William Blair Analysts Boost Earnings Estimates for Hayward

Hayward Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HAYW) – Stock analysts at William Blair upped their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Hayward in a report issued on Thursday, April 10th. William Blair analyst R. Merkel now expects that the company will earn $0.27 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.26. The consensus estimate for Hayward’s current full-year earnings is $0.60 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Hayward’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.26 EPS and Q3 2026 earnings at $0.13 EPS.

Hayward (NYSE:HAYW) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 27th. The company reported $0.27 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.24 by $0.03. Hayward had a net margin of 9.47% and a return on equity of 9.93%. The business had revenue of $327.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $302.76 million.

Several other research firms have also issued reports on HAYW. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Hayward in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Wolfe Research downgraded shares of Hayward from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, April 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Hayward from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $16.50 price objective on the stock in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Robert W. Baird upped their price target on Hayward from $17.00 to $18.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, February 28th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Hayward has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $17.13.

Hayward Stock Down 0.9 %

Hayward stock opened at $12.12 on Monday. Hayward has a 52 week low of $11.10 and a 52 week high of $16.87. The firm has a market cap of $2.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.85, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.87 and a beta of 1.14. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $13.78 and its 200 day moving average price is $14.86. The company has a quick ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Hayward

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC lifted its position in Hayward by 385.5% in the fourth quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 8,433,106 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,942,000 after purchasing an additional 6,696,170 shares during the period. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation lifted its holdings in Hayward by 247.6% in the fourth quarter. Michael & Susan Dell Foundation now owns 8,984,492 shares of the company’s stock valued at $137,373,000 after acquiring an additional 6,400,000 shares during the period. BBR Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Hayward during the 4th quarter worth $67,399,000. Fiduciary Management Inc. WI purchased a new position in shares of Hayward in the 4th quarter valued at about $62,949,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Hayward by 22.8% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 19,305,043 shares of the company’s stock worth $295,174,000 after buying an additional 3,589,352 shares in the last quarter.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Kevin Holleran sold 50,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, April 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $12.52, for a total transaction of $626,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 623,540 shares in the company, valued at $7,806,720.80. This represents a 7.42 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 3.25% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About Hayward

Hayward Holdings, Inc designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of pool equipment and associated automation systems in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company 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.