---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000046250-23-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWKN"
cik: "0000046250"
company_name: "HAWKINS INC"
filed_at: "2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T04:16:25.812736+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawkins reports record Q3 fiscal 2023: sales $219.2M (+17%), EPS $0.51 (+6%)

## Summary
- Net income $10.7M ($0.51 diluted) vs $10.2M ($0.48) in prior year quarter.
- Water Treatment sales +38% to $68.5M; Industrial +14% to $114.4M; Health and Nutrition -1%.
- LIFO expense of $3.7M ($12.7M YTD) reduced gross profit; gross margin 17% vs 18% a year ago.
- Adjusted EBITDA $23.8M (+10%); operating cash flow $25.7M; debt reduced $10M; leverage 1.14x.
- Year-to-date EPS $2.31 (+19%); management expects continued Health and Nutrition softness in Q4.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000046250-23-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWKN
- cik: 0000046250
- company_name: HAWKINS INC
- filed_at: 2023-02-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625023000005/0000046250-23-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625023000005/hwkn-20230201.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HAWKINS INC reported fiscal 2023 third quarter ended January 1, 2023 results: revenue $219.2 million, net income $10.7 million, EPS $0.51 per diluted share.
  - Period: fiscal 2023 third quarter ended January 1, 2023
  - Revenue: $219.2 million
  - Net income: $10.7 million
  - EPS: $0.51 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the third quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company reported net income of $10.7 million, or $0.51 per diluted share, compared to net income for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 of $10.2 million, or $0.48 per diluted share. REVENUE Sales were $219.2 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2023, an increase of $32.1 million, or 17%, from sales of $187.1 million in the same period a year ago, driven primarily by increased selling prices.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625023000005/0000046250-23-000005-index.htm

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