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ASH vs HWKN
Side-by-side comparison of Ashland Inc. (ASH) and Hawkins Inc. (HWKN): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.
Summary
- Both ASH and HWKN operate in Specialty Chemicals (Consumer Discretionary), so they compete in similar markets.
- HWKN is the larger of the two at $3.24B, about 1.3x ASH ($2.57B).
- Over the past year, ASH is up 10.7% and HWKN is up 13.1% - HWKN leads by 2.4 points.
- ASH has been more active in the news (6 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for HWKN).
- ASH has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 6 for HWKN).
- Company
- Ashland Inc.
- Hawkins Inc.
- Price
- $57.49+2.30%
- $155.10+1.55%
- Market cap
- $2.57B
- $3.24B
- 1M return
- +5.52%
- -6.34%
- 1Y return
- +10.67%
- +13.07%
- Industry
- Specialty Chemicals
- Specialty Chemicals
- Exchange
- NYSE
- NASDAQ
- IPO
- News (4w)
- 6
- 2
- Recent ratings
- 25
- 6
Ashland Inc.
Ashland Global Holdings Inc. provides specialty chemical solutions worldwide. The company's Specialty Ingredients segment offers products, technologies, and resources for solving formulation and product-performance challenges. It provides solutions using natural, synthetic, and semisynthetic polymers derived from cellulose ethers, vinyl pyrrolidones, acrylic polymers, polyester and polyurethane-based adhesives, and plant and seed extracts. This segment offers its solutions for the pharmaceutical companies; makers of personal care products, food, and beverages; makers of nutraceuticals and supplements; manufacturers of paint, coatings, and construction materials; packaging and converting markets; and oilfield service companies. Its Intermediates and Solvents produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone that are used as chemical intermediates in the production of engineering polymers and polyurethanes, as well as specialty process solvents used in electronics, pharmaceuticals, water filtration membranes, and others. The company was formerly known as Ashland Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Global Holdings Inc. in September 2016. Ashland Global Holdings Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.
Hawkins Inc.
Hawkins, Inc. blends, manufactures, and distributes chemicals and other specialty ingredients in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Industrial, Water Treatment, and Health and Nutrition. The Industrial segment offers industrial chemicals, products, and services to agriculture, chemical processing, electronics, energy, food, pharmaceutical, and plating industries. This segment primarily provides acids, alkalis, and industrial and food-grade salts. It also receives, stores, and distributes various chemicals, such as liquid caustic soda, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, urea, phosphoric acid, aqua ammonia, and potassium hydroxide. In addition, this segment manufactures sodium hypochlorite and agricultural products, as well as various food-grade products that include liquid phosphates, lactates, and other blended products; repackages water treatment chemicals and bulk industrial chemicals; and performs custom blending of chemicals, and contract and private label bleach packaging. The Water Treatment segment offers chemicals, equipment, and solutions for potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, and non-residential swimming pool and agriculture water. The Health and Nutrition segment offers ingredient distribution, processing, and formulation solutions to manufacturers of nutraceutical, functional food and beverage, personal care, dietary supplement and other nutritional food, and health and wellness products. Its products portfolio includes minerals, botanicals and herbs, vitamins and amino acids, excipients, joint products, sweeteners, and enzymes. The company was founded in 1938 and is headquartered in Roseville, Minnesota.
Latest ASH
- Ashland Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Loy Bertrand
- Ashland Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 3 filed by new insider Loy Bertrand
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by Ashland Inc.
- Ashland Board appoints Bertrand Loy as new director
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by Ashland Inc.
- SVP and GM, Personal Care Minicucci James P. exercised 4,310 shares at a strike of $55.01 and covered exercise/tax liability with 1,346 shares, increasing direct ownership by 70% to 7,221 units (SEC Form 4)
- Amendment: SEC Form SCHEDULE 13D/A filed by Ashland Inc.
- Ashland upgraded by Seaport Research Partners with a new price target
Latest HWKN
- New insider Louismet Dan claimed ownership of 6 shares (SEC Form 3)
- Hawkins Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
- VP HEALTH AND NUTRITION Rozeboom Shirley A. covered exercise/tax liability with 3,608 shares and was granted 1,906 shares, decreasing direct ownership by 4% to 34,088 units (SEC Form 4)
- VP - WATER TREATMENT GROUP Lange Douglas A. was granted 1,994 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 27,147 units (SEC Form 4)
- EXECUTIVE VP AND CFO Oldenkamp Jeffrey P. was granted 8,435 shares, increasing direct ownership by 9% to 102,818 units (SEC Form 4)
- VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Grahek Drew M. was granted 2,697 shares, increasing direct ownership by 8% to 37,136 units (SEC Form 4)
- VP-INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS GROUP Mangine David J. was granted 1,906 shares, increasing direct ownership by 7% to 27,763 units (SEC Form 4)
- VP of Food and Health Sciences Jones Gregory Alan was granted 1,970 shares, increasing direct ownership by 24% to 10,144 units (SEC Form 4)
- CEO AND PRESIDENT Hawkins Patrick H. was granted 16,934 shares, increasing direct ownership by 6% to 321,726 units (SEC Form 4)
- SEC Form 10-K filed by Hawkins Inc.