Hawkins (HWKN)

• Market cap: $2.82B
• 1 day: 2.04%
• 5 days: -0.48%
• 1 month: 12.87%
• 3 months: 31.71%
• 6 months: 4.54%
• Year to date: 12.61%
• 1 year: 56.04%
• 5 years: 568.49%
• 10 years: 551.80%
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Specialty Chemicals

About: Hawkins Inc manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals and ingredients. The firm organizes itself into three segments based on the product type. The industrial segment, which generates the majority of revenue, sells private label bleach, caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, potassium hydroxide, and aqua ammonia. The water treatment segment sells chemicals and equipment used to treat potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, and non-residential swimming pool water. The health and nutrition segment sells ingredients to food, beverage, personal care, and dietary supplement producers.

Employees: 1,035

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

1,289% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.03M | Put options by funds: $74K

1.0% more ownership

Funds ownership: 69.64% [Q4 2024] → 70.65% (+1.0%) [Q1 2025]

8% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 89 | Existing positions reduced: 97

6% less funds holding

Funds holding: 274 [Q4 2024] → 258 (-16) [Q1 2025]

12% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.79B [Q4 2024] → $1.57B (-$219M) [Q1 2025]

35% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 26 | Existing positions closed: 40

Research analyst outlook

1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $160 18% upside
• Avg. target: $160 18% upside
• High target: $160 18% upside

1 analyst rating

• positive: 1 100%
• neutral: 0 0%
• negative: 0 0%

BWS Financial Hamed Khorsand

18% upside $160

Buy Maintained

15 May 2025