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 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 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, HWKN stock has increased by 19.2% and is now trading at $46.01.
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Hawkins saw a decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 173,200 shares, a decrease of 6.0% from the April 30th total of 184,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 71,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 27th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.67 earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $176.32 million. Hawkins had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.98% and a net margin of 6.42%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.57 EPS.

Hawkins announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 17th. Investors of record on Friday, June 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.15 per share on Friday, June 16th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.30%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 1st.
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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), Roundhill Acquirers Deep Value ETF (DEEP), iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA), AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF (DWMC), Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSML) and Barrons 400 ETF (BFOR).

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.32%. 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 20.98%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.
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Shares of Hawkins split on Tuesday, March 2nd 2021. The 2-1 split was announced on Thursday, January 28th 2021. The newly issued 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."

Hawkins' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (15.66%), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (5.47%), State Street Corp (3.25%), First Trust Advisors LP (1.87%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.76%) and GW&K Investment Management LLC (1.45%).
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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 $46.01.

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) has a market capitalization of $966.21 million and generates $935.10 million in revenue each year. The specialty chemicals company earns $60.04 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.86 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.