(HAYW) Hayward Holdings - Overview

Exchange: NYSE • Country: United States • Currency: USD • Type: Common Stock • ISIN: US4212981009

Stock:

Total Rating 34

Risk 77

Buy Signal -1.17

Electrical Equipment & Parts -16.2
Leisure Products -3.7

Market Cap: 3,550m
Avg Trading Vol: 27.9M USD

ATR: 3.04%
Peers RS (IBD): 13.64

Risk 5d forecast
Volatility	34.1%
Relative Tail Risk	-11.5%

Reward TTM
Sharpe Ratio	0.32
Alpha	-4.33

Character TTM
Beta	0.863
Beta Downside	1.076

Drawdowns 3y
Max DD	31.81%
CAGR/Max DD	0.27

EPS (Earnings per Share)

EPS CAGR: -58.06%
EPS Trend: -37.0%

Last SUE: -4.00
Qual. Beats: 0

Revenue

Rev. CAGR: -10.02%
Rev. Trend: -43.6%

Last SUE: 0.72
Qual. Beats: 0

Description: HAYW Hayward Holdings

Hayward Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of pool equipment and associated automation systems in North America, Europe, and internationally. It offers pool equipment, including pumps, filters, robotics, suction and pressure cleaners, gas heaters and heat pumps, water features and landscape lighting, water sanitizers, salt chlorine generators, safety equipment, and in-floor automated cleaning systems, as well as LED illumination solutions. The company sells its products through specialty distributors, retailers, pool builders, and buying groups. Hayward Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Piotroski VR‑10 (Strict, 0-10) 5.5

Net Income: 137.9m TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue
FCF/TA: 0.06 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -1.21 > 1.0
NWC/Revenue: 52.47% < 20% (prev 40.02%; Δ 12.45% < -1%)
CFO/TA 0.07 > 3% & CFO 219.3m > Net Income 137.9m
Net Debt (542.3m) to EBITDA (292.1m): 1.86 < 3
Current Ratio: 3.18 > 1.5 & < 3
Outstanding Shares: last quarter (222.4m) vs 12m ago 0.44% < -2%
Gross Margin: 49.06% > 18% (prev 0.47%; Δ 4859 % > 0.5%)
Asset Turnover: 36.88% > 50% (prev 34.71%; Δ 2.17% > 0%)
Interest Coverage Ratio: 4.30 > 6 (EBITDA TTM 292.1m / Interest Expense TTM 54.3m)

Altman Z'' 3.15

A: 0.19 (Total Current Assets 835.8m - Total Current Liabilities 262.5m) / Total Assets 3.04b
B: 0.26 (Retained Earnings 782.7m / Total Assets 3.04b)
C: 0.08 (EBIT TTM 233.7m / Avg Total Assets 2.96b)
D: 0.51 (Book Value of Equity 777.0m / Total Liabilities 1.51b)
Altman-Z'' Score: 3.15 = A

Beneish M -3.12

DSRI: 0.95 (Receivables 116.1m/111.6m, Revenue 1.09b/1.00b)
GMI: 0.96 (GM 49.06% / 46.95%)
AQI: 0.91 (AQ_t 0.65 / AQ_t-1 0.72)
SGI: 1.09 (Revenue 1.09b / 1.00b)
TATA: -0.03 (NI 137.9m - CFO 219.3m) / TA 3.04b)
Beneish M-Score: -3.12 (Cap -4..+1) = AA

What is the price of HAYW shares?

As of February 26, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 15.67 with a total of 3,028,976 shares traded.
Over the past week, the price has changed by -4.92%, over one month by -4.68%, over three months by -0.82% and over the past year by +9.66%.

Is HAYW a buy, sell or hold?

Hayward Holdings has received a consensus analysts rating of 3.40. Therefor, it is recommend to hold HAYW.

StrongBuy: 2
Buy: 1
Hold: 6
Sell: 1
StrongSell: 0

What are the forecasts/targets for the HAYW price?

