HWKNHawkins, Inc.
Is it safe?
Strong, no red flags: a safe balance sheet, clean books, and insiders buying.
Financially healthy, low distress risk Altman Z-score, a bankruptcy-risk model from five balance-sheet ratios.
Reported earnings show no manipulation flags Beneish M-score, a forensic model that detects earnings-manipulation patterns (receivables outrunning sales, margins slipping, accrual-heavy profit).
Mixed fundamental signals Piotroski F-score, nine pass/fail tests of year-over-year financial health across profitability, balance sheet and efficiency. 7 to 9 is strong, 0 to 3 weak.
Insiders were net buyers (+$262K, 90 days to Oct 8, 2026). SEC Form 4 filings: officers and directors must report their own trades within two business days.
Rock-solid balance sheet, low leverage. A rule of thumb on leverage, not a credit rating.
Moderate price swings, typical volatility. Worst drawdown -45% · now 29% below its 52-week high.
Unless marked, from SEC EDGAR, as of Mar 29, 2026.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Altman sits structurally low for utilities and pipelines; Beneish runs high for fast growers, since sales growth alone lifts it; banks and REITs are excluded.
Can HWKN take a bad year?
Hawkins, Inc. carries $236M of net debt at 1.37× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.
Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 1.37×
Net debt / EBITDA · 1.73× a year ago · the load is coming down
- Altman Z-score
- 6.96
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
- Debt / equity
- 0.45×
Debt / equity
Details›
- Total debtQ1 2026
- $244M
- Cash and short-term investments
- $8.0M
- Net debt
- $236M
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $173M
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $119M
- Debt / equity
- 0.45×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 1.41×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 39%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −45%
- Below its 52-week high
- 29%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
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