Hayward (HAYW) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Hayward Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures and markets equipment and technologies used in residential and commercial swimming pools and spas. Its products are intended to support water circulation, filtration, heating, cleaning, sanitation and overall pool management.

The company’s product portfolio includes pumps, filters, heaters, heat pumps, salt-chlorination systems, automatic cleaners, lighting, valves, controls and connected pool-management technologies. Hayward sells products under the Hayward brand and through related product lines, serving pool builders, distributors, service professionals and homeowners.

Hayward serves customers in North America and international markets. The company traces its roots to Hayward Industries, which was established in 1925, and has developed into a global provider of pool equipment and automation solutions.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.35 to $12.56
• 50-Day Range: $12.25 to $16.19
• 52-Week Range: $12.02 to $17.73
• Volume: 2.55 million shs
• Average Volume: 3.86 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.63 billion
• P/E Ratio: 16.76
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $17.50
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Hayward Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Hayward scored higher than 88% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 150th out of 653 stocks in the industrials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Hayward has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.22, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 7 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Hayward has a consensus price target of $17.50, representing about 41.1% upside from its current price of $12.41.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Hayward has been the subject of 5 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 13.79%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Hayward are expected to grow by 13.79% in the coming year, from $0.87 to $0.99 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Hayward is 16.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Hayward is 16.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Industrials sector average P/E ratio of about 26.66.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Hayward has a PEG Ratio of 1.14. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Hayward has a P/B Ratio of 1.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.22% of the float of Hayward has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Hayward has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 3.4, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Hayward has recently decreased by 5.66%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Hayward does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Hayward does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.09

News Sentiment

Hayward has a news sentiment score of -0.09. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.51 average news sentiment score of Industrials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Hayward this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

2 people have searched for HAYW on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Hayward insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,502,940.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

4.73% of the stock of Hayward is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Hayward has minimal institutional ownership at this time.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 7/29/2026
• Today: 10/04/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/04/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Industrials
• Industry: Building Products
• Sub-Industry: Building Products
• Current Symbol: NYSE:HAYW
• CIK: 1834622
• Web: hayward.com
• Phone: 704-285-5445
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 1,980
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Hayward: $17.50
• High Price Target: $19.50
• Low Price Target: $15.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +41.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.22
• Research Coverage: 9 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.74
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 16.76
• Forward P/E Ratio: 14.26
• P/E Growth: 1.14
• Net Income: $151.57 million
• Net Margins: 13.83%
• Pretax Margin: 16.78%
• Return on Equity: 11.61%
• Return on Assets: 5.91%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.59
• Current Ratio: 3.33
• Quick Ratio: 2.49

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.12 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.34
• Cash Flow: $1.07 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.61
• Book Value: $7.35 per share
• Price / Book: 1.69

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 212,120,000
• Free Float: 202,087,000
• Market Cap: $2.63 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.18