Hawkins, Inc.

HWKN Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

Hawkins, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended March 2026) was $1.1 billion, up 11.2% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+11.9%
EPS
+23.1%
Free cash flow
+1.32%
Total debt
−17.7%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

151.37 4.60 −2.95%
Market cap
$3.2B
P/E
36.6×
Fwd P/E
36.3×
Dividend yield
0.51%
F-score
4/9
Altman Z
6.59
Beneish M
−2.69
Dividend safety
85/100

Hawkins, Inc. (HWKN) Debt to equity

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Hawkins, Inc.'s debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.4×, down 0.1× from fiscal 2026 (0.5×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.0× (fiscal 2015) to 0.6× (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 75% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.6× and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.2×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2026 0.5× 32.36%
FY2025 0.3× 41.94%
FY2024 0.2× (23.76%)
FY2023 0.3× (23.11%)
FY2022 0.4× 11.44%
FY2021 0.4× 45.71%
FY2020 0.3× (34.18%)
FY2019 0.4× (21.97%)
FY2018 0.5× 5.60%
FY2017 0.5× (26.67%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Sep 2026 0.4× (8.72%)
Jun 2026 0.4× (2.58%)
Mar 2026 0.5× (9.92%)
Dec 2025 0.5× (7.55%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.0× High 0.6×
Ten-year median 0.4×
Current reading's percentile 75

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare −2.4×
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 0.3×
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. 0.4×
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 0.6×
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 0.7×
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 0.7×
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.7×
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 0.9×
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 22.5×
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.6×
Basic Materials sector median 0.2×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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