Values First Advisors Inc. Has $1.48 Million Stock Position in Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN)

Values First Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) by 1.4% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 12,056 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock after acquiring an additional 170 shares during the quarter. Values First Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Hawkins were worth $1,479,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Ellsworth Advisors LLC grew its position in Hawkins by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Ellsworth Advisors LLC now owns 7,560 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $964,000 after purchasing an additional 89 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings 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 valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 168 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning boosted its position in shares of Hawkins by 7.3% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 3,324 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $302,000 after buying an additional 225 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Hawkins by 168.3% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 373 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $48,000 after buying an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KBC Group NV raised its position in Hawkins by 37.0% during the fourth quarter. KBC Group NV now owns 948 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock valued at $116,000 after buying an additional 256 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 69.71% of the company’s stock.

Hawkins Stock Performance

HWKN stock opened at $112.19 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $120.13 and a 200 day simple moving average of $121.57. Hawkins, Inc. has a 52 week low of $63.23 and a 52 week high of $139.55. The stock has a market cap of $2.35 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.62, a P/E/G ratio of 3.96 and a beta of 0.82. 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 earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.72 earnings per share (EPS) 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%. Research analysts anticipate that Hawkins, Inc. will post 4.14 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Hawkins Announces Dividend

The company 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 0.64%. Hawkins’s payout ratio is 18.37%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, BWS Financial restated a “neutral” rating and set a $122.00 price objective on shares of Hawkins in a research report on Friday, January 31st.

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.