knowles’s market cap is $3.12B, with a P/E ratio of 44.2 and revenue of $635.0M over the last twelve months.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $3.12B
- P/E ratio
- 44.2
- Forward P/E
- 15.2
- EPS, TTM
- $0.84
- Gekko Fair Value
- $35.77
Trading
- Volume
- 488,155
- Avg volume, 20 days
- 644,904
- 52-week high
- $42.93
- 52-week low
- $20.57
- Shares outstanding
- 85.41M
Financials
- Revenue, TTM
- $635.0M
- Profit margin
- 10.6%
- Return on equity
- 9.5%
- Quarterly earnings growth, YoY
- +146.6%
Risk and income
- Beta
- 1.59
- Typical daily move
- ±3.1%
- Typical 20-day move
- ±6.7%
Knowles stock news this week
3 headlines about Knowles from the past week, newest first, each linking to the publisher.
- Comparing Vontier (NYSE:VNT) & Knowles (NYSE:KN)Defense World, Oct 12
- Knowles Corporation (KN) Stock ForecastsYahoo! Finance Canada, Oct 11
- Corient Private Wealth LP Sells 15,434 Shares of Knowles Corporation $KNDefense World, Oct 5
Knowles peers
Knowles’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| APHAmphenol | Neutral | 15.5% above |
| GLWCorning | Accumulation | 3.3% below |
| CLSCelestica | Neutral | 10.9% below |
| NVTnVent Electric | Neutral | 9.8% above |
| VICRVicor | Neutral | 5.4% below |
| TTMITTM Technologies | Accumulation | 29.7% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Knowles stock FAQ
What is Knowles’s market cap?
Knowles’s market cap is $3.12B at the Oct 12, 2026 close of $36.52, with 85.41M shares outstanding. The shares trade on a P/E ratio of 44.2.
What is the Knowles stock forecast?
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Knowles is $43.75, +19.8% from the last close. Of the 2 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 1 rate it a buy, 1 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
Is Knowles stock overvalued or undervalued?
On Gekko’s estimate Knowles is about fair value: the Oct 12, 2026 close of $36.52 is 2.1% above Gekko Fair Value of $35.77. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
When does Knowles report earnings next?
Knowles is expected to report on Oct 22, 2026, after the market closes (10 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $0.36 per share on revenue of $172.1M. Knowles beat the earnings estimate in 5 of its last 8 reports, moving 4.8% on average across the report.
What is Knowles’s 52-week high and low?
Knowles’s 52-week high is $42.93 and its 52-week low is $20.57; it closed at $36.52 on Oct 12, 2026, +55.6% over the past year.
Is Knowles stock a buy right now?
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 1 of the 5 items with data read as supportive (seasonality), 3 as mixed (trend, gekkoindex and fair value) and 1 as a headwind (earnings risk). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
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