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) Operating margin

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Hawkins, Inc.'s operating margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 11.1%, down 0.1 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (11.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −2.33% (fiscal 2018) to 12.2% (fiscal 2025); the current reading is higher than 83% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2026 11.2% (1.04)
FY2025 12.2% 0.91
FY2024 11.3% 1.89
FY2023 9.43% 0.24
FY2022 9.19% (0.17)
FY2021 9.36% 1.65
FY2020 7.71% 1.09
FY2019 6.62% 8.95
FY2018 −2.33% (10.33)
FY2017 8.00% 0.47

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 13.4% 1.10
Jun 2026 12.3% 3.43
Mar 2026 8.82% (0.42)
Dec 2025 9.24% (2.86)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −2.33% High 12.2%
Ten-year median 8.78%
Current reading's percentile 79

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 15.8%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 12.7%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 11.8%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. 11.1%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company compare 10.7%
AVNT Avient Corporation compare 9.67%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 7.61%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 5.64%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 1.03%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 5.64%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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