---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000046250-22-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWKN"
cik: "0000046250"
company_name: "HAWKINS INC"
filed_at: "2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T15:46:14.035453+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawkins reports record Q2; sales up 32% to $241.2M, EPS $0.86 (+28%); guides Q3 flat YoY

## Summary
- Sales $241.2M (+32% YoY); all three segments grew; Industrial +37%, Water Treatment +39%, Health & Nutrition +7%.
- Net income $18.0M ($0.86 diluted EPS) vs $14.1M ($0.67) a year ago; adjusted EBITDA $34.0M (+28%).
- LIFO expense of $5.3M in the quarter ($9.0M YTD) pressured gross margin to 19% vs 20% last year.
- Operating cash flow $28.2M; paid down $18.5M on revolver; leverage ratio 1.26x EBITDA.
- CEO expects Q3 EPS relatively flat due to supplier shutdown, LIFO pressures, and softness in Health & Nutrition.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000046250-22-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWKN
- cik: 0000046250
- company_name: HAWKINS INC
- filed_at: 2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625022000034/0000046250-22-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625022000034/hwkn-20221102.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000046250-22-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HAWKINS INC reported fiscal 2023 second quarter ended October 2, 2022 results: revenue $241.2 million, net income $18.0 million, EPS $0.86 per diluted share.
  - Period: fiscal 2023 second quarter ended October 2, 2022
  - Revenue: $241.2 million
  - Net income: $18.0 million
  - EPS: $0.86 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: income, net income, diluted earnings per share (EPS), adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), and operating cash flow. • Sales of $241.2 million, a 32% year-over-year increase, with all three reporting segments growing over the same quarter in the prior year. • Gross profit of $46.4 million, a 24% increase over the prior
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625022000034/0000046250-22-000034-index.htm

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