Values First Advisors Inc. Purchases 847 Shares of Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN)

Values First Advisors Inc. raised its position in Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) by 7.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 11,863 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock after purchasing an additional 847 shares during the period. Values First Advisors Inc. owned 0.06% of Hawkins worth $835,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. California State Teachers Retirement System boosted its holdings in Hawkins by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 24,040 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $1,146,000 after purchasing an additional 211 shares during the period. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can raised its position in shares of Hawkins by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Great West Life Assurance Co. Can now owns 27,882 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $1,332,000 after buying an additional 226 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Hawkins by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 8,766 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $338,000 after buying an additional 260 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in shares of Hawkins by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 52,801 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $2,313,000 after buying an additional 270 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SageView Advisory Group LLC raised its position in Hawkins by 4.9% in the 2nd quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 6,077 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $290,000 after purchasing an additional 285 shares during the period. 69.71% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Separately, StockNews.com cut shares of Hawkins from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 9th.

Hawkins Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of HWKN stock traded down $0.25 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $76.80. The stock had a trading volume of 135,068 shares, compared to its average volume of 214,653. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $69.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $64.79. Hawkins, Inc. has a 52-week low of $39.20 and a 52-week high of $77.90. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.61 billion, a PE ratio of 22.07 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a current ratio of 2.45, a quick ratio of 1.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28.

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 31st. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.71 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.61 by $0.10. The firm had revenue of $208.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $221.24 million. Hawkins had a net margin of 7.91% and a return on equity of 19.54%. Equities analysts expect that Hawkins, Inc. will post 3.61 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hawkins Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Friday, February 16th were paid a dividend of $0.16 per share. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.83%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 15th. Hawkins’s payout ratio is 18.39%.

Hawkins Company Profile

Hawkins, Inc operates as a specialty chemical and ingredients company in the United States. 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.