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) Gross margin

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Hawkins, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 22.4%, down 0.2 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (22.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 17.2% (fiscal 2018) to 23.2% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 92% of that period. That is below the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and below the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2026 22.6% (0.54)
FY2025 23.2% 2.08
FY2024 21.1% 3.41
FY2023 17.7% (1.26)
FY2022 18.9% (1.82)
FY2021 20.7% 2.06
FY2020 18.7% 1.44
FY2019 17.2% 0.03
FY2018 17.2% (3.07)
FY2017 20.3% 0.89

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 24.4% 0.97
Jun 2026 23.4% 3.04
Mar 2026 20.4% (0.42)
Dec 2025 20.8% (3.30)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 17.2% High 23.2%
Ten-year median 19.2%
Current reading's percentile 84

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 55.3%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 41.1%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 35.8%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 32.3%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 32.3%
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 31.7%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. 22.4%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 21.6%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 6.57%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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