Hillman Solutions (HLMN)

• Market cap: $1.97B
• 1 day: -0.30%
• 5 days: 8.81%
• 1 month: -6.28%
• 3 months: -9.75%
• 6 months: 1.11%
• Year to date: 6.61%
• 1 year: 13.12%
• 5 years: -17.01%
• 10 years: -17.01%
• Sector: Consumer Discretionary
• Industry: Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware

About: Hillman Solutions Corp is a provider of hardware-related products and related merchandising services to retail markets in North America. The company sells its products to hardware stores, home centers, mass merchants, pet supply stores, and other retail outlets. Its product lines include thousands of small parts such as fasteners and related hardware items; threaded rod and metal shapes; keys and accessories; builder's hardware; personal protective equipment, such as gloves and eye-wear; and identification items, such as tags and letters, numbers, and signs. The segments of the group are Hardware and Protective Solutions, which is the key revenue-generating segment; Robotics and Digital Solutions; and Canada. It has a business presence in the US, Canada and Mexico.

Employees: 3,801

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

671% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $262K | Put options by funds: $34K

300% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1 [Q2] → 4 (+3) [Q3]

192% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 38 | Existing positions closed: 13

17% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $1.85B [Q2] → $2.16B (+$314M) [Q3]

11% more funds holding

Funds holding: 199 [Q2] → 221 (+22) [Q3]

1% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 75 | Existing positions reduced: 76

2.22% less ownership

Funds ownership: 106.42% [Q2] → 104.2% (-2.22%) [Q3]

Research analyst outlook

3 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $11 10% upside
• Avg. target: $13.67 37% upside
• High target: $16 60% upside

3 analyst ratings

• positive: 2 67%
• neutral: 1 33%
• negative: 0 0%

Barclays Matthew Bouley 44% 1-year accuracy 30 / 68 met price target	10% upside $11	Equal-Weight Maintained	16 Jan 2025
Benchmark Reuben Garner 49% 1-year accuracy 18 / 37 met price target	60% upside $16	Buy Maintained	13 Dec 2024
Baird David Manthey 54% 1-year accuracy 20 / 37 met price target	40% upside $14	Outperform Maintained	6 Nov 2024