HILL-ROM (HRC) Stocks

ABOUT HILL-ROM

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. is a medical technology company.

Its portfolio offers bariatric patient beds, medical surgical beds, intensive care unit beds, information technologies and software solutions, patient mobility devices, non-invasive therapeutic products, patient monitoring and diagnostics products, diagnostic cardiopulmonary, diabetic retinopathy screening, physical assessment, blood pressure and vital signs monitoring as well as medical equipment management services, just to name a few.

The company’s Vest System and VitalCough System offer respiratory health products. Monarch Systems offers mobilization of retained blockages.

Hill-Rom also provides numerous surgical solutions such as lights, surgical tables, platform-neutral positioning accessories used in operating rooms, positioning devices and disposable devices, as well as primary and acute clinical care.

The company operates through several divisions including Wound Care and Prevention, Surgical Safety and Efficiency, Advancing Mobility, Respiratory Health as well as Patient Monitoring.

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. employs approximately 10 000 employees across 100 countries and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

HISTORY OF HILL-ROM

• William Hillenbrand starts providing hospitals with wooden furniture in 1927.

• In 1929 Hill-Rom is founded and offers hospitals a free six months to use its products.

• During the next 60 years the company buys businesses and expands its portfolio.

• A therapeutic device is developed to replace manual chest percussion therapy in order to clear excess discharges from the lungs of patients with Cystic Fibrosis.

• It is later known as Hill-Rom’s Monarch Airway Clearance System.

• In 1969 the company is named Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

• In 1982 Mortara Instrument is founded by David W. Mortaraand it becomes a leader in diagnostic cardiology solutions industries.

• The first LED OR lights is developed in 2005, modernizing lighting conditions for clinicians and surgeons. 

• The Voalte Patform is created in 2008.

• More products are invented and businesses are purchased, building the successful company that it is today.

VISION & VALUES OF HILL-ROM

• Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. vision is to transform caregivers and patient’s lives around the world with its innovative products and solutions. Its highly trained employees offer quality services and assist the company with its vision.

• Hill-Rom creates opportunities to better itself and its services, while still offering affordable prices. Its goal is to provide value to customers and positive earnings to shareholders. Hill-Rom supports organizations and initiatives in its community.

MARKET PERFORMANCE OF HILL-ROM

• Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the NYSE stock symbol “HRC”.

• Data analysis for the company’s quarterly period ending June 30, 2019 reports a total net revenue of US Dollar 726.8 million.

• Gross profit is US Dollar 356.6 million and operating profit is US Dollar 69.9 million. Net income is US Dollar 32.6 million.

• Total assets are US Dollar 4,575.3 million. Dividends paid on common stock are US Dollar 14.0 million, US Dollar 0.21 per share. Investors can buy Hill-Rom shares at a good price.