5,150 Shares in Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) Purchased by Yorktown Management & Research Co Inc

Yorktown Management & Research Co Inc acquired a new position in shares of Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 5,150 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock, valued at approximately $632,000.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in Hawkins by 8,633.3% during the third quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 262 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $33,000 after acquiring an additional 259 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Hawkins by 168.3% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 373 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its stake in shares of Hawkins by 71.8% in the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 402 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $51,000 after buying an additional 168 shares in the last quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of Hawkins by 242.5% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 459 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $59,000 after buying an additional 325 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Hawkins by 289.2% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 467 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $59,000 after buying an additional 347 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 69.71% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Separately, BWS Financial reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $122.00 target price on shares of Hawkins in a research note on Friday, January 31st.

Hawkins Trading Up 3.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ HWKN opened at $115.98 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $122.31 and its 200-day moving average price is $121.32. The company has a market cap of $2.43 billion, a PE ratio of 29.59, a P/E/G ratio of 3.71 and a beta of 0.82. Hawkins, Inc. has a 52-week low of $58.26 and a 52-week high of $139.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.23, a quick ratio of 1.53 and a current ratio of 2.50.

Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.77 by ($0.05). Hawkins had a net margin of 8.60% and a return on equity of 18.95%. On average, equities research analysts expect that Hawkins, Inc. will post 4.12 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Hawkins Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, February 28th. Investors of record on Friday, February 14th will be given a dividend of $0.18 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 14th. This represents a $0.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.62%. Hawkins’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 18.37%.

About Hawkins

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.