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HWKN (Hawkins) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.64 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Hawkins Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Hawkins's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $9.9 Mil. Hawkins's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $103.5 Mil. Hawkins's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $177.4 Mil. Hawkins's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.64.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Hawkins's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

HWKN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 1.41   Max: 9.39
Current: 0.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Hawkins was 9.39. The lowest was 0.75. And the median was 1.41.

HWKN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
74.33% of 1192 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.37 vs HWKN: 0.75

Hawkins Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Hawkins's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Hawkins Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Hawkins Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.09 1.38 1.41 1.04 0.79

Hawkins Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.43 1.18 0.92 0.73 0.64

Competitive Comparison of Hawkins's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Hawkins's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Hawkins's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Hawkins's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Hawkins's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Hawkins Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Hawkins's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(9.913 + 98.348) / 137.23
=0.79

Hawkins's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(9.913 + 103.549) / 177.38
=0.64

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Hawkins  (NAS:HWKN) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Hawkins Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Hawkins Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2381 Rosegate, Roseville, MN, USA, 55113
Hawkins Inc manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals and ingredients. The firm organizes itself into three segments based on the product type. The industrial segment, which generates the majority of revenue, sells private label bleach, caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, potassium hydroxide, and aqua ammonia. The water treatment segment sells chemicals and equipment used to treat potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, and non-residential swimming pool water. The health and nutrition segment sells ingredients to food, beverage, personal care, and dietary supplement producers.
Executives
James A Faulconbridge director 3100 EAST HENNEPIN AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Jeffrey P. Oldenkamp officer: CFO, VP and Treasurer 14000 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, EDEN PRAIRIE MN 55344
Jeffrey E Spethmann director P.O. BOX 1299, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55440-1299
David J. Mangine officer: VP - Industrial Group 2381 ROSEGATE, ROSEVILLE MN 55113
Yi Tang director 2381 ROSEGATE, ROSEVILLE MN 55113
Theresa R Moran officer: VP - Quality & Support 3100 EAST HENNEPIN AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Douglas A. Lange officer: Vice President 2381 ROSEGATE, ROSEVILLE MN 55113
Shirley A. Rozeboom officer: VP Health and Nutrition 2381 ROSEGATE, ROSEVILLE MN 55113
Daniel J Stauber director 2381 ROSEGATE, ROSEVILLE MN 55113
Drew M. Grahek officer: Vice President of Operations 2381 ROSEGATE, ROSEVILLE MN 55113
Patrick H. Hawkins officer: President 3100 EAST HENNEPIN AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Jeffrey L Wright director
Matthews Steven D Ii officer: VP of Operations 3100 E HENNEPIN AVENUE, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55413
Mary J. Schumacher director 3735 ISLAND VIEW CIRCLE, PRIOR LAKE MN 55372
Richard G Erstad officer: VP, General Counsel & Sec 1300 NICOLLET MALL, SUITE 5003, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55403