Hillman Solutions (HLMN)

• Market cap: $1.45B
• 1 day: -3.54%
• 5 days: -6.24%
• 1 month: -18.04%
• 3 months: -28.40%
• 6 months: -31.34%
• Year to date: -21.54%
• 1 year: -21.79%
• 5 years: -24.97%
• 10 years: -24.97%
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Tools & Accessories

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 company 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 U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Employees: 3,886

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

188% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 46 | Existing positions closed: 16

91% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $63K | Put options by funds: $33K

17% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 88 | Existing positions reduced: 75

12% more funds holding

Funds holding: 221 [Q3] → 247 (+26) [Q4]

0.35% less ownership

Funds ownership: 99.79% [Q3] → 99.44% (-0.35%) [Q4]

8% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.07B [Q3] → $1.9B (-$167M) [Q4]

75% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 4 [Q3] → 1 (-3) [Q4]

Research analyst outlook

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

• Low target: $8 9% upside
• Avg. target: $11 49% upside
• High target: $16 117% upside

3 analyst ratings

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

Baird David Manthey 33% 1-year accuracy 13 / 39 met price target	22% upside $9	Neutral Downgraded	16 Apr 2025
Barclays Matthew Bouley 36% 1-year accuracy 25 / 69 met price target	9% upside $8	Equal-Weight Maintained	8 Apr 2025
Benchmark Reuben Garner 11% 1-year accuracy 4 / 37 met price target	117% upside $16	Buy Reiterated	19 Feb 2025