Company Analysis

Hawkins, Inc. (HWKN)

Nasdaq: HWKN · Wholesale-Chemicals & Allied Products · Roseville, MN · filing with the SEC since 1995
Grade6.4
◀ Past 4.9● Present 7.1▶ Future 6.6

The grade of Hawkins, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
6.4/10
◀ Past4.925% of the headline
● Present7.145% of the headline
▶ Future6.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.9/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
3.3/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2025-02-03.

weight 45% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 36 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hawkins, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events: an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 3 times, the latest 2025-02-03) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
6.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 8 of 9.

weight 33% of this tense · 65th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hawkins, Inc.'s 9 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $504 million in fiscal 2018 to $1.1 billion in fiscal 2026, up 10% a year; it rose in 6 of 8 years; the deepest fall was 3% from fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2020; net income was positive in 8 of 9 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.0%top 30% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosetop 40% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 43% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak2.9%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
5.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 0.2% a year. 10% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 0 sales, 5 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 55th percentile among 25 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2026-03-29, Hawkins, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 0.2% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 10% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 0 sales and 5 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-09-30, buying about $851 thousand (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 34% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowbottom 45% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

7.1/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
7.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 15%: 15¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 46%: owes 46¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 33 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2026-03-29, Hawkins, Inc. earned about 15 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 25 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 46 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 0.4% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetstop 32% of its family
  • return on equitytop 11% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 44% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 35% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.9/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 31% of 35 in its family; net margin 7.5%.

weight 45% of this tense · 69th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hawkins, Inc.'s standing among 35 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2026 ranks in the bottom 49% by size; a net margin of 7.5% ranks in the top 19%; revenue growth of 5.1% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the top 24% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$1.08Bbottom 49% of its family
  • net margin7.5%top 19% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth5.1%top 24% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
7.9/10

What are the people in charge doing?

top 21% of 22 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2011.

weight 22% of this tense · 79th percentile among 22 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hawkins, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Hawkins, Patrick H. (CEO AND PRESIDENT, as filed), filing under that title since 2011-06-21, 15.4 years (top 11% of its family); the 16 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 8.3 years (top 30%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 16 people in charge now (top 23%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 16 peopletop 23% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed8.3 yearstop 30% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record15.4 yearstop 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

6.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.6/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 44% of 35 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 56th percentile among 35 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Hawkins, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2026): cash of $4 million against debt of $244 million leaves -24.3% of its assets as net cash, bottom 28% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 7.9% of revenue (top 21%); a gross margin of 22.6% (top 38%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-24.3%bottom 28% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue7.9%top 21% of its family
  • gross margin22.6%top 38% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
7.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 28% of 35 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 72nd percentile among 35 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Hawkins, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2026: revenue grew 5.1% a year over the last three filed years against 10% over all 9, slowing (top 50% of its family); the newest year grew 11.3% (top 13%); capital spending grew 6.4% a year (top 20%) (its annual reports). Hawkins, Inc. reported 3 lines of business in fiscal 2026: Water Treatment at $543 million (50%), Food and Health Sciences at $321 million (30%), Industrial Solutions at $220 million (20%); 2 of 3 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-5.0 points a yeartop 50% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth11.3%top 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending6.4%top 20% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
7.0/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

top 30% of 32 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 70th percentile among 32 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Hawkins, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $1.1 billion in fiscal 2026 came in 8.9% above the $995 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 14% of its family); net income of $82 million against a prior three-year average of $73 million (top 33%); a net margin of 7.5% against 7.8% before (top 42%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace8.9%top 14% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average+11%top 33% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-0.2 pointstop 42% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton HWKN · research, not advice