William Blair Has Bearish Forecast for HLMN Q4 Earnings

Hillman Solutions Corp (NASDAQ:HLMN) – Stock analysts at William Blair reduced their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Hillman Solutions in a research note issued on Wednesday, April 9th. William Blair analyst R. Merkel now expects that the company will earn $0.12 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.13. William Blair has a “Market Perform” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Hillman Solutions’ current full-year earnings is $0.58 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Hillman Solutions’ FY2026 earnings at $0.64 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on HLMN. Benchmark reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $16.00 price objective on shares of Hillman Solutions in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Robert W. Baird decreased their price objective on Hillman Solutions from $14.00 to $12.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 19th. Finally, Barclays cut their target price on Hillman Solutions from $11.00 to $8.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $12.25.

Hillman Solutions Stock Down 4.2 %

NASDAQ HLMN opened at $7.56 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.62, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 2.32. Hillman Solutions has a 52 week low of $7.24 and a 52 week high of $12.08. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 94.51 and a beta of 1.67. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $9.29 and a 200-day moving average of $10.07.

Hillman Solutions (NASDAQ:HLMN) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 company had revenue of $349.56 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $350.45 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.10 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Hillman Solutions

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in HLMN. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of Hillman Solutions by 1,186.5% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 15,013 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,320,000 after acquiring an additional 13,846 shares during the last quarter. 111 Capital acquired a new position in shares of Hillman Solutions during the 4th quarter worth approximately $110,000. Mackenzie Financial Corp grew its stake in shares of Hillman Solutions by 62.6% in the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 20,485 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,000 after buying an additional 7,890 shares in the last quarter. Neo Ivy Capital Management bought a new stake in Hillman Solutions during the fourth quarter worth $674,000. Finally, Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. raised its position in Hillman Solutions by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. now owns 8,876,005 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,452,000 after acquiring an additional 160,505 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 98.11% of the company’s stock.

About Hillman Solutions

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.