The Bid & Ask

Quotations, Dispatches, and the Daily Tape

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Subject of the day

HWKN

Concerning the House

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.

United States · www.hawkinsinc.com

The Long Run

FY 2011–2026 · 15 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$1.08B+9.7%
Gross profit$193.64M+8.0%
Operating income$119.17M+9.9%
Net income$75.36M+9.7%
Cash from ops$159.50M+11.7%
Quotation

$128.05

-1.42 (-1.1%)

52w hi$182.85
52w lo$119.87
Vol83.42K
As ofAug 13
The Verdict

Hold

Our score -0.46

Short-0.40
Medium-0.56
Long-0.39

computed 2026-08-13

By the Numbers

Hawkins, Inc.

Basic Materials · Specialty Chemicals

Market cap$2.67B
Enterprise value$1.46B
Trailing P/E33.17x
Forward P/E25.16x
EV / EBITDA8.74x
P / S (ttm)2.42x
Profit margin7.3%
Return on equity15.6%
Revenue growth-1.6%
Earnings growth+8.2%
Debt / equity42.30
Risk Metrics
Beta vs SPX0.91
Corr SPX0.39
Annual vol38.0%
Annual ret+11.2%
Sharpe0.30
Max DD-35.0%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Layer Breakdown
LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.16
Sector+0.03
Technical-0.24
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-08-13

Recent Sessions
DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Aug 13$130.28$132.00$128.04$128.0583.42K
Aug 12$131.06$132.00$127.83$129.47103.20K
Aug 11$131.75$133.49$128.07$129.66130.30K
Aug 10$129.78$132.50$128.93$130.66113.90K
Aug 7$130.14$131.27$127.88$129.91131.10K