Stocks/HWBK

HWBK

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc.
Financial Services·Banks - Regional
$36.69
$253M market cap
Revenue
$57.6M
Free Cash Flow
$19.1M
Rev Growth
+0.0%
FCF Margin
33.2%
P/FCF
13.2x
EV/FCF
4.6x
Fwd EV/EBITDA
--
Fair Value
--
Upside
--

Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. operates as the bank holding company for Hawthorn Bank that provides commercial and personal banking services. It accepts checking, savings, money market, individual retirement, and other time deposit accounts; and certificates of deposit. The company also offers commercial and industrial, single payment personal, installment, commercial and residential real estate, and consumer loans, as well as equipment, operating, and small business administration loans; and debit a

2-Year Price History

$35.35+91.8%
$20$25$30$35volJun 24Oct 24Jan 25May 25Sep 25Jan 26May 26

Quarterly Financials & Projections

Quarterly Waterfall ($ M)
PeriodRevEBITDAOpInNIOCFFCFCapExCashDebtSharesROICIntCovEV/EBITDA
Act2026-Q128.78.48.46.88.06.1-1.9313.7148.76.913.2%1.1x--
Act2025-Q428.98.17.56.215.113.0-2.1177.9155.57.011.7%1.1x--

Valuation & Metrics

Market Stats

Price$36.69
Market Cap$253M
Enterprise Value$88M
P/S Ratio4.4x
P/FCF13.2x
EV/FCF4.6x
FCF Margin (TTM)33.2%
FCF Yield7.6%
Dividend Yield (TTM)2.2%
Annual Dilution0.0%
CurrencyUSD

TTM Financial Snapshot

Revenue$57.6M
Net Income$13.0M
Free Cash Flow$19.1M

Revenue Growth (YoY)+0.0%
EBITDA Margin28.7%
Net Margin22.5%
FCF Margin33.2%
CapEx % of Revenue6.9%
SBC % of Revenue0.0%
ROIC12.4%
WC Change % Rev-58.2%
Interest Coverage1.1x

Forward Outlook & Risk

Short Interest

Short % of Float--
Short Shares0.1M
Days to Cover5.9
Change (vs Prior)-5.3%
Need at least 2 settlement dates for chart

Employees

Headcount255
Revenue / Employee$225,973
Gross Profit / Employee$165,392

Institutional Ownership

Headline & net flow

NEUTRAL
Net flow · still filing
No float data — flow unavailable.

Ownership composition

Active
15.0%(+1.0% YoY)
54 filers
hedge / family / endowment
Retail funds
Fidelity, Schwab, 401(k)
Passive
14.7%(+7.8% YoY)
9 filers
Vanguard, iShares, SPDR
Market makers
0.0%(-1.2% YoY)
1 filers
Citadel, Susquehanna
Insiders
Form 4 — latest per insider
0%25%50%75%100%2022-062023-032023-122024-092025-062026-03
ActiveRetail fundsPassiveMarket makersRetail direct

Top holders

Fund$ valueCost basisΔ QoQΔ YoYα lifeFund AUM
Ategra Capital Management, LLC$11.5M$18.40+$0+$0+0.6%$180M
BlackRock, Inc.Passive$10.5M$28.79+$338K+$9.2M-0.2%$5.69T
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCPassive$8.3M$33.69+$8.3M+$8.3M$4.04T
FJ Capital Management LLC$6.4M$19.79+$0−$3.7M-0.8%$888M
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LPPassive$5.3M$25.97+$81K+$270K-0.4%$480.92B
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLCPassive$4.6M$26.96−$95K+$2.2M+2.3%$1.61T
STATE STREET CORPPassive$2.8M$27.71+$147K+$1.9M-0.2%$2.89T
BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC$2.2M$21.03−$354K−$269K-2.3%$4.93B
MONETA GROUP INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC$1.6M$26.92+$6K−$64K-0.5%$12.64B
Pinnacle Holdings, LLC$1.6M$19.17−$55K−$55K-0.2%$288M
NORTHERN TRUST CORPPassive$1.5M$28.76+$124K+$930K-0.2%$755.34B
RBF Capital, LLC$1.3M$16.94+$0−$17K+0.1%$2.03B
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST COPassive$1.2M$33.69+$1.2M+$1.2M$395.83B
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC$1.2M$23.63−$79K+$273K+1.2%$63.91B
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLCPassive$1.1M$33.69+$1.1M+$1.1M$1.91T
Empowered Funds, LLC$1.1M$19.61+$0+$84K+0.2%$15.64B
MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV$1.1M$24.89+$0+$451K-0.0%$63.93B
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC$856K$26.48−$181K+$167K-0.2%$760.93B
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC$694K$21.04+$0+$0+0.7%$193.48B
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP$526K$28.60+$0+$526K+0.1%$184.72B
Cost basis is a volume-weighted estimate from accumulation periods within our 13F history; holders who built their position before our window started will show a stale basis. % above the cost basis is the unrealized gain at the current price.

Trading behavior

Smart-money alpha (lifetime, %/qtr)NEUTRAL
Holders
-0.05%
avg per quarter
Holders (ex-self)
-0.03%
excl. this stock
Buyers (this Q)
-0.24%
17 buyers · $0.01B in
Sellers (this Q)
-0.62%
21 sellers · $0.00B out
alpha coverage: 85% of $ has a lifetime-alpha record
Holder behavior on this stocksource: stock
On big dips (−10%+)
-0.2%
how holders react when this stock falls
On quiet Qs
-2.8%
−10% to +10% baseline
On rallies (+10%+)
+1.5%
how they react when this stock rises
Holders' portfolio flow this Q
+0.6%
inflows — adds are organic
Sellers' portfolio flow this Q
+3.9%
Sellers grew AUM elsewhere — opinionated cut of this stock.
▸ Compare to holder-profile behavior (across all their stocks)
Holder dip (any stock)
+1.2%
Holder mid (any stock)
-0.7%
Holder rally (any stock)
-5.6%

Top Holders Over Time

5-year share-count history (top 10 holders by peak, incl. exited) + price

0318K635K953K1.3M$15$20$25$30$352021-062022-062023-062024-062025-062026-03
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FJ Capital Management LLC191KAtegra Capital Management, LLC342KPL Capital Advisors, LLCALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.13KENDEAVOUR CAPITAL ADVISORS INCFourthstone LLCBRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC65KMILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLCRhino Investment Partners, IncMONETA GROUP INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC49K

Corporate

Order Flow (FINRA, ~3w lag)

17.9%retail+5.3pp
12.4%dark+2.6pp
week of 2026-04-13
0%10%20%30%40%50%24-1125-0225-0525-0825-1126-0226-04retail (non-ATS)dark (ATS)
Off-exchange volume from FINRA. Retail = non-ATS (wholesaler PFOF + broker internalization). Dark = ATS (dark-pool crossing networks, institutional). Lit-exchange = remainder.

Filing Risk Analysis

Filing Risk Scores

Hawthorn Bancshares: Provisioning Mirage Masks Credit Deterioration and Impending Dilution

Overall Risk
7/10
Fraud
4/10
Dilution
8/10
Insolvency
3/10
Earnings Overstated
7/10
Hidden Liabilities
4/10
Legal
3/10
Audit Warnings
2/10
Hidden Upside
3/10
Contextually Acceptable
5/10