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 $837,899 were sold by HOLLERAN KEVIN on Jan 05 ’26. At $15.99 per share, HOLLERAN KEVIN sold 52,390 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 623,540 shares worth approximately $10.44 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Kevin Holleran purchased 409,557 shares, netting a total of over 6,495,574 in proceeds.
Before that, HOLLERAN KEVIN had sold 60,571 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $976,889, the President and CEO traded Hayward Holdings Inc shares for $16.13 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 60,571 shares, worth approximately $10.44 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 1.15% to $16.74. The stock’s lowest price that day was $16.555, but it reached a high of $16.89 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.82%. Over the course of the year, Hayward Holdings Inc shares have jumped approximately 10.86%.
Is Hayward Holdings Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Hayward Holdings Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -2.0 million shares to 7.46 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 9.46 million shares. A decline of -26.78% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.62 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 5.62.
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, down nearly -0.3% from the previous closing price of $16.55. Analysts anticipate Hayward Holdings Inc stock to reach 19 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 11. In spite of this, 4 analysts ranked Hayward Holdings Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On December 20, 2023, Stifel assigned a price target of “a Hold” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $13.50.
