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) Free cash flow margin

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Hawkins, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 8.18%, up 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (8.06%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.59% (fiscal 2018) to 13.1% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 3.49% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 8.06% 0.82
FY2025 7.24% (5.86)
FY2024 13.1% 9.23
FY2023 3.87% 1.98
FY2022 1.89% (2.02)
FY2021 3.91% (2.45)
FY2020 6.36% 0.00
FY2019 6.36% 4.77
FY2018 1.59% (3.28)
FY2017 4.87% 1.85

Against its own ten years

Low 1.59% High 13.1%
Ten-year median 4.39%
Current reading's percentile 92

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 16.3%
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 14.3%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 13.4%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. 8.18%
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 7.00%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 5.72%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 3.06%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 1.95%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 1.60%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 3.49%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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