Hawkins - HWKN Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Hawkins in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" HWKN shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in HWKN, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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Hawkins' stock was trading at $38.60 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, HWKN stock has increased by 12.7% and is now trading at $43.49.
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Hawkins saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 228,800 shares, an increase of 22.0% from the February 28th total of 187,500 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 68,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.3 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 17th 2023.
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Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.12. The specialty chemicals company earned $183.28 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $176.32 million. Hawkins had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.32% and a net margin of 6.35%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.57 EPS.

Hawkins declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 1st. Investors of record on Friday, February 17th will be given a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, March 3rd. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.38%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 16th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.14.
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Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.43%. 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 21.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HWKN will have a dividend payout ratio of 22.39% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Hawkins shares split on the morning of Tuesday, March 2nd 2021. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 28th 2021. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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), Honeywell International (HON), Accenture (ACN), NN (NNBR) and Bank of the Ozarks (OZRK).

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

Hawkins' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.45%), T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. (4.38%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.69%), Morgan Stanley (1.53%), GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.26%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (1.07%).
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Shares of HWKN stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of HWKN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $43.49.

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) has a market capitalization of $915.46 million and generates $774.54 million in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $51.54 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.81 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 742 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.