Forensic Analysis · Electrical Equipment · as of Nov 9, 2026

Knowles Corp (KN)

A forensic read on Knowles Corp built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

B · Sound & dependable

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

2.8

Distress distance

Not computable

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

5.8%

ROE

7.2%

Revenue growth

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Knowles Corp earns a B (Sound & dependable) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 2.8, placing it in the Safe zone. 2 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by return on invested capital.

What the filings flag

6.4%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 6.4% in the latest fiscal year and rising across FY2023–FY2025 from 3.1%. After-tax operating profit was $39M in FY2023 and $56M in FY2025, with operating income at 9.5% of revenue in FY2023, 9.4% in FY2024 and 11.9% in FY2025. The capital base behind it came down -30% across FY2023–FY2025, from $1.3B to $875M, so this return is struck on a smaller base than it started on. FY2024's operating profit carried a $262M goodwill write-off and a $3M restructuring charge that alone took about 16.9 points off that year's return; FY2024 sits between the two ends of FY2023–FY2025, so the charge shapes the path between them without moving the change across it. A non-cash write-down lowers the reported return in the year it lands.

$262M

FY2024

Goodwill impairments. Took $262M of goodwill writedowns across 1 year (FY2024 ($262M)). Writedowns mean past acquisitions underperformed what was paid for them.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$593.2M

Revenue Growth YoY+7.2%

Revenue CAGR (2yr)+14.0%

Net Margin7.5%

Return on Equity5.8%

Debt / Equity0.15x

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