Ashland vs Hawkins
ASH and HWKN side by side, both in wholesale trade-non-durable goods. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How ASH and HWKN compare
Ashland and Hawkins are about the same size, with market caps of $3.5B and $3.2B.
Hawkins grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (9.0% versus −1.4% for Ashland).
Both pay dividends: Ashland yields 2.2% and Hawkins 0.64%.
Hawkins scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 6 for Ashland), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | ASH | HWKN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $3.5B | $3.2B |
| Share price | $76.72 | $152.13 |
| Change, 1 year | 53.8% | 18.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −29.8% | 333% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.92 | 0.71 |
| Employees | 2,900 | 1,200 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 36.9× |
| P/S | 1.9× (better) | 2.8× |
| P/B | 1.9× (better) | 5.6× |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.6× (better) | 18.6× |
| P/FCF | 14.1× (better) | 34.2× |
| PEG | – | 3.36 |
| FCF yield | 7.1% (better) | 2.9% |
| Fair value | $61.27 | $88.93 |
| Margin of safety | −25.2% (better) | −71.1% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −1.4% | 9.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −2.0% | 12.7% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 3.2% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 3.5% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 15.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 31.5% (better) | 22.4% |
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 11.1% (better) |
| Net margin | – | 7.5% |
| FCF margin | 13.6% (better) | 8.1% |
| Return on equity | – | 16.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 2.8% | 12.8% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.73 | 0.41 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.85 | 1.22 (better) |
| Current ratio | 3.05 (better) | 2.28 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.51 | 6.70 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.2% (better) | 0.64% |
| Payout ratio | – | 18.7% |
| Years of dividend growth | 7 | 7 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 8.3% | 9.7% (better) |
| Buyback yield | – | 0.59% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% (better) | 1.2% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 114% | 78.3% |
| Held by insiders | 10.2% | 4.2% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | – | $650K |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 12.3% | 6.5% |
Go deeper
- ASH stock overview
- ASH income statement
- ASH valuation and score
- HWKN stock overview
- HWKN income statement
- HWKN valuation and score
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