Hawkins (HWKN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CBT or HWKN?

Cabot received 174 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.75% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 59.07% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cabot	Outperform Votes 389 61.75%	Underperform Votes 241 38.25%
Hawkins	Outperform Votes 215 59.07%	Underperform Votes 149 40.93%

Is CBT or HWKN a better dividend stock?

Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.6%. Cabot pays out 25.5% 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.

Does the media favor CBT or HWKN?

In the previous week, Cabot had 5 more articles in the media than Hawkins. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cabot and 7 mentions for Hawkins. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Hawkins' score of 0.41 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cabot	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 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)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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. 3.1% of Cabot shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Hawkins shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, 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	1.36	$380M	$6.74	14.85
Hawkins	$934.42M	2.86	$75.36M	$3.91	32.69

Which has more volatility and risk, CBT or HWKN?

Cabot has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawkins has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate CBT or HWKN?

Cabot currently has a consensus price target of $105.00, suggesting a potential upside of 4.91%. Hawkins has a consensus price target of $122.00, suggesting a potential downside of 4.55%. Given Cabot's higher possible 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

Is CBT or HWKN more profitable?

Cabot has a net margin of 9.51% compared to Hawkins' net margin of 8.74%. Cabot's return on equity of 26.60% beat Hawkins' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cabot	9.51%	26.60%	10.99%
Hawkins	8.74%	19.64%	12.13%

Summary

Cabot beats Hawkins on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.