Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Hayward Holdings Inc shares valued at $437,500 were purchased by Jones Eifion on Oct 29 ’25. At $17.50 per share, Jones Eifion acquired 25,000 shares.
Also, HOLLERAN KEVIN sold 60,571 shares, netting a total of over 918,262 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $15.16 each, the insider now holds 623,540 shares.
Before that, Kevin Holleran had added 231,713 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $3,531,306, the Officer bought Hayward Holdings Inc shares for $15.24 each.
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] rose 12.00% to $17.17. The stock’s lowest price that day was $16.73, but it reached a high of $17.645 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 14.16%. Over the course of the year, Hayward Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 15.78%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $17.65 on 10/29/25 and a 52-week low of $11.10 on 04/08/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Hayward Holdings Inc (HAYW)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 16.72, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 16.27. In the upper region, resistance lies at 17.63. The next price resistance is at 18.10. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 70.37 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Hayward Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Hayward Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-10-15 jumping by 2.37 million shares to 11.67 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 9.3 million shares. A jump of 20.31% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.81 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.81.
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 7.63% from the previous closing price of $15.33. 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.
