Hawkins (HWKN)

• Market cap: $2.5B
• 1 day: -0.71%
• 5 days: -0.38%
• 1 month: -2.41%
• 3 months: 6.56%
• 6 months: -3.87%
• Year to date: -1.45%
• 1 year: 55.12%
• 5 years: 604.33%
• 10 years: 479.89%
• 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: 934

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

217% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.17M | Put options by funds: $368K

59% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 46 | Existing positions closed: 29

4% more funds holding

Funds holding: 262 [Q3] → 273 (+11) [Q4]

2.62% more ownership

Funds ownership: 67.0% [Q3] → 69.62% (+2.62%) [Q4]

0% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.78B [Q3] → $1.79B (+$1.79M) [Q4]

1% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 90 | Existing positions reduced: 91

100% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q3] → 0 (-1) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $160 35% upside
• Avg. target: $160 35% upside
• High target: $160 35% upside

1 analyst rating

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

BWS Financial Hamed Khorsand 61% 1-year accuracy 112 / 184 met price target

35% upside $160

Buy Maintained

15 May 2025