Basic Materials
Hawkins, Inc.(HWKN)
Live Price
Offline$162.01
+0.35% today
1Y Change
+17.69%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
- Market Cap
- $3.50B
- Revenue Growth
- +6.0%
- EPS Growth
- +12.2%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.4%
Coverage: 249 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Hawkins, Inc. (HWKN) is a Basic Materials stock with a market cap of $3.50B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $162.01 and up 17.7% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 23, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +6.0%, EPS growth of +12.2%, a dividend yield of 0.4%. What stands out right now is revenue +6.0%, EPS +12.2%, free cash flow -41.3% with operating margin 11.5% and ROIC 10.1%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.4%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 42.1 and price/sales 3.3. Stock Foundry combines HWKN price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Basic Materials peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+6.0% vs 0.0% peer median
Operating Margin
Near sector median
+11.5% vs +10.5% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on May 13, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +6.0% and EPS at +12.2%, with operating margin around 11.5%.
Shareholder return is still part of the story
The stock is still offering a dividend yield around 0.4%, which matters if the thesis depends on income as much as growth.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged -13.2% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 0 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 May 13, 2026 | โ | -3.3% | -4.2% | -3.1% |
2026 Jan 28, 2026 | -4.0% | -9.1% | -15.9% | -2.8% |
2025 Oct 29, 2025 | -12.9% | -5.0% | -19.6% | -17.4% |
Benchmark Edge
HWKN vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
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Normalized return
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Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
HWKN Max Drawdown
-34.96%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for HWKN and SPY.
Company Overview
Hawkins, Inc.
NASDAQ Global Select
Hawkins, Inc. blends, manufactures, and distributes chemicals and other specialty ingredients in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Industrial, Water Treatment, and Health and Nutrition. The Industrial segment offers industrial chemicals, products, and services to agriculture, chemical processing, electronics, energy, food, pharmaceutical, and plating industries. This segment primarily provides acids, alkalis, and food-grade and pharmaceutical salts and ingredients. It also receives, stores, and distributes various chemicals, such as liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, urea, phosphoric acid, aqua ammonia, and potassium hydroxide. In addition, this segment manufactures sodium hypochlorite and agricultural products, as well as various food-grade and pharmaceutical products that include liquid phosphates, lactates, and other blended products; repackages water treatment chemicals and bulk industrial chemicals; and performs custom blending of chemicals, and contract and private label bleach packaging. The Water Treatment segment offers chemicals, equipment, and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, and non-residential swimming pool and agriculture water. The Health and Nutrition segment offers ingredient distribution, processing, and formulation solutions to manufacturers of nutraceutical, functional food and beverage, personal care, dietary supplement and other nutritional food, and health and wellness products. Its products portfolio includes minerals, botanicals and herbs, vitamins and amino acids, excipients, joint products, sweeteners, and enzymes. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Roseville, Minnesota.
- Leadership
- Patrick H. Hawkins
- IPO Date
- Mar 18, 1980
- Employees
- 928
- Street Address
- 2381 Rosegate
- Mailing
- Roseville, MN, 55113
- Region
- Roseville, MN, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 612 331 6910
- Last Updated
- Apr 30, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 42.1
- EV/EBITDA
- 21.7
- Price/Sales
- 3.3
- Price/Book
- 6.7
Growth
- Revenue
- +6.0%
- EPS
- +12.2%
- Free Cash Flow
- -41.3%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 22.9%
- Operating Margin
- 11.5%
- Net Margin
- 7.8%
- ROE
- 16.7%
- ROIC
- 10.1%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.54
- Current Ratio
- 2.35
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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