ANDERSONS, INC. vs HAWKINS, INC., two Wholesale stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where ANDE and HWKN diverge most: on revenue growth, ANDE reads -4.8% and HWKN reads +9.4%; on p/s, ANDE reads 0.22 and HWKN reads 2.34. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HWKN's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | ANDE | HWKN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $70.92 | $124.11 |
| Market cap | $2.4B | $2.6B |
| Sector | Wholesale | Wholesale |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +17.4% |
| P/E | — | 32.1 |
| P/B | 1.79 | 4.72 |
| P/S | 0.22 | 2.34 |
| EV/EBITDA | 24.6 | 16.4 |
| Revenue growth | -4.8% | +9.4% |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 23.4% |
| Operating margin | — | 12.3% |
| Net margin | 1.6% | 7.3% |
| Return on equity | 13.1% | 14.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.1% | 8.0% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 11.8% |
| FCF yield | 2.3% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 0.45 |
| Current ratio | 1.51 | 2.27 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 4.53 | 5.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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