BWS Financial Issues Optimistic Outlook for Hawkins Earnings

Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) – Equities researchers at BWS Financial boosted their Q2 2025 earnings per share estimates for Hawkins in a report released on Wednesday, October 16th. BWS Financial analyst H. Khorsand now anticipates that the specialty chemicals company will earn $1.17 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $1.15. BWS Financial has a “Neutral” rating and a $122.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hawkins’ current full-year earnings is $4.14 per share. BWS Financial also issued estimates for Hawkins’ FY2025 earnings at $4.20 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $1.51 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $1.40 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $1.09 EPS.

Hawkins Trading Down 5.5 %

Shares of Hawkins stock opened at $126.55 on Monday. Hawkins has a 1 year low of $53.64 and a 1 year high of $135.61. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $123.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $101.14. The company has a market cap of $2.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.25, a PEG ratio of 4.54 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a current ratio of 2.27, a quick ratio of 1.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29.

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.38 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.37. The business had revenue of $255.88 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $254.30 million. Hawkins had a net margin of 8.75% and a return on equity of 20.16%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Hawkins

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Westwood Holdings Group Inc. bought a new position in Hawkins during the first quarter worth about $31,504,000. American Century Companies Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Hawkins by 22.4% in the 2nd quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 360,714 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $32,825,000 after buying an additional 66,109 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Hawkins by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 1,516,717 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $106,807,000 after buying an additional 62,224 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its position in shares of Hawkins by 116.9% during the 1st quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 104,537 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $8,049,000 after buying an additional 56,330 shares during the period. Finally, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Hawkins in the 2nd quarter valued at $4,741,000. Institutional investors own 69.71% of the company’s stock.

Hawkins Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, August 30th. Investors of record on Friday, August 16th were paid a $0.18 dividend. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.57%. This is a positive change from Hawkins’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 16th. Hawkins’s dividend payout ratio is presently 20.06%.

Hawkins Company Profile

Hawkins, Inc operates as a specialty chemical and ingredients company in the United States. It operates through three segments: Industrial, Water Treatment, and Health and Nutrition. The Industrial segment offers industrial chemicals, products, and services to agriculture, chemical processing, electronics, energy, food, pharmaceutical, and plating industries.