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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000046250-22-000015"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWKN"
cik: "0000046250"
company_name: "HAWKINS INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T10:32:00.861189+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawkins reports record Q4 sales $223M (+37% YoY), full-year EPS $2.44 (+26%)

## Summary
- Record annual sales $774.5M (+30% YoY); net income $51.5M (+26%); adjusted EBITDA $99.7M (+19%).
- Q4 diluted EPS $0.50 (+16% YoY) on net income $10.6M; sales growth driven by 54% Industrial and 45% Water Treatment segment increases.
- Industrial FY sales $386.9M (+42%), Water Treatment $228.1M (+34%), Health & Nutrition $159.5M (+4%).
- Full-year dividends $0.5225/share (+11%); 37th consecutive year; three acquisitions completed in FY22.
- LIFO expense reduced gross profit by $15.8M in FY22 due to rising raw material costs; leverage ratio 1.25x.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000046250-22-000015
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWKN
- cik: 0000046250
- company_name: HAWKINS INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625022000015/0000046250-22-000015-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625022000015/hwkn-20220518.htm

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