---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000046250-23-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HWKN"
cik: "0000046250"
company_name: "HAWKINS INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:45:58.055174+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hawkins reports record FY2023 sales of $935M, EPS $2.86, up 17% YoY

## Summary
- Q4 sales $228.1M (record); diluted EPS $0.55, up 10% YoY; adjusted EBITDA $27.0M, +21%.
- Full-year sales $935.1M (+21% YoY); gross profit $165.1M (+13%); operating cash flow $77.4M (record).
- Industrial segment sales $470.8M (+22%); Water Treatment $304.9M (+34%); Health & Nutrition $159.4M (flat).
- Net debt $104M, leverage ratio 0.96x; annual dividend raised 9% to $0.57/share for 38th consecutive year.
- Guidance: expects Water Treatment growth; cautious on Industrial; Health & Nutrition decline to continue in FY2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000046250-23-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HWKN
- cik: 0000046250
- company_name: HAWKINS INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+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/46250/000004625023000014/0000046250-23-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625023000014/hwkn-20230517.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  HAWKINS INC reported fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 2, 2023 results: net income net income of $11.6 million, or $0.55 per diluted share.
  - Period: fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 2, 2023
  - Net income: net income of $11.6 million, or $0.55 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 17, 2023, Hawkins, Inc. issued a press release announcing financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended April 2, 2023. A copy of the press release issued by the Registrant is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625023000014/0000046250-23-000014-index.htm
- Earnings Releases
  HAWKINS INC reported fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 results: revenue sales were $228.1 million, net income the Company reported net income of $11.6 million, or $0.55 per diluted share.
  - Period: fourth quarter of fiscal 2023
  - Revenue: sales were $228.1 million
  - Net income: the Company reported net income of $11.6 million, or $0.55 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, sales were $228.1 million, an increase of $5.2 million, or 2%, from sales of $223.0 million a year ago
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/46250/000004625023000014/0000046250-23-000014-index.htm

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