PATK vs HWKN Comparison

Patrick Industries Inc is a component solutions provider for the recreational vehicle (RV), marine, powersports, manufactured housing (MH), and various industrial markets, including single and multi-family housing, hospitality, institutional, and commercial markets. The company operates within two reportable segments, Manufacturing and Distribution. The majority of its revenue is generated from the Manufacturing segment, which offers laminated products utilized to produce furniture, shelving, walls, and countertops; fabricated aluminum products; cabinet products, doors, components, and custom cabinetry; interior passage doors and baggage doors; RV and marine furniture, etc. Geographically, the company mainly operates in the United States, with a small presence in Mexico, China, and Canada.

Hawkins Inc manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals and ingredients. The firm organizes itself into three segments based on the product type. The Industrial Solutions segment, provides industrial chemicals, products and services to industries such as industrial manufacturing, chemical processing, electronics, energy, plating, and surface finishing. The water treatment segment, which generates the majority of revenue sells chemicals and equipment used to treat potable water, municipal and industrial wastewater, industrial process water, and non-residential swimming pool water. Food and Health Sciences segment specializes in processing and formulation solutions as well as ingredient distribution to manufacturers in the nutrition, food, pharmaceutical, and agricultural markets.