The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Hayward Holdings Inc shares valued at $429,300 were sold by Jones Eifion on Jun 10 ’25. At $14.31 per share, Jones Eifion sold 30,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 287,231 shares worth approximately $4.0 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Jones Eifion purchased 30,000 shares, netting a total of over 429,300 in proceeds.
Before that, MSD Partners, L.P. had sold 153,474 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $2,136,358, the Director traded Hayward Holdings Inc shares for $13.92 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 153,474 shares, worth approximately $16.62 million.
As published in a research note from Wolfe Research on April 03, 2025, Hayward Holdings Inc [HAYW] has been rated down from an Outperform to a Peer perform. Analysts at Stifel upgraded the stock from ‘”a Hold”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early February. As of January 06, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets has decreased its “an Overweight” rating to a “Sector weight” for HAYW. Earlier on January 11, 2024, Jefferies downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Hold” for HAYW stock which previously was a “a Buy”.
Analyzing HAYW Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Hayward Holdings Inc [NYSE: HAYW] plunged -1.42% to $13.93. The stock’s lowest price that day was $13.9, but it reached a high of $14.11 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.76%. Over the course of the year, Hayward Holdings Inc shares have dropped approximately -8.89%.
Support And Resistance Levels for Hayward Holdings Inc (HAYW)
RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 49.29 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Hayward Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Hayward Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 1.16 million shares to 9.17 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 8.01 million shares. A jump of 12.62% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.41 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.41.
Which companies own the most shares of Hayward Holdings Inc (HAYW)?
In terms of Hayward Holdings Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 16.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 16.77% from the previous closing price of $14.13. Analysts anticipate Hayward Holdings Inc stock to reach 19 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 11. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Hayward Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On December 20, 2023, Stifel assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $13.50.
