Hayward Holdings Inc (NYSE: HAYW) is -0.59% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $11.81 and a high of $16.87 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The HAYW stock was last observed hovering at around $15.18 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.02%.
Currently trading at $15.20, the stock is -3.30% and -4.07% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.41 million and changing 0.13% at the moment leaves the stock 4.80% off its SMA200. HAYW registered 19.40% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 25.93%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $15.8444 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $14.50315.
The stock witnessed a -4.88% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.08%, and is -2.50% down over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.03% over the week and 2.17% over the month.
Hayward Holdings Inc (HAYW) has around 1875 employees, a market worth around $3.28B and $1.00B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 35.40 and Fwd P/E is 20.08. Profit margin for the company is 9.47%. Distance from 52-week low is 28.76% and -9.90% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.97%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 12.86% this year.
Hayward Holdings Inc (HAYW) Top Institutional Holders
322.0 institutions hold shares in Hayward Holdings Inc (HAYW), with institutional investors hold 104.99% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 215.41M, and float is at 174.71M with Short Float at 4.77%. Institutions hold 104.25% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is MSD PARTNERS, L.P. with over 71.54 million shares valued at $879.92 million. The investor’s holdings represent 33.3733% of the HAYW Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is FMR LLC with 26.32 million shares valued at $323.72 million to account for 12.2781 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 15.98 million shares representing 7.4557% and valued at over $196.58 million, while VANGUARD GROUP INC holds 6.852 of the shares totaling 14.69 million with a market value of $180.66 million.
Hayward Holdings Inc (HAYW) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by HOLLERAN KEVIN, the company’s President and CEO. SEC filings show that HOLLERAN KEVIN sold 50,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 02 ’24 at a price of $15.98 per share for a total of $0.8 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.52 million shares.
Hayward Holdings Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Nov 11 ’24 that HOLLERAN KEVIN (President and CEO) sold a total of 100,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Nov 11 ’24 and was made at $15.96 per share for $1.6 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 0.52 million shares of the HAYW stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 08 ’24, Jones Eifion (Senior Vice President and CFO) disposed off 75,000 shares at an average price of $16.11 for $1.21 million. The insider now directly holds 258,903 shares of Hayward Holdings Inc (HAYW).
