Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Hillman Solutions Corp’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:HLMN)

Hillman Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:HLMN) – Equities research analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Hillman Solutions in a report released on Tuesday, October 8th. William Blair analyst R. Merkel expects that the company will post earnings of $0.10 per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Hillman Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $0.53 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Hillman Solutions’ Q2 2025 earnings at $0.18 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $0.19 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $0.12 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.73 EPS.

Several other research firms have also recently issued reports on HLMN. Barclays boosted their target price on Hillman Solutions from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 12th. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and set a $13.00 target price on shares of Hillman Solutions in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $11.92.

Hillman Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of HLMN stock opened at $9.66 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 2.32. Hillman Solutions has a fifty-two week low of $6.02 and a fifty-two week high of $10.85. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $9.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $9.59. The company has a market capitalization of $1.89 billion, a P/E ratio of -966.00 and a beta of 1.66.

Hillman Solutions (NASDAQ:HLMN) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, August 6th. The company reported $0.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.14 by $0.02. Hillman Solutions had a return on equity of 7.96% and a net margin of 0.41%. The business had revenue of $379.43 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $383.53 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.13 EPS.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in HLMN. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Hillman Solutions by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 19,267,632 shares of the company’s stock worth $177,455,000 after acquiring an additional 110,730 shares in the last quarter. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Hillman Solutions by 3.5% during the second quarter. Conestoga Capital Advisors LLC now owns 9,618,653 shares of the company’s stock valued at $85,125,000 after buying an additional 328,740 shares during the period. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Hillman Solutions by 2.7% during the second quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. now owns 8,515,597 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,363,000 after buying an additional 225,480 shares during the period. Reinhart Partners LLC. boosted its position in shares of Hillman Solutions by 7.2% during the third quarter. Reinhart Partners LLC. now owns 7,482,201 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,012,000 after buying an additional 503,809 shares during the period. Finally, Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC boosted its position in shares of Hillman Solutions by 158.9% during the second quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 7,064,187 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,518,000 after buying an additional 4,336,039 shares during the period. 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.