Hawkins (HWKN) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $1.34
- Estimate
- $1.18
- Surprise
- +13.3%
- Revenue (period 2026-09-27)
- $313.8M
- Score at report (before → after)
- 4.8 → 4.9/10
Revenue source: xbrl.
How the report landed
Hawkins (HWKN) beat the $1.18 estimate with adjusted EPS of $1.34 — a large 13.3% upside surprise. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (4.8/10) to Sell at 4.9/10 after the report.
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates HWKN Sell at 4.9/10.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's +13.3% surprise compares with a -3.4% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Thin upside margin: 9.2%
- V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.2)
- Sector modifier (Basic Materials): -0.1
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $135.44
- Price target
- $147.90
- Stop
- $128.14
- Upside to target
- +9.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 1.0:1
The stock trades at 34.2× trailing but 28.9× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-27 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
HWKN at TrendMatrix's latest read
Materials producers report against the commodity cycle — realized-price capture and volume, not the EPS line, are the tells in a quarter like this.
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Market cap
- $2.83B
- P/E (fwd)
- 28.9
- P/E (ttm)
- 34.2
- 52-week range
- $116.05–$174.12
- Off 52-week high
- 22.2%
- RSI (14)
- 59
- Volume vs avg
- 0.98×
- Score today
- 4.9/10