How to buy Hawkins stock

Hawkins, Inc is a specialty chemicals business based in the US. Hawkins shares (HWKN) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Hawkins employs 656 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$566.3 million.

How to buy shares in Hawkins

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Hawkins. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: HWKN. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Hawkins reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. Weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Hawkins, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Hawkins. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Hawkins share price

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Hawkins shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2021-02-23.

52-week range	USD$26.3432 - USD$63.96
50-day moving average	USD$56.6174
200-day moving average	USD$52.2538
Wall St. target price	USD$67
PE ratio	17.9122
Dividend yield	USD$0.93 (1.49%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$3.439

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Hawkins financials

Revenue TTM	USD$566.3 million
Operating margin TTM	9.07%
Gross profit TTM	USD$101.5 million
Return on assets TTM	7.71%
Return on equity TTM	14.99%
Profit margin	6.47%
Book value	$24.556
Market capitalisation	USD$653.6 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Hawkins shares

There are currently 144,464 Hawkins shares held short by investors – that's known as Hawkins's "short interest". This figure is 7.5% up from 134,370 last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Hawkins shares can be evaluated.

Hawkins's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Hawkins's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Hawkins shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Hawkins shares traded daily (recently around 32536.936936937). Hawkins's SIR currently stands at 4.44. In other words for every 100,000 Hawkins shares traded daily on the market, roughly 4440 shares are currently held short.

However Hawkins's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Hawkins shares, or, against the total number of tradable Hawkins shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Hawkins's short interest could be expressed as 0.01% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Hawkins shares in existence, roughly 10 shares are currently held short) or 0.0181% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Hawkins shares, roughly 18 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Hawkins.

Find out more about how you can short Hawkins stock.

Have Hawkins's shares ever split?

Hawkins's shares were split on 25 March 1997.

Hawkins share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Hawkins's shares have ranged in value from as little as $26.3432 up to $63.96. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Hawkins's is 0.8623. This would suggest that Hawkins's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Hawkins overview

Hawkins, Inc. blends, manufactures, and distributes chemicals and other specialty ingredients in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Industrial, Water Treatment, and Health and Nutrition. The Industrial segment offers industrial chemicals, products, and services to agriculture, chemical processing, electronics, energy, food, pharmaceutical, and plating industries. This segment primarily provides acids, alkalis, and industrial and food-grade salts. It also receives, stores, and distributes various chemicals in bulk quantities, such as liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, urea, phosphoric acid, aqua ammonia, and potassium hydroxide. In addition, this segment manufactures sodium hypochlorite and agricultural products, as well as various food-grade products that include liquid phosphates, lactates, and other blended products; repackages water treatment chemicals and bulk industrial chemicals; and performs custom blending of chemicals, and contract and private label bleach packaging. The Water Treatment segment offers chemicals, equipment, and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, and non-residential swimming pool and agriculture water. The Health and Nutrition segment offers ingredient distribution, processing, and formulation solutions to manufacturers of nutraceutical, functional food and beverage, personal care, dietary supplement and other nutritional food, and health and wellness products. Its products portfolio includes minerals, botanicals and herbs, vitamins and amino acids, excipients, joint products, sweeteners, and enzymes. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Roseville, Minnesota.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Hawkins is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 10.13% of Hawkins shares are held by insiders and 63.694% by institutions.

• How many people work for Hawkins?

  Latest data suggests 656 work at Hawkins.

• When does the fiscal year end for Hawkins?

  Hawkins's fiscal year ends in March.

• Where is Hawkins based?

  Hawkins's address is: 2381 Rosegate, Roseville, MN, United States, 55113

• What is Hawkins's ISIN number?

  Hawkins's international securities identification number is: US4202611095

• What is Hawkins's CUSIP number?

  Hawkins's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 420200107