Hayward Holdings, Inc. (HAYW)Industrials | Electrical Equipment & Parts | Charlotte, United States | NYSE
15.35 USD
+0.03
(0.196%)
⇧
(April 21, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 15.41 +0.06 (0.391%) ⇧ (April 21, 2026, 7:27 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★★☆ | Long-term: ★★★☆☆ | Dividends: ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:52 p.m. EDT
Hayward Holdings (HAYW) presents a low-risk, low-reward profile for the short term due to a massive May 2026 put wall at the $14 strike, likely acting as a hard floor but limiting upside potential if price turns negative. Below that floor, the 1.18 beta, 25% Q4 earnings beat, and 16.3x forward P/E suggest a solid turnaround play waiting for fundamental validation, but the lack of dividends and weak cash conversion (FCF < FCFE) makes it a '3 star' neutral hold rather than a core buy. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.096394 |
| AutoETS | 0.096395 |
| AutoTheta | 0.101550 |
| MSTL | 0.101614 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 41% |
| H-stat | 39.75 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.204 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -1.30 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Industrials |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 63.929 |
| Revenue per Share | 5.181 |
| Market Cap | 3,341,113,344 |
| Trailing P/E | 22.57 |
| Forward P/E | 16.37 |
| Beta | 1.18 |
| Profit Margins | 13.51% |
| Website | https://hayward.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 11:52 p.m. EDT: Options activity indicates a mixed-to-cautious signal. For the July 2026 expiry, there is substantial OTM option volume (87 contracts), with volume-to-OI ratios significantly favoring OTM calls over puts (65 vs 49). This distribution suggests speculators are positioned for upside momentum at strikes near the current price ($15.27). However, the May 2026 Put OI (3,000 contracts at $14 strike) extremely far exceeds Call OI (16 total), suggesting a significant near-term hedging wall or 'weak hands' liquidity cap that must be covered by May. The data points to an aggressive short-term upside bet tempered by a heavy stop-loss concentration near $14.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.27136934 |
| Address1 | 1,415 Vantage Park Drive |
| Address2 | Suite 400 |
| All Time High | 28.65 |
| All Time Low | 7.97 |
| Ask | 15.35 |
| Ask Size | 1,200 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 2.3 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 1,838,160 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 2,034,978 |
| Average Volume | 2,034,978 |
| Average Volume10Days | 1,838,160 |
| Beta | 1.181 |
| Bid | 15.31 |
| Bid Size | 200 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 7.329 |
| City | Charlotte |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 15.35 |
| Current Ratio | 2.943 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 15.59 |
| Day Low | 15.22 |
| Debt To Equity | 63.929 |
| Display Name | Hayward |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,777,467,600 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,777,467,600 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.241 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.25 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,777,465,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,777,465,800 |
| Ebitda | 294,422,016 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.26237 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 13.406 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 3.517 |
| Enterprise Value | 3,946,898,432 |
| Eps Current Year | 0.84549 |
| Eps Forward | 0.93748 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 0.68 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NYQ |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 14.9066 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.44340038 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.02974524 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 27.136934 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 17.73 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -2.3799992 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.13423571 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 11.78 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 3.5700006 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.3030561 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 11.78 - 17.73 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,615,559,400,000 |
| Float Shares | 212,268,357 |
| Forward Eps | 0.93748 |
| Forward P E | 16.373684 |
| Free Cashflow | 175,453,504 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSE |
| Full Time Employees | 1,960 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.48005 |
| Gross Profits | 538,689,984 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.021289999 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.07592 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 217,662,103 |
| Industry | Electrical Equipment & Parts |
| Industry Disp | Electrical Equipment & Parts |
| Industry Key | electrical-equipment-parts |
| Ipo Expected Date | 2,021-03-12 |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Long Business Summary | 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, water features and landscape lighting, water sanitizers, salt chlorine generators, gas heaters and heat pumps, 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. |
| Long Name | Hayward Holdings, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 3,341,113,344 |
| Market State | POST |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_704668472 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 151,570,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 3,334,583,417 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 7 |
| Open | 15.35 |
| Operating Cashflow | 256,034,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.25022 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.73 |
| Phone | 704 837 8002 |
| Post Market Change | 0.059999466 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.390876 |
| Post Market Price | 15.41 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,814,055 |
| Previous Close | 15.32 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 18.155153 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 2.0944195 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.977408 |
| Profit Margins | 0.13507 |
| Quick Ratio | 2.103 |
| Quote Source Name | Delayed Quote |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 2.3 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 0.0300007 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.195827 |
| Regular Market Day High | 15.59 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 15.22 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 15.22 - 15.59 |
| Regular Market Open | 15.35 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 15.32 |
| Regular Market Price | 15.35 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,801,602 |
| Regular Market Volume | 2,001,007 |
| Return On Assets | 0.048260003 |
| Return On Equity | 0.10049 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.068 |
| Revenue Per Share | 5.181 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.34445214 |
| Sector | Industrials |
| Sector Disp | Industrials |
| Sector Key | industrials |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 7 |
| Shares Outstanding | 217,662,103 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.031400003 |
| Shares Short | 6,839,659 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 7,506,460 |
| Short Name | Hayward Holdings, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.036 |
| Short Ratio | 3.31 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | NC |
| Symbol | HAYW |
| Target High Price | 19.5 |
| Target Low Price | 15.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 17.35714 |
| Target Median Price | 18.0 |
| Total Cash | 399,110,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 1.837 |
| Total Debt | 1,018,387,008 |
| Total Revenue | 1,122,155,008 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 0.68 |
| Trailing P E | 22.57353 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.7295 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 15.49725 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -0.14724922 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.009501636 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 2,001,007 |
| Website | https://hayward.com |
| Zip | 28,203 |