Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Hayward Holdings Inc shares valued at $859,824 were sold by HOLLERAN KEVIN on Jul 03 ’25. At $14.20 per share, HOLLERAN KEVIN sold 60,571 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 623,540 shares worth approximately $8.99 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Jones Eifion purchased 10,000 shares, netting a total of over 145,000 in proceeds.
Before that, HOLLERAN KEVIN had sold 60,574 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $830,579, the President and CEO traded Hayward Holdings Inc shares for $13.71 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 60,574 shares, worth approximately $8.99 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] rose 0.63% to $14.41. The stock’s lowest price that day was $14.085, but it reached a high of $14.44 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -1.30%. Over the course of the year, Hayward Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 9.00%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $15.62 on 02/27/25 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 14.18, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 13.96. In the upper region, resistance lies at 14.54. The next price resistance is at 14.67. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 53.36 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 2025-06-13 jumping by 1.77 million shares to 10.16 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-05-15 was 8.39 million shares. A jump of 17.38% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 7.36 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 7.36.
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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 15.22% from the previous closing price of $14.32. 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.
