Hawkins Valuation

Is HWK undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of HWK when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: HWK (€123) is trading above our estimate of fair value (€70.09)

Significantly Below Fair Value: HWK is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for HWK?

Key metric: As HWK is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for HWK. This is calculated by dividing HWK's market cap by their current earnings.
What is HWK's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio33.3x
EarningsUS$81.71m
Market CapUS$2.72b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does HWK's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for HWK vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average34.5x
FPE3 Fuchs
19.3x8.9%€5.1b
SIM0 SIMONA
11.5xn/a€357.0m
SDF K+S
78.9x61.1%€2.0b
WCH Wacker Chemie
28.3x37.0%€3.5b
HWK Hawkins
33.3x6.1%€2.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: HWK is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.3x) compared to the peer average (34.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does HWK's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Chemicals Industry?

2 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HWK 33.3xIndustry Avg. 17.1xNo. of Companies11PE01224364860+
2 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: HWK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.3x) compared to the European Chemicals industry average (16.9x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is HWK's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

HWK PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio33.3x
Fair PE Ratio15.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: HWK is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (33.3x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (15.5x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst HWK forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
Current€123.00
€111.20
-9.6%
1.2%€112.58€109.81n/a2
Nov ’25€96.00
€111.20
+15.8%
1.2%€112.58€109.81n/a2
Oct ’25€114.00
€112.25
-1.5%
0.4%€112.70€111.79n/a2
Sep ’25€112.00
€112.25
+0.2%
0.4%€112.70€111.79n/a2
Aug ’25€108.00
€101.47
-6.0%
11.4%€113.06€89.89n/a2
Jul ’25€84.50
€88.62
+4.9%
0.5%€89.08€88.16n/a2

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.


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