William Blair Issues Positive Outlook for HLMN Earnings

Hillman Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:HLMN) – Equities research analysts at William Blair raised their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Hillman Solutions in a report issued on Tuesday, February 18th. William Blair analyst R. Merkel now forecasts that the company will post earnings per share of $0.10 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.09. William Blair currently has a “Market Perform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hillman Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $0.60 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Hillman Solutions’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.17 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $0.58 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.66 EPS.

Hillman Solutions (NASDAQ:HLMN) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February 18th. The company reported $0.10 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.11 by ($0.01). Hillman Solutions had a net margin of 1.17% and a return on equity of 8.79%. The business had revenue of $349.56 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $350.45 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.10 earnings per share.

Several other research firms also recently commented on HLMN. Barclays decreased their price objective on Hillman Solutions from $12.00 to $11.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 16th. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $16.00 price objective on shares of Hillman Solutions in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on Hillman Solutions from $14.00 to $12.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $13.60.

Hillman Solutions Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:HLMN opened at $10.02 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 125.27 and a beta of 1.68. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 2.32. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $10.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $10.26. Hillman Solutions has a 52-week low of $8.43 and a 52-week high of $12.08.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Philip Woodlief sold 19,779 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, December 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.18, for a total value of $221,129.22. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 55,811 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $623,966.98. The trade was a 26.17 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 5.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Hillman Solutions

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Nordea Investment Management AB purchased a new stake in shares of Hillman Solutions in the fourth quarter worth about $4,631,000. WCM Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Hillman Solutions by 1.5% during the third quarter. WCM Investment Management LLC now owns 3,275,837 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,724,000 after purchasing an additional 49,306 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its position in Hillman Solutions by 131.2% during the third quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 1,611,051 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,013,000 after purchasing an additional 914,151 shares in the last quarter. Atria Investments Inc boosted its position in Hillman Solutions by 24.5% during the third quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 75,656 shares of the company’s stock worth $799,000 after purchasing an additional 14,904 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC boosted its position in Hillman Solutions by 20.0% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 31,653 shares of the company’s stock worth $357,000 after purchasing an additional 5,273 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 98.11% of the company’s stock.

Hillman Solutions Company Profile

Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hillman is a leading North American provider of complete hardware solutions, delivered with industry best customer service to over 40,000 locations. Hillman designs innovative product and merchandising solutions for complex categories that deliver an outstanding customer experience to home improvement centers, mass merchants, national and regional hardware stores, pet supply stores, and OEM & Industrial customers.