Hawkins Inc (HWKN)
Hawkins, Inc. operates as a water treatment and specialty ingredients company in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Water Treatment, Food and Health Sciences, and Industrial Solutions. The Water Treatment segment provides chemicals, filtration media and systems, equipment, services and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, non-residential swimming pool water, and agricultural water. This segment also sells and services equipment, including tanks, valves, and pumps. The Food and Health Sciences segment provide ingredient distribution, processing, and formulation solutions, such as base chemistry, acid-based reactions, minerals, vitamins and amino acids, excipients, botanicals and herbs, sweeteners and enzymes, fertilizers, and food-grade and pharmaceutical salts and ingredients to nutrition, food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural markets. The Industrial Solutions segment offers industrial chemicals, products, and services such as acids and alkalis, liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, urea, phosphoric acid, aqua ammonia, and potassium hydroxide to industrial manufacturing, chemical processing, electronics, energy, plating, and surface finishing industries. It also repackages water treatment chemicals and bulk industrial chemicals; and performs custom blending of chemicals. Hawkins, Inc. was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Roseville, Minnesota.
- Symbol
- HWKN
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Basic Materials
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $2.57B
- 52 week range
- 116.05 - 186.15
Valuation
- Share price
- $123.99 (close of 2026-09-23)
- P/E (TTM)
- 31.96x
- Price to book
- 4.69x
- Price to free cash flow
- 28.05x
- Enterprise value
- $2.82B
- Book value per share
- $26.43
Price performance
| Period | Change |
|---|
| 1 day | -1.12% |
| 5 days | +2.06% |
| 1 month | +4.20% |
| 3 months | -24.11% |
| 6 months | -11.90% |
| Year to date | -12.72% |
| 1 year | -27.65% |
| 3 years | +109.30% |
| 5 years | +258.15% |
| 10 years | +483.48% |
| All time | +13989.77% |
Profitability and growth
- Return on equity
- 15.27%
- Return on invested capital
- 11.81%
- Return on assets
- 8.27%
- Return on capital employed
- 13.76%
- Gross margin
- 22.61%
- Net margin
- 7.52%
- EBITDA margin
- 16.04%
- Revenue growth
- 11.21%
- Net income growth
- -3.32%
- Free cash flow growth
- 22.98%
Cash flow and balance sheet
- Free cash flow yield (TTM)
- 3.56%
- Current ratio
- 2.27x
- Net debt to EBITDA
- 1.45x
Latest reported year
- Period end
- 2026-03-29
- Fiscal year
- 2026
- Revenue
- $1.08B
- Cost of revenue
- $838.64M
- Gross profit
- $245.06M
- EBITDA
- $173.84M
- Net income
- $81.55M
- Earnings per share
- $3.93
- Shares outstanding
- 20.74M
Income statement by year
| Period end | Revenue | Gross profit | Net income | EPS |
|---|
| 2026-03-29 | $1.08B | $245.06M | $81.55M | $3.93 |
| 2025-03-30 | $974.43M | $225.54M | $84.34M | $4.05 |
| 2024-03-31 | $919.16M | $193.64M | $75.36M | $3.61 |
| 2023-04-02 | $935.10M | $165.12M | $60.04M | $2.88 |
| 2022-04-03 | $774.54M | $146.52M | $51.54M | $2.46 |
| 2021-03-28 | $596.87M | $123.76M | $40.98M | $1.95 |
| 2020-03-29 | $540.20M | $100.92M | $28.37M | $1.34 |
| 2019-03-31 | $556.33M | $95.94M | $24.43M | $1.15 |
| 2018-04-01 | $504.17M | $86.76M | $-9.18M | $-0.43 |
| 2017-04-02 | $483.59M | $98.07M | $22.55M | $1.07 |
Margins and returns by year
| Period end | Gross margin | Net margin | Return on equity | Return on capital |
|---|
| 2026-03-29 | 22.61% | 7.52% | 15.27% | 11.81% |
| 2025-03-30 | 23.15% | 8.66% | 18.32% | 14.42% |
| 2024-03-31 | 21.07% | 8.20% | 18.56% | 15.43% |
| 2023-04-02 | 17.66% | 6.42% | 17.15% | 14.18% |
| 2022-04-03 | 18.92% | 6.65% | 17.03% | 12.12% |
| 2021-03-28 | 20.74% | 6.87% | 15.45% | 11.00% |
| 2020-03-29 | 18.68% | 5.25% | 12.15% | 10.43% |
| 2019-03-31 | 17.24% | 4.39% | 11.21% | 9.45% |
| 2018-04-01 | 17.21% | -1.82% | -4.54% | -1.97% |
| 2017-04-02 | 20.28% | 4.66% | 10.35% | 8.04% |
Cash and debt by year
| Period end | Cash | Debt |
|---|
| 2026-03-29 | $3.91M | $244.00M |
| 2025-03-30 | $5.10M | $149.00M |
| 2024-03-31 | $7.15M | $88.82M |
| 2023-04-02 | $7.57M | $101.73M |
| 2022-04-03 | $3.50M | $115.64M |
| 2021-03-28 | $3.00M | $88.84M |
| 2020-03-29 | $4.28M | $49.75M |
| 2019-03-31 | $9.20M | $74.66M |
| 2018-04-01 | $4.99M | $90.76M |
| 2017-04-02 | $6.86M | $94.63M |
Free cash flow by year
| Period end | Free cash flow | Stock-based compensation |
|---|
| 2026-03-29 | $86.09M | $8.57M |
| 2025-03-30 | $70.00M | $6.50M |
| 2024-03-31 | $119.35M | $4.88M |
| 2023-04-02 | $29.08M | $3.83M |
| 2022-04-03 | $14.32M | $3.82M |
| 2021-03-28 | $23.00M | $3.34M |
| 2020-03-29 | $34.35M | $2.27M |
| 2019-03-31 | $35.37M | $2.01M |
| 2018-04-01 | $7.65M | $1.37M |
| 2017-04-02 | $23.24M | $2.13M |
Dividend history
- Most recent payment
- 2026-08-14
- Paid in the last twelve months
- $0.77
| Payment date | Dividend per share |
|---|
| 2026-08-14 | $0.20 |
| 2026-05-29 | $0.19 |
| 2026-02-13 | $0.19 |
| 2025-11-14 | $0.19 |
| 2025-08-15 | $0.19 |
| 2025-05-30 | $0.18 |
| 2025-02-14 | $0.18 |
| 2024-11-15 | $0.18 |
Investor relations
Next earnings report
- Next confirmed report
- 2026-11-04
- Consensus EPS estimate
- $1.22
Past earnings dates
| Reported | Fiscal period | EPS estimate |
|---|
| 2026-07-29 | Jun/2026 | $1.41 |
| 2026-05-13 | - | - |
| 2026-01-28 | - | - |
| 2025-10-29 | - | - |
| 2025-07-30 | - | - |
| 2025-05-14 | - | - |
| 2025-01-29 | - | - |
| 2024-10-30 | - | - |
Filings and sources
- Company website
- hawkinsinc.com
- SEC filings
- 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K on EDGAR
- Earnings calendar
- All upcoming reports
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