Issuer	Target	Up/Down from current
Wallstreet Target Price	17.9	14%
Analysts Target Price	17.9	14%

HAYW Fundamental Data Overview February 21, 2026

P/E Trailing = 26.4032
P/E Forward = 19.6464
P/S = 3.2277
P/B = 2.3797
P/EG = 1.3942
Revenue TTM = 1.09b USD
EBIT TTM = 233.7m USD
EBITDA TTM = 292.1m USD
Long Term Debt = 947.7m USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = 23.2m USD (from shortTermDebt, last quarter)
Debt = 971.0m USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter)
Net Debt = 542.3m USD (from netDebt column, last quarter)
Enterprise Value = 4.07b USD (3.55b + Debt 971.0m - CCE 448.3m)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 4.30 (Ebit TTM 233.7m / Interest Expense TTM 54.3m)
EV/FCF = 21.24x (Enterprise Value 4.07b / FCF TTM 191.7m)
FCF Yield = 4.71% (FCF TTM 191.7m / Enterprise Value 4.07b)
FCF Margin = 17.54% (FCF TTM 191.7m / Revenue TTM 1.09b)
Net Margin = 12.62% (Net Income TTM 137.9m / Revenue TTM 1.09b)
Gross Margin = 49.06% ((Revenue TTM 1.09b - Cost of Revenue TTM 556.6m) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 49.74% (prev 50.39%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 1.34 (Enterprise Value 4.07b / Total Assets 3.04b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.17% (Interest Expense 11.3m / Debt 971.0m)
Taxrate = 23.00% (7.18m / 31.2m)
NOPAT = 179.9m (EBIT 233.7m * (1 - 23.00%))
Current Ratio = 3.18 (Total Current Assets 835.8m / Total Current Liabilities 262.5m)
Debt / Equity = 0.64 (Debt 971.0m / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 1.52b)
Debt / EBITDA = 1.86 (Net Debt 542.3m / EBITDA 292.1m)
Debt / FCF = 2.83 (Net Debt 542.3m / FCF TTM 191.7m)
Total Stockholder Equity = 1.47b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 4.65% (Net Income 137.9m / Total Assets 3.04b)
RoE = 9.37% (Net Income TTM 137.9m / Total Stockholder Equity 1.47b)
RoCE = 9.66% (EBIT 233.7m / Capital Employed (Equity 1.47b + L.T.Debt 947.7m))
RoIC = 7.39% (NOPAT 179.9m / Invested Capital 2.43b)
WACC = 7.33% (E(3.55b)/V(4.52b) * Re(9.09%) + D(971.0m)/V(4.52b) * Rd(1.17%) * (1-Tc(0.23)))
Discount Rate = 9.09% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares Correlation 3-Years: 100.0 | Cagr: 0.36%
[DCF] Terminal Value 83.47% ; FCFF base≈202.0m ; Y1≈249.2m ; Y5≈424.4m
[DCF] Fair Price = 35.73 (EV 8.29b - Net Debt 542.3m = Equity 7.75b / Shares 216.9m; r=7.33% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow 25.0% → 2.90% )
EPS Correlation: -36.97 | EPS CAGR: -58.06% | SUE: -4.0 | # QB: 0
Revenue Correlation: -43.55 | Revenue CAGR: -10.02% | SUE: 0.72 | # QB: 0
EPS next Quarter (2026-03-31): EPS=0.13 | Chg7d=-0.002 | Chg30d=-0.002 | Revisions Net=+0 | Analysts=5
EPS next Year (2026-12-31): EPS=0.85 | Chg7d=-0.004 | Chg30d=-0.009 | Revisions Net=-3 | Growth EPS=+11.2% | Growth Revenue=+5.1%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: +0.00 (1 Up / 1 Down within 30d for Next Quarter)
[Growth] Implied Growth Rate = 5.3% (Discount Rate 9.1% - Earnings Yield 3.8%)
[Growth] Growth Spread = +0.7% (Analyst 6.0% - Implied 5.3%)

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