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In this article, we go over a few key elements for understanding Hawkins Inc’s stock price such as:

• Hawkins Inc’s current stock price and volume
• Why Hawkins Inc’s stock price changed recently
• Upgrades and downgrades for HWKN from analysts
• HWKN’s stock price momentum as measured by its relative strength

About Hawkins Inc (HWKN)

Before we jump into Hawkins Inc’s stock price, history, target price and what caused it to recently rise, let’s take a look at some background.

Hawkins, Inc. is a specialty chemical and ingredients company that formulates, distributes, blends, and manufactures products for its industrial, water treatment, and health and nutrition customers. Its segments include Industrial, Water Treatment, and Health and Nutrition. The Industrial segment specializes in providing industrial chemicals, products and services to industries, such as agriculture, chemical processing, electronics, energy, food, pharmaceuticals and plating. Water Treatment segment specializes in providing chemicals, products, equipment, services and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, non-residential swimming pool water and agricultural water. Health and Nutrition segment specializes in providing ingredient distribution, processing and formulation solutions to manufacturers of nutraceutical, functional food and beverage, personal care, dietary supplement and other nutritional food, health and wellness products.

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Hawkins Inc’s Stock Price as of Market Close

As of July 15, 2024, 4:00 PM, CST, Hawkins Inc’s stock price was $103.26.

Hawkins Inc is up 6.1% from its previous closing price of $97.32.

During the last market session, Hawkins Inc’s stock traded between $96.72 and $99.08. Currently, there are 20.86 million shares of Hawkins Inc stock available for purchase.

Hawkins Inc’s price-earnings (P/E) ratio is currently at 27.1, which is low compared to the Chemicals - Diversified industry median of 27.1. The price-earnings ratio gauges market expectation of future performance by relating a stock’s current share price to its earnings per share.

Hawkins Inc Stock Price History

Hawkins Inc’s (HWKN) price is currently up 13.47% so far this month.

During the month of July, Hawkins Inc’s stock price has reached a high of $103.96 and a low of $87.24.

Over the last year, Hawkins Inc has hit prices as high as $99.08 and as low as $45.50. Year to date, Hawkins Inc’s stock is up 167.51%.

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What Caused Hawkins Inc Stock’s Price to Rise?

Stock prices are primarily based on seller supply and buyer demand. But have you ever wondered about what other factors affect a stock's price?

When an analyst changes their opinion of a stock by upgrading or downgrading their rating, it often leads to a sudden stock price adjustment. As of July 12, 2024, there were 0 analysts who downgraded Hawkins Inc’s stock and 1 analyst who upgraded over the last month.

Additionally, you'll want to evaluate Hawkins Inc’s financial health and valuation. Investors can use AAII's Value Grade, which combines six key valuation metrics like P/E and P/S ratios for a comprehensive analysis to conduct analysis on Hawkins Inc’s valuation and financial health. This approach mitigates the limitations of single-metric evaluations.

Hawkins Inc’s current valuation based on AAII’s Value Grade is a D, which means it is considered to be Expensive.

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Lastly, news and media coverage as well as recent press reports about the company or its industry may cause stock prices to fluctuate. You can check out the most recent news articles about Hawkins Inc (HWKN) by visiting AAII Stock Evaluator.

Relative Price Strength of Hawkins Inc

Relative price strength measures a stock's performance against the market, helping investors identify stocks that are outperforming benchmarks.

For AAII’s Momentum Grade, a weighted relative price strength is calculated. Follow this link to learn more about the Momentum Grade.

As of July 12, 2024, Hawkins Inc has a weighted four-quarter relative price strength of 14.74%, which translates to a Momentum Score of 92 and is considered to be Very Strong.

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Hawkins Inc Stock Price: Bottom Line

As of July 15, 2024, Hawkins Inc’s stock price is $103.26, which is up 6.1% from its previous closing price.

AAII advises against making stock decisions based solely on price or past returns. Instead, consider a variety of metrics, fundamentals, and analytics to evaluate a stock like Hawkins Inc stock prices are influenced by market supply and demand and offer just a snapshot of a company's overall health.

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