Hawkins (HWKN) Competitors

Cabot (NYSE:CBT) and Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.

Is CBT or HWKN more profitable?

Cabot has a net margin of 10.60% compared to Hawkins' net margin of 8.60%. Cabot's return on equity of 26.79% beat Hawkins' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cabot	10.60%	26.79%	11.24%
Hawkins	8.60%	18.95%	11.87%

Is CBT or HWKN a better dividend stock?

Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cabot pays out 22.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hawkins pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cabot has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Hawkins has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CBT or HWKN?

93.2% of Cabot shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Hawkins shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Cabot shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Hawkins shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, CBT or HWKN?

Cabot has a beta of 1.21, meaning that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.77, meaning that its stock price is 23% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CBT or HWKN?

Cabot received 176 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.57% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cabot	Outperform Votes 391 61.57%	Underperform Votes 244 38.43%
Hawkins	Outperform Votes 215 58.90%	Underperform Votes 150 41.10%

Which has better earnings & valuation, CBT or HWKN?

Cabot has higher revenue and earnings than Hawkins. Cabot is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawkins, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cabot	$3.99B	1.14	$380M	$7.53	11.17
Hawkins	$952.13M	2.34	$75.36M	$3.92	27.18

Does the media refer more to CBT or HWKN?

In the previous week, Hawkins had 1 more articles in the media than Cabot. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Hawkins and 7 mentions for Cabot. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Hawkins' score of 0.63 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cabot	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hawkins	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CBT or HWKN?

Cabot currently has a consensus price target of $97.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.28%. Hawkins has a consensus price target of $122.00, indicating a potential upside of 14.49%. Given Cabot's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cabot is more favorable than Hawkins.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cabot	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Hawkins	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Summary

Cabot beats Hawkins on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.