KN Stock — Knowles Corporation

Knowles Corporation (KN)

Updated October 16, 2026.

KN is a Stock. Total return is 16.8% over the past 12.7 years, 396.4 points behind SPY at 413.2%.

Knowles Corporation manufactures specialized electronic components including capacitors, RF and microwave filters, balanced armature speakers, and medtech microphones for defense, industrial, medical device, and audio applications. The company operates through two segments: Precision Devices, which produces custom capacitors and RF solutions for defense and industrial markets, and Medtech & Specialty Audio, which designs speakers and microphones for hearing health and specialty audio uses. The company does not currently have an established distribution schedule.

KN performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 16.8% over the past 12.7 years, 396.4 points behind SPY at 413.2%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 42.1%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 23.8%.

KN key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

02/14/2014

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$33.50 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$2,861,245,921

Average volume

593199.0

Beta

1.591

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

39.41

Forward P/E

15.2439

EPS

$0.85

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

KN risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 23.8%.

Who may consider KN — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (KN does not currently distribute); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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