profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Hayward Holdings
$16.45-1.44% today
+4.2% in 1 year
1-year low $11.351-year high $17.31
Trading close to its highest price of the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $22.62 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Hayward Holdings sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $1.31 billion in 2022 to $1.12 billion in 2025, with $152 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Hayward Holdings handed back 2% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $5M
Free cash flow 2025$225M
Bought back its own shares$5M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$330M vs. $967M
Hayward Holdings vs. similar companies
Hayward Holdings grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayward Holdings | 22.6× · Fair price | ||
 Contemporary Amperex Technology | 20.2× · Fair price | ||
 ABB | 32.0× · Expensive | ||
 Vertiv | 58.4× · Expensive | ||
 Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public | 95.5× · Very expensive |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Hayward Holdings's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,314 | 992 | 1,052 | 1,122 | |
| 597 | 429 | 487 | 539 | |
| 294 | 188 | 215 | 237 | |
| 340 | 230 | 268 | 302 | |
| 179 | 81 | 119 | 152 | |
| 0.78 | 0.37 | 0.54 | 0.68 | |
| 45.4% | 43.3% | 46.3% | 48.0% | |
| 22.4% | 19.0% | 20.5% | 21.1% | |
| 13.6% | 8.1% | 11.3% | 13.5% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 2,875 | 2,946 | 2,991 | 3,151 |
| Cash | 56 | 178 | 197 | 330 |
| Total debt | 1,111 | 1,104 | 973 | 967 |
| Total liabilities | 1,652 | 1,635 | 1,567 | 1,558 |
| 1,223 | 1,311 | 1,424 | 1,593 | |
| 230 | 221 | 221 | 222 | |
| 9.6% | 5.8% | 7.0% | 7.5% | |
| 14.7% | 6.2% | 8.3% | 9.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 185 | 212 | 256 | |
| 30 | 31 | 24 | 31 | |
| 86 | 154 | 188 | 225 | |
| Dividends paid | 0 | – | – | – |
| 343 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 8 | 9 | 11 | 13 |
Valuation
- 22.6×
- 19.2×
- –
- 1.8×
- 3.1×
- 15.2×
- 13.5×
- 6.6%
- 4.4%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 48.0%
- 21.1%
- 13.5%
- 26.2%
- 7.0%
- 6.8%
- 10.3%
- 5.1%
- 8.6%
- 2.4%
Growth
- −5.1%
- −4.5%
- +20.2%
- –
- +3.6%
Financial health
- 2.9×
- 0.63
- 32.3%
- 4.1×
- 3.26
- 2.47
- 0.37
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 43%of 978
Top 11%of 985
Bottom 47%of 866
Bottom 6%of 984
Top 26%of 987
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $15.75
- Range
- $11.00 – $19.00
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2026 | 0.13 | 0.11 | +18.2% |
| Feb 25, 2026 | 0.29 | 0.28 | +3.6% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 0.14 | 0.12 | +15.8% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 0.24 | 0.22 | +9.1% |
| May 1, 2025 | 0.10 | 0.09 | +11.1% |
| Feb 27, 2025 | 0.27 | 0.24 | +12.5% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | 0.11 | 0.10 | +10.0% |
| Jul 30, 2024 | 0.21 | 0.20 | +5.0% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
50No pass
Benjamin Graham
73Pass
Philip Fisher
47No pass
Peter Lynch
28No pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
43No pass
Terry Smith
45No pass
Questions about Hayward Holdings
Is Hayward Holdings a good stock to buy?
A solid business at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Hayward Holdings AI analysis
What does Hayward Holdings do?
Hayward Holdings, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of pool equipment and associated automation systems in North America, Europe, and internationally. It is in Electrical Equipment & Parts, based in Charlotte, NC, United States, with 1,960 employees.
Does Hayward Holdings pay a dividend?
No. Hayward Holdings does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $5.05 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is Hayward Holdings stock halal?
Yes. Hayward Holdings passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 28% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Hayward Holdings stock done over the past year?
Up 4.2% over the past twelve months, to $16.45. It traded between $11.35 and $17.31 and is 5.0% below its high.
Who are Hayward Holdings's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Contemporary Amperex Technology, ABB, Vertiv and Delta Electronics (Thailand) Public. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Hayward Holdings's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.