Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Hayward Holdings Inc shares valued at $924,810 were sold by HOLLERAN KEVIN on Aug 04 ’25. At $15.27 per share, HOLLERAN KEVIN sold 60,571 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 623,540 shares worth approximately $9.77 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Jones Eifion sold 15,000 shares, netting a total of over 232,500 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $15.50 each, the insider now holds 287,231 shares.
Before that, Jones Eifion had added 15,000 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $232,500, the Officer bought Hayward Holdings Inc shares for $15.50 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 0.77% to $15.67. The stock’s lowest price that day was $15.38, but it reached a high of $15.8 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.89%. Over the course of the year, Hayward Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 13.06%.
Is Hayward Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Hayward Holdings Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 1.51 million shares to 11.66 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 10.16 million shares. A jump of 12.9% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.8 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.8.
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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 6.11% from the previous closing price of $15.55. 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.
