Hawkins (HWKN) Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hawkins in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" HWKN shares.
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1 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Hawkins' stock. Their HWKN share price forecasts range from $62.00 to $62.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $62.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price.
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Hawkins' stock was trading at $38.60 at the start of the year. Since then, HWKN shares have increased by 52.5% and is now trading at $58.85.
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Hawkins saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 302,200 shares, an increase of 39.9% from the August 31st total of 216,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 98,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 1st 2023.
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Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) released its earnings results on Wednesday, August, 2nd. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.51. The specialty chemicals company earned $251.12 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $242 million. Hawkins had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.31% and a net margin of 6.79%.

Hawkins declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 2nd. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 18th will be given a dividend of $0.16 per share on Friday, September 1st. This represents a $0.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 17th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.15.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) stock in their portfolio include Invesco S&P SmallCap Materials ETF (PSCM), First Trust Water ETF (FIW), Invesco S&P SmallCap 600 Pure Growth ETF (RZG) and JPMorgan Active Small Cap Value ETF (JPSV).iShares Micro-Cap ETF (IWC).

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.08%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 21.05%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Hawkins's stock split on Tuesday, March 2nd 2021. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 28th 2021. The newly minted shares were distributed to shareholders after the market closes on Monday, March 1st 2021. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

22 employees have rated Hawkins Chief Executive Officer Patrick H. Hawkins on Glassdoor.com. Patrick H. Hawkins has an approval rating of 83% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Hawkins investors own include CA (CA), Endologix (ELGX), BlackRock (BLK), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Accenture (ACN), NN (NNBR) and Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK).

Hawkins trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "HWKN."

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One share of HWKN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.85.

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) has a market capitalization of $1.24 billion and generates $935.10 million in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $60.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 846 workers across the globe.

Hawkins' mailing address is 2381 ROSEGATE, ROSEVILLE MN, 55113. The official website for the company is www.hawkinsinc.com. The specialty chemicals company can be reached via phone at (612) 331-6910, via email at ir@hawkinsinc.com, or via fax at 612-331-5304.