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 -0.3%; on p/b, HWKN reads 4.87 and SEB reads 0.79. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What HWKN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | HWKN | SEB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $127.97 | $4428.46 |
| Market cap | $2.7B | $4.2B |
| Sector | Wholesale | Wholesale |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +16.4% | — |
| P/E | 33.1 | 7.3 |
| P/B | 4.87 | 0.79 |
| P/S | 2.41 | 0.43 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.9 | 8.2 |
| Revenue growth | +9.4% | +6.9% |
| Gross margin | 23.4% | 9.0% |
| Operating margin | 12.3% | 4.0% |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 14.7% | 11.0% |
| Return on assets | 8.0% | 7.0% |
| Return on invested capital | 11.8% | 3.9% |
| FCF yield | 3.4% | -0.3% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 0.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.45 | 0.18 |
| Current ratio | 2.27 | 2.38 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.62 | 3.28 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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