Hawkins (HWKN) Competitors

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) and Univar Solutions (NYSE:UNVR) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.

Is HWKN or UNVR more profitable?

Hawkins has a net margin of 8.75% compared to Univar Solutions' net margin of 3.97%. Hawkins' return on equity of 20.16% beat Univar Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hawkins	8.75%	20.16%	12.53%
Univar Solutions	3.97%	19.05%	6.72%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HWKN or UNVR?

69.7% of Hawkins shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.1% of Univar Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 3.8% of Hawkins shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.8% of Univar Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor HWKN or UNVR?

In the previous week, Hawkins had 22 more articles in the media than Univar Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Hawkins and 0 mentions for Univar Solutions. Univar Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Hawkins' score of 0.52 indicating that Univar Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Hawkins	Positive
Univar Solutions	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HWKN or UNVR?

Univar Solutions received 41 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.39% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote while only 49.14% of users gave Univar Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hawkins	Outperform Votes 215 59.39%	Underperform Votes 147 40.61%
Univar Solutions	Outperform Votes 256 49.14%	Underperform Votes 265 50.86%

Do analysts recommend HWKN or UNVR?

Hawkins currently has a consensus price target of $96.00, indicating a potential downside of 26.48%. Given Hawkins' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hawkins is more favorable than Univar Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Hawkins	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Univar Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, HWKN or UNVR?

Univar Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Hawkins. Univar Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Hawkins	$919.16M	2.97	$75.36M	$3.85	33.92
Univar Solutions	$10.84B	0.53	$545.30M	$2.70	13.39

Which has more volatility and risk, HWKN or UNVR?

Hawkins has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its stock price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Univar Solutions has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Hawkins beats Univar Solutions on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.