TheStreet upgraded shares of Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) from a d+ rating to a c- rating in a report published on Monday.
HWKN has been the topic of several other research reports. BidaskClub raised Hawkins from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report on Wednesday, March 28th. ValuEngine downgraded Hawkins from a hold rating to a sell rating in a report on Wednesday, May 2nd.
Get Hawkins alerts:Hawkins opened at $36.75 on Monday, according to MarketBeat.com. The company has a market cap of $385.95 million, a P/E ratio of 25.60 and a beta of 0.65. Hawkins has a one year low of $30.55 and a one year high of $47.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.45, a quick ratio of 1.24 and a current ratio of 2.23.
In other news, CFO Jeffrey P. Oldenkamp acquired 1,500 shares of Hawkins stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 5th. The shares were purchased at an average price of $33.15 per share, with a total value of $49,725.00. Following the acquisition, the chief financial officer now owns 6,763 shares in the company, valued at $224,193.45. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Patrick H. Hawkins acquired 6,600 shares of Hawkins stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 5th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $32.54 per share, for a total transaction of $214,764.00. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have acquired 23,185 shares of company stock worth $780,698. Company insiders own 3.70% of the company’s stock.
A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of HWKN. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in Hawkins by 523.8% during the 1st quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 90,940 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $3,197,000 after buying an additional 76,362 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. lifted its holdings in Hawkins by 4.7% during the 4th quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,285,418 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $45,246,000 after buying an additional 58,254 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Hawkins in the 4th quarter valued at $1,433,000. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its stake in shares of Hawkins by 6.4% in the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 535,837 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $18,835,000 after purchasing an additional 32,323 shares during the period. Finally, UBS Group AG lifted its stake in shares of Hawkins by 144.0% in the 1st quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 40,878 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $1,437,000 after purchasing an additional 24,124 shares during the period. 58.01% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
About Hawkins
Hawkins, Inc blends, manufactures, and distributes chemicals and specialty ingredients primarily in the United States. It operates in three segments: Industrial, Water Treatment, and Health and Nutrition. The Industrial segment provides industrial chemicals, products, and services primarily to the agriculture, chemical processing, electronics, energy, food, pharmaceutical, plating, and power generation industries.
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