HWKN
Hawkins, Inc.
Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals · NMS
$155.07
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

MODERATE MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$3.3B
Total market value of the company
40.62
Expensive — high growth expected
33.71
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
-1.6%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
7.5%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
16.4%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$188.00
+21% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
BUY
Consensus view from 3 analysts covering this stock
About Hawkins, Inc.

Hawkins, Inc. operates as a water treatment and specialty ingredients company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Water Treatment, Industrial, and Health and Nutrition. The Water Treatment segment provides chemicals, products, equipment, services, and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, non-residential swimming pool water, and agriculture water. The Industrial segment offers industrial chemicals, products, and services to agriculture, chemical processing, electronics, energy, food, pharmaceutical, and plating industries. This segment manufactures sodium hypochlorite and agricultural products, as well as various food-grade and pharmaceutical products, such as liquid phosphates, lactates, other blended products, and agricultural products; and receives, stores, and distributes various chemicals comprising liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, urea, phosphoric acid, aqua ammonia, and potassium hydroxide. It also repackages water treatment chemicals and bulk industrial chemicals; and performs custom blending of chemicals. 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. This segment offers minerals, vitamins and amino acids, excipients, joint products, botanicals and herbs, sweeteners, and enzymes. Hawkins, Inc. was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Roseville, Minnesota.

https://www.hawkinsinc.com

Country: United States Employees: 1,200 Industry: Specialty Chemicals
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
2.8% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.2% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
0.0% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$56.40
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-174.9%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
OVERVALUED
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
90.9th
Ranks in the top 9% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
98.9
Valuation Score
30.5
Quality Score
56.3
Combined
64.6

Trading at $158, 181% above fair value of $56. Moderate competitive position. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 62% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKDOWN
Price trending down — defensive positioning
0.955
Good returns relative to risk taken
0.0820
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
1.000
Acceptable balance between returns and drawdown risk
Annual Return
34.8%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-34.8%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BEAR
Statistical model detects bearish conditions
Days in State
4
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

0.80
Less volatile than the market — more defensive
52W High
$186.15
17% below the year high
52W Low
$117.98
31% above the year low
Avg Volume
166,319
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
5.5
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
6.0%
Moderate short interest
0.5%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$3.95
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.42
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
2.21
Strong balance sheet — comfortably covers short-term obligations
Quick Ratio
1.38
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
22.6%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
9.5%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$75M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$1.1B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$82M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
3
Target High
$200.00
Target Median
$188.00
Target Low
$180.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-13 MANGINE DAVID J. Officer 1,906
2026-05-13 JONES GREGORY ALAN Officer 1,970
2026-05-13 HAWKINS PATRICK H Chief Executive Officer 16,934
2026-05-13 OLDENKAMP JEFFREY PAUL Chief Financial Officer 8,435
2026-05-13 GRAHEK DREW M Officer 2,697
2026-05-13 ROZEBOOM SHIRLEY A. Officer 1,906
2026-05-13 LANGE DOUGLAS A. Officer 1,994
2026-02-23 HAWKINS PATRICK H Chief Executive Officer 1,040
2026-02-05 FAULCONBRIDGE JAMES A Director 3,000 $388,860
2025-12-09 GRAHEK DREW M Officer 1,460 $184,460
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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