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Hawkins, Inc. (HWKN) vs Quaker Houghton (KWR)

Hawkins, Inc. and Quaker Houghton are both Specialty Chemicals companies. Hawkins, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $3.2B against $2.6B — 1.2× the size. Quaker Houghton trades at the lower P/E: 27.2× against 36.6×. Hawkins, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.02% against 8.68%. Hawkins, Inc. has the higher net margin (7.53% vs 4.80%) and the higher return on invested capital (10.1% vs 4.50%). Both pay a dividend; Quaker Houghton yields more (1.35% vs 0.51%). Across the 23 metrics below, Hawkins, Inc. leads on 14 and Quaker Houghton on 9.

Valuation

Metric HWKN KWR Specialty Chemicals median
P/E 36.55 27.16 24.46
P/S 2.75 1.29 1.64
P/B 5.56 1.85 1.88
Price to free cash flow 33.61 66.49 19.15
EV/EBITDA 18.52 13.09 12.87
EV/Sales 2.95 1.65 1.88
Earnings yield 2.74% 3.68% 2.42%
Free cash flow yield 2.97% 1.50% 2.25%

Profitability

Metric HWKN KWR Specialty Chemicals median
Gross margin 22.44% 35.78% 27.84%
Operating margin 11.11% 7.61% 5.64%
Net margin 7.53% 4.80% 4.19%
Free cash flow margin 8.18% 1.95% 3.49%
Return on equity 16.03% 6.98% 2.34%
Return on assets 8.60% 3.39% 0.45%
Return on invested capital 10.07% 4.50% 3.21%

Growth

Metric HWKN KWR Specialty Chemicals median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.02% 8.68% 6.39%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (2.98%) (102.15%) (9.77%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.67% 5.90% 6.33%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 14.75% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric HWKN KWR Specialty Chemicals median
Debt to equity 0.41 0.63 0.59
Current ratio 2.28 2.47 2.28
Net debt to EBITDA 1.38 4.53 2.03

Dividend

Metric HWKN KWR Specialty Chemicals median
Dividend yield 0.51% 1.35% 1.80%
Payout ratio 0.19 0.37 0.40

Size

Metric HWKN KWR Specialty Chemicals median
Market cap 3.16b 2.62b 2.08b

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