Hawkins (HWKN) Competitors

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

Is HWKN or CBT a better dividend stock?

Hawkins pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Cabot pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Hawkins pays out 18.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cabot pays out 22.8% 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. Hawkins has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Cabot has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Does the media refer more to HWKN or CBT?

In the previous week, Hawkins had 2 more articles in the media than Cabot. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Hawkins and 7 mentions for Cabot. Cabot's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Hawkins' score of 0.20 indicating that Cabot is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hawkins	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cabot	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, HWKN or CBT?

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
Hawkins	$952.13M	2.29	$75.36M	$3.92	26.54
Cabot	$3.99B	1.15	$380M	$7.53	11.29

Is HWKN or CBT 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
Hawkins	8.60%	18.95%	11.87%
Cabot	10.60%	26.79%	11.24%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of HWKN or CBT?

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

Which has more volatility & risk, HWKN or CBT?

Hawkins has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cabot has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate HWKN or CBT?

Hawkins presently has a consensus price target of $122.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.26%. Cabot has a consensus price target of $97.00, suggesting a potential upside of 14.12%. Given Hawkins' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Hawkins is more favorable than Cabot.

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer HWKN or CBT?

Cabot received 176 more outperform votes than Hawkins when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.67% of users gave Cabot an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave Hawkins an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hawkins	Outperform Votes 215 58.90%	Underperform Votes 150 41.10%
Cabot	Outperform Votes 391 61.67%	Underperform Votes 243 38.33%

Summary

Cabot beats Hawkins on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.