Hillman Solutions Corp (NASDAQ: HLMN) is -1.95% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $8.43 and a high of $12.08 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HLMN stock was last observed hovering at around $9.48 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.07%.
Currently trading at $9.55, the stock is -3.98% and -3.74% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.3 million and changing 0.74% at the moment leaves the stock -4.01% off its SMA200. HLMN registered -0.52% loss for a year compared to 6-month gain of -2.55%.
The stock witnessed a -4.50% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -16.15%, and is -2.15% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 3.30% over the week and 3.26% over the month.
Hillman Solutions Corp (HLMN) has around 3886 employees, a market worth around $1.88B and $1.47B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 110.15 and Fwd P/E is 14.90. Profit margin for the company is 1.17%. Distance from 52-week low is 13.35% and -20.94% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (0.89%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 14.97% this year.
Hillman Solutions Corp (HLMN) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 196.71M, and float is at 194.29M with Short Float at 1.21%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 19.2 million shares valued at $169.95 million. The investor’s holdings represent 9.8293% of the HLMN Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC with 14.81 million shares valued at $131.03 million to account for 7.5508 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 14.09 million shares representing 7.2133% and valued at over $124.72 million, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 5.5759 of the shares totaling 10.93 million with a market value of $96.76 million.
Hillman Solutions Corp (HLMN) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Ride Scott, the company’s President, Hillman Canada. SEC filings show that Ride Scott sold 12,359 shares of the company’s common stock on Feb 20 ’25 at a price of $10.06 per share for a total of $0.12 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 48237.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Dec 06 ’24, Woodlief Philip (Director) disposed off 19,779 shares at an average price of $11.18 for $0.22 million. The insider now directly holds 55,811 shares of Hillman Solutions Corp (HLMN).
