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Distributes and makes fasteners/hardware, and runs self-serve fastener, key-cutting and engraving kiosks in home-improvement stores.
Distributes and makes fasteners/hardware, and runs self-serve fastener, key-cutting and engraving kiosks in home-improvement stores.
Sells fasteners and hardware to home-improvement chains and also places and services key-cutting kiosks in their stores, with its own field staff stocking the shelves, which makes it hard for a retailer to swap suppliers. Home Depot and Lowe's account for a large share of sales, so one retailer's decisions matter.
Moat: narrow (installed base, distribution, switching costs). Owns thousands of in-store kiosks that are costly for retailers to replace, in an otherwise commodity hardware category.
Headquarters: Cincinnati, Ohio · Founded: 1964 · Employees: 3,986
Size Hillman Solutions (HLMN) is a United States Industrials company (Wholesale Distributors) with a market value of $1.62B, the 1939th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $8.32 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 5.8%, against -3.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 6.4% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.5%); the operating margin is 6.4% (peer median 7.8%).
Valuation It trades at 13.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 16.2× (4th cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 18% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +3%, so the hurdle is +15 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 5.9 points below its cost of capital (9.5% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 2.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.63B | $1.55B | $1.47B | $1.48B | $1.49B |
| Revenue growth | — | +5% | 0% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | $634M | $615M | $578M | $526M | $520M |
| EBITDA | $254M | $259M | $223M | $200M | $159M |
| Net income | $24.3M | $40.3M | $17.3M | -$9.59M | -$16.4M |
| Free cash flow | $103M | $35.1M | $98.1M | $172M | $49.4M |
| Capital expenditure | $66.1M | $70.1M | $85.2M | $65.8M | $69.6M |
| Total debt | $1.07B | $765M | $793M | $836M | $969M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillman Solutions HLMN | $1.62B | +6% | +6% | 6% | 13.3× | 17.9% |
| Illinois Tool Works ITW | $79.8B | +11% | +5% | 27% | 23.4× | 9.7% |
| Spectrum Brands SPB | $1.99B | +6% | +1% | 9% | 17.1× | -2.5% |
| Stanley Black & Decker SWK | $17.3B | +43% | 0% | 10% | 18.3× | 6.8% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | HLMN | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +18.7% | 0.0% | 3rd highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +5.8% | -3.0% | 8th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -23.3% | -27.2% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +6.4% | +3.5% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 7.8% | 8th lowest of 19 |
| Forward P/E | 13.3× | 16.2× | 4th cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 17.9% | 3.4% | 3rd most demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +2.6% | +9.7% | 6th lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +15.4 pp | -7.9 pp | 4th most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -5.9 pp | +1.0 pp | 4th lowest of 18 |
| EV / EBITDA | 10.4× | 10.1× | 6th cheapest of 11 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.1× | 1.1× | 4th most indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillman Solutions HLMN | United States | $1.62B | +6% | +6% | 6% | 13.3× | 17.9% | +2.6% |
| Distribution Solutions DSGR | United States | $1.62B | +27% | +6% | 4% | 40.9× | 15.5% | +41.3% |
| Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical 002092.SZ | China | $1.57B | -41% | +7% | 3% | 25.4× | -4.2% | -19.5% |
| Norinco International Cooperation 000065.SZ | China | $1.72B | -23% | -21% | 9% | 13.5× | -5.1% | +1.1% |
| Electrolux Professional EPRO-B.ST | Sweden | $1.52B | +20% | -4% | 10% | 16.2× | 4.9% | +10.9% |
| Anhui Xinhua Media 601801.SS | China | $1.72B | -3% | -16% | 4% | 13.6× | n/a | n/a |
| ZheJiang Dong Ri 600113.SS | China | $1.48B | -46% | -1% | 16% | n/a | 38.5% | +7.6% |
| Arteche Lantegi Elkartea ART.MC | Spain | $1.77B | -36% | +11% | 14% | 25.2× | 7.2% | +13.9% |
| AGTech 8279.HK | Hong Kong | $1.78B | +109% | +24% | 8% | n/a | -14.9% | +36.3% |
| Mitani 8066.T | Japan | $1.45B | +4% | +1% | 10% | n/a | -12.2% | -3.1% |
| Happinet 7552.T | Japan | $1.82B | +133% | +19% | 3% | 16.2× | -4.1% | +11.1% |
| Inaba Denkisangyo 9934.T | Japan | $1.82B | -4% | +15% | 8% | n/a | -11.9% | +8.5% |
| Tibet Huayu Mining 601020.SS | China | $1.83B | -48% | -22% | 23% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Pengxin International Mining 600490.SS | China | $1.85B | -32% | -20% | n/a | n/a | 6.6% | -17.2% |
| Minmetals Development 600058.SS | China | $1.40B | -22% | -16% | 1% | n/a | 20.4% | -4.7% |
| Jiangxi Tungsten Rare and Precious Equipment 600397.SS | China | $1.86B | -13% | -92% | n/a | 156.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Travis Perkins TPK.L | United Kingdom | $1.86B | +28% | 0% | 3% | 23.2× | 8.5% | +4.3% |
| ADI Global Distribution ADIG | United States | $1.39B | n/a | +14% | 4% | 11.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Hour Glass AGS.SI | Singapore | $1.38B | +10% | +18% | 15% | 10.4× | -8.7% | +12.5% |
| ARE 5857.T | Japan | $1.89B | +1% | +38% | 7% | 9.3× | 2.0% | +29.4% |
| Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure DBI.AX | Australia | $1.92B | +6% | +11% | 29% | 26.2× | 7.8% | +104.8% |