Fourth-quarter revenues from continuing operations rose 14% year over year to $162 million, surpassing the high end of guidance while full-year revenues increased 7%.

Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN), a leading manufacturer of specialty electronic components, including high performance capacitors, radio frequency ("RF") filters, advanced medtech microphones, and balanced armature speakers, today announced results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.

"We finished 2025 with fourth quarter revenues and cash provided by operating activities exceeding the high end of our guided range, and non-GAAP diluted EPS from continuing operations above the mid-point of our guided range. We are executing on our strategy and delivered full year revenue growth of 7%, exceeding the high end of our five-year organic growth target. Our full year cash provided by operating activities was robust as we generated $114 million or 19.2% of revenues allowing us to further reduce our debt and continue to buy back shares," commented Jeffrey Niew, President, and CEO of Knowles.

"With revenue growth accelerating in the back half of 2025 and margins expanding year over year in the fourth quarter, we've entered 2026 with strong momentum. This is supported by a strong backlog of existing orders and new design wins expected to go into full production. This gives me confidence in our ability to achieve another year of strong revenue and earnings growth," Mr. Niew continued.

Knowles completed its transformation into a high margin Industrial Technology company with the sale of the Consumer MEMS Microphone business in December of 2024. The remaining core portfolio of assets are well positioned to deliver revenue growth with margin expansion in 2026 and beyond. "I am excited about the opportunities we have in front of us as we continue to leverage our unique technologies, creating custom products through our customer application intimacy, and then scaling into production with our world class operational capabilities for end markets with strong secular growth trends. With this powerful combination, I remain confident in our ability to drive significant value for our shareholders," stated Mr. Niew.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In addition to the GAAP results included in this press release, Knowles has presented supplemental non-GAAP gross profit, earnings before interest and income taxes, adjusted earnings before interest and income taxes, non-GAAP diluted earnings per share, free cash flow, as well as other metrics on a non-GAAP basis that exclude certain amounts that are included in the most directly comparable GAAP measure to facilitate evaluation of Knowles' operating performance. Non-GAAP results are not presented in accordance with GAAP. Non-GAAP information should be considered a supplement to, and not a substitute for, financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release do not have standard meanings and may vary from similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Knowles believes that non-GAAP measures are useful as supplements to its GAAP results of operations to evaluate certain aspects of its operations and financial performance, and its management team primarily focuses on non-GAAP items in evaluating Knowles' performance for business planning purposes. Knowles also believes that these measures assist it with comparing its performance between various reporting periods on a consistent basis, as these measures remove from operating results the impact of items that, in Knowles' opinion, do not reflect its core operating performance including, for example, stock-based compensation, certain intangibles amortization expense, impairment charges, restructuring, production transfer costs, and other charges which management considers to be outside our core operating results. Knowles believes that its presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures is useful because it provides investors and securities analysts with the same information that Knowles uses internally for purposes of assessing its core operating performance. For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, see the reconciliation table accompanying this release.

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