TWNK - Hostess Brands, Inc.

TWNK

$33.30 0.05 (-0.15%) Last updated: Apr 16, 2026 00:41

52-Week Range

$33.30

$26.64 $33.30 $39.96

Fundamentals Overview

Hostess Brands, Inc. is in the middle of its 52-week range with premium valuation, trading relatively flat today.

Valuation premium

P/E 35.4 P/B 2.53 P/S 3.26

Profitability

Net margin 12.1%

Risk (Beta)

0.53 — lower vol

Earnings & growth

EPS $0.94 Rev +0.1% Profit -29.8% vs prior qtr

BullzEye Analysis

Our composite tilts Hold on technicals (e.g. RSI, ADX, trend), fundamentals, sentiment, sector and index context, and risk.

Composite Signal

Sell

Buy

Hold — 36% confidence Risk: Lower Volatility — Beta 0.53. Diversify and only invest what you can afford to lose.

Pressures (Sell):

Sentiment weakening (14 downgrades)

Not financial advice. For education and research only; do your own research and consider a financial advisor before investing.

Key Stats

Market Cap

$4.42B

P/E (TTM)

35.37

EPS (TTM)

$0.94

Dividend Yield

N/A

52-Week Range

$26.64 - $39.96

Volume vs Avg

N/A

Beta

0.53

About

Hostess Brands, Inc., a packaged food company, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and distributes snack products in the United States. The company provides a range of snack cakes, donuts, sweet rolls, breakfast pastries, cookies, snack pies, sweet baked goods, wafers, bread and buns, danishes, honey buns, coffee cakes, and sugar-free products. It offers its products under the Hostess, Dolly Madison, Cloverhill, Big Texas, Voortman, CupCakes, Twinkies, Donettes, Ding Dongs, Zingers, Ho Hos, ...

Sector: Consumer Defensive

Headquarters: US

Employees: 2,800

IPO Date: Dec 2015

Website: www.hostessbrands.com

Beta: 0.53 (Less volatile than market)

Ratings & Grades at a Glance

Recent institutional grades: majority downgrades. Current institutional positions: Buy: 2, Equal Weight: 8, Hold: 8, In Line: 2, Neutral: 5, Outperform: 3, Overweight: 2.

Financial story & AI narrative

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Valuation & Ratios

Valuation, liquidity, and profitability metrics are consolidated here (including ratios that previously appeared in the Financials story). Trailing (TTM) vs forward-looking (e.g. DCF) is noted on each line where it matters.

Metric	Value
Valuation
P/E (TTM)	35.37
PEG (TTM)	N/A
P/B (TTM)	2.53
P/S (TTM)	3.26
P/FCF (TTM)	37.4
Liquidity & enterprise
Current Ratio (TTM)	1.64
Quick Ratio (TTM)	1.34
Cash Ratio (TTM)	0.44
Profitability
ROE (TTM)	N/A
ROA (TTM)	N/A
Revenue growth (YoY)	N/A
Net margin (TTM)	12.09%
Gross margin (TTM)	34.29%
Operating margin (TTM)	16.22%
Debt to equity (TTM)	N/A

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Price Target, Ratings & Grades

Analyst price targets, consensus, rating snapshot, and institutional grades for TWNK.

Analyst Sentiment at a Glance

Sentiment Weakening

Buy 2Equal Weight 8Hold 8In Line 2Neutral 5Outperform 3Overweight 2

0 upgrades, 14 downgrades

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Stock Grades (Institutions)

Institution	Action	Previous Grade	New Grade	Date
Citigroup	downgrade	Buy	Neutral	2023-10-16
Citigroup	downgrade	Buy	Neutral	2023-10-15
Jefferies	downgrade	Buy	Hold	2023-09-14
Evercore ISI Group	downgrade	Outperform	In Line	2023-09-13
Jefferies	downgrade	Buy	Hold	2023-09-13
Evercore ISI Group	downgrade	Outperform	In Line	2023-09-12
Stephens & Co.	downgrade	Overweight	Equal Weight	2023-09-12
Truist Securities	downgrade	Buy	Hold	2023-09-12
Truist Securities	downgrade	Buy	Hold	2023-09-11
Stephens & Co.	downgrade	Overweight	Equal Weight	2023-09-11
JP Morgan	downgrade	Overweight	Neutral	2023-08-31
JP Morgan	downgrade	Overweight	Neutral	2023-08-30
Deutsche Bank	maintain	Hold	Hold	2023-08-09
Morgan Stanley	maintain	Equal Weight	Equal Weight	2023-08-09
Morgan Stanley	maintain	Equal Weight	Equal Weight	2023-08-08
Deutsche Bank	maintain	Hold	Hold	2023-08-08
Morgan Stanley	maintain	Equal Weight	Equal Weight	2023-05-10
Morgan Stanley	maintain	Equal Weight	Equal Weight	2023-05-09
Jefferies	maintain	Buy	Buy	2023-04-28
Jefferies	maintain	Buy	Buy	2023-04-27
Deutsche Bank	maintain	Hold	Hold	2023-03-20
UBS	maintain	Neutral	Neutral	2023-03-20
Deutsche Bank	maintain	Hold	Hold	2023-03-19
Credit Suisse	maintain	Outperform	Outperform	2023-02-10
Credit Suisse	maintain	Outperform	Outperform	2023-02-09
Morgan Stanley	downgrade	Overweight	Equal Weight	2022-12-20
Morgan Stanley	downgrade	Overweight	Equal Weight	2022-12-19
Morgan Stanley	maintain	Overweight	Overweight	2022-11-03
JP Morgan	maintain	Overweight	Overweight	2022-11-03
Credit Suisse	maintain	Outperform	Outperform	2022-11-03