HAWKINS, INC. vs Seaboard Corporation, two Wholesale stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where HWKN and SEB diverge most: on fcf yield, HWKN reads 3.4% and SEB reads -0.6%; on p/b, HWKN reads 4.95 and SEB reads 0.70. 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 | HWKN | SEB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $130.12 | $4040.49 |
| Market cap | $2.7B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Wholesale | Wholesale |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +18.1% | — |
| P/E | 33.7 | 6.1 |
| P/B | 4.95 | 0.70 |
| P/S | 2.45 | 0.38 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.1 | 7.0 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +8.3% |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 7.6% |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 3.4% |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 6.2% |
| Return on equity | 14.7% | 11.6% |
| Return on assets | 8.0% | 7.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | 4.0% |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | -0.6% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 2.27 | 2.40 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.68 | 3.22 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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