“Under the agreement governing the First Lien Credit Facility (the “ First Lien Credit Agreement ” ), the Company must make an annual mandatory prepayment of principal for between 0% and 50% of the excess cash and subject to permitted deductions, as defined in…”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
Hayward Holdings, Inc.
HAYW
Market read
Hayward Holdings, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 41 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 11.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow covered only -6.45x net income.
- HAYW's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if HAYW's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 41 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 11.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.0 percentage points.
- Net income increased 63.0% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating cash flow covered only -6.45x net income.
- HAYW's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +6.7% year over year.
- Net margin changed +2.2 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Tariffs and trade policy has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 4 filings.
- Labor availability and costs has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
- EV/sales is 30% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
13.10Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“Gross profit margin remained relatively flat at 48.8% for both the three months ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025, primarily due to the offsetting impacts of positive net price, operating efficiencies and increased costs due to tariffs and inflation.”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
“Gross profit margin remained relatively flat at 48.8% for both the three months ended March 28, 2026 and March 29, 2025, primarily due to the offsetting impacts of positive net price, operating efficiencies and increased costs due to tariffs and inflation.”10-Q · Apr 29, 2026 ↗
“The increase in cash used in the year ended December 31, 2025 was driven by purchases of short-term investments and capital expenditures, compared to the prior year, which was driven by the acquisition of the ChlorKing business and capital expenditures, parti…”10-K · Feb 25, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 2.6× · EV/sales 3.2×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for HAYW. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing presents a mixed picture
10-Q filed 2026-04-29 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-01.
What improved
- Revenue increased 11.5% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 2.0 percentage points.
- Net income increased 63.0% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Operating cash flow covered only -6.45x net income.
Filing receipts
“The adjustment includes only expense related to awards issued under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, which were awards granted prior to the effective date of Hayward’s initial public offering (the “IPO”). (b) Represents unrealized non-cash (gains) losses on foreign denominated monetary assets and liabilities and foreign currency contracts. (c) Adjustments in the three months ended March 28, 2026 were primarily driven by $0.5 million of costs related to termination benefits associated with the restructuring of several teams.”
“The adjustment includes only expense related to awards issued under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan, which were awards granted prior to the effective date of the IPO. (c) Represents unrealized non-cash (gains) losses on foreign denominated monetary assets and liabilities and foreign currency contracts. (d) Adjustments in the three months ended March 28, 2026 were primarily driven by $0.5 million of costs related to termination benefits associated with the restructuring of several teams.”
“The expense in the three months ended March 28, 2026 was driven by costs associated with restructuring actions, while the prior period expense was primarily driven by costs associated with the acquisition of ChlorKing HoldCo, LLC and related entities (“ChlorKing”), including the deferred purchase price treated as compensation cost over the 12-month service period from the date of acquisition.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind HAYW
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
POOL33.0% of HAYWcustomerFeb 25, 2026 ▾
“Most of our net sales are generated from sales to distributors, including our largest customer, Pool Corporation, which represented approximately 33% of our net sales in Fiscal Year 2025 and approximately 46% of our accounts receivable as of December 31, 2025.”
POOLPool CorporationdistributorFeb 25, 2026 ▾
“According to management estimates, in Fiscal Year 2025, approximately 80% of residential pool equipment in the U.S.”
Depended on by
POOLPool CorporationsupplierFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“Our largest suppliers include Pentair plc, Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
HAYW is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Homebuilding & Building Products. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.