Hawkins, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Small Cap
  • Industry: Specialty Chemicals
  • ISIN: US4202611095
USD
130.03
-5.26 (-3.89%)
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  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Hawkins, Inc.
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The Chemours Co.
Tronox Holdings Plc
Livent Corp.

Why is Hawkins, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 18.45%
2
Strong ability to service debt as the company has a low Debt to EBITDA ratio of 1.57 times
3
Healthy long term growth as Operating profit has grown by an annual rate 18.37%
4
The company has declared positive results in Jun'2026 after 5 consecutive negative quarters
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 147.99 MM
  • INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q) Highest at 1,916.77
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Highest at 9.79 times
5
With ROCE of 15.25%, it has a expensive valuation with a 4.44 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -23.77%, its profits have fallen by -3.6%
6
High Institutional Holdings at 90.96%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
  • Their stake has increased by 0.85% over the previous quarter.
7
Underperformed the market in the last 1 year
  • Even though the market (S&P 500) has generated returns of 21.51% in the last 1 year, the stock has hugely underperformed and has generate negative returns of -23.77% returns
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Hawkins, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Specialty Chemicals should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Specialty Chemicals)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Hawkins, Inc. for you?

High Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Hawkins, Inc.
-23.77%
1.22
39.79%
S&P 500
21.51%
1.63
13.19%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
13.42%
EBIT Growth (5y)
18.37%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
30.40
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.99
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0.31
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
1.64
Tax Ratio
26.26%
Dividend Payout Ratio
17.38%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
90.11%
ROCE (avg)
18.45%
ROE (avg)
17.33%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
40
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
6.13
EV to EBIT
29.11
EV to EBITDA
20.50
EV to Capital Employed
4.44
EV to Sales
3.23
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
0.49%
ROCE (Latest)
15.24%
ROE (Latest)
15.25%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
Mildly Bullish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
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Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

12What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 147.99 MM

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Highest at 1,916.77

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 9.79 times

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 7.58

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 315.68 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 53.15 MM

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 37.86 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Highest at USD 28.66 MM

-6What is not working for the Company
INTEREST(9M)

At USD 9.18 MM has Grown at 52.7%

ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 15.61%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Grown by 5.2% (YoY

Here's what is working for Hawkins, Inc.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Highest at 1,916.77
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is improving

Operating Profit to Interest

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 147.99 MM
in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 315.68 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at USD 53.15 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at USD 37.86 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 37.86 MM has Grown at 46.79%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 25.79 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Highest at USD 28.66 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 28.66 MM has Grown at 48.99%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 19.24 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is positive

Net Profit (USD MM)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 9.79 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 7.58
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Depreciation
Highest at USD 13.95 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The expenditure on assets done by the company may have gone into operation

Depreciation (USD MM)

Here's what is not working for Hawkins, Inc.

Interest
At USD 9.18 MM has Grown at 52.7%
over previous Semi-Annual period
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Raw Material Cost
Grown by 5.2% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has deteriorated; this may lead to a fall in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales