Hawkins - HWKN Stock Forecast, Price & News

1 Wall Street 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 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 shares have increased by 8.3% and is now trading at $41.80.
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Hawkins saw a decline in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 148,800 shares, a decline of 6.0% from the December 31st total of 158,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 54,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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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) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.12. The specialty chemicals company had revenue of $183.28 million for 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 previous year, the firm earned $0.57 earnings per share.

Hawkins declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, March 3rd. This represents a $0.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.44%. The ex-dividend date 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 $0.56 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.31%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 19.93%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, HWKN will have a dividend payout ratio of 20.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of Hawkins 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 payable 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), 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC (1.00%), Martin & Co. Inc. TN (0.31%), NorthRock Partners LLC (0.15%), TD Asset Management Inc (0.09%), Great Waters Wealth Management (0.07%) and Yousif Capital Management LLC (0.07%).
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One share of HWKN stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.80.

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) has a market capitalization of $879.89 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.