Both in Wholesale Trade

Hawkins vs Ashland

Over the past year HWKN returned +17.2% and ASH returned +51.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.18.

HWKN +17.2% ASH +51.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHWKNASH
Price$152.85$73.02
Market cap$3.18B$3.34B
Today+0.49%−1.58%
1 month+15.7%+6.2%
6 months−8.5%+39.7%
Year to date+7.6%+24.5%
1 year+7.8%+49.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.9%+7.3%
Gross margin24.4%34.2%
Net margin8.9%8.2%
P/E (TTM)37.0×60.8×
Price / sales2.8×1.8×
Net cash-$221.9M-$934.0M
Dividend yield0.52%2.30%
Volatility (60d)36.4%18.7%
Short % of float6.9%11.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).