Hayward Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HAYW) CEO Sells $726,000.00 in Stock

Hayward Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:HAYW) CEO Kevin Holleran sold 50,000 shares of Hayward stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $14.52, for a total transaction of $726,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 522,799 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,591,041.48. The trade was a 8.73 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website.

Kevin Holleran also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 11th, Kevin Holleran sold 100,000 shares of Hayward stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $15.96, for a total transaction of $1,596,000.00.

Hayward Stock Up 0.7 %

NYSE HAYW opened at $14.70 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.69, a current ratio of 2.62 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.70. The company has a fifty day moving average of $15.30 and a two-hundred day moving average of $15.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.99, a PEG ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.16. Hayward Holdings, Inc. has a 52 week low of $11.96 and a 52 week high of $16.87.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Hayward from $19.00 to $20.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Stifel Nicolaus raised shares of Hayward from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $16.50 target price for the company in a report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of Hayward from $14.00 to $16.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Hayward in a report on Monday, January 6th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in Hayward by 30.2% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 2,891 shares of the company’s stock worth $44,000 after buying an additional 671 shares during the period. Equitable Trust Co. boosted its stake in Hayward by 2.3% during the third quarter. Equitable Trust Co. now owns 33,843 shares of the company’s stock worth $519,000 after buying an additional 749 shares during the period. CIBC Asset Management Inc boosted its stake in Hayward by 5.4% during the third quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 15,412 shares of the company’s stock worth $236,000 after buying an additional 784 shares during the period. Choreo LLC boosted its stake in Hayward by 3.9% during the fourth quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 29,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $454,000 after buying an additional 1,107 shares during the period. Finally, Keybank National Association OH boosted its stake in Hayward by 4.0% during the fourth quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 51,754 shares of the company’s stock worth $791,000 after buying an additional 2,006 shares during the period.

Hayward Company Profile

Hayward Holdings, Inc designs, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of pool equipment and associated automation systems in North America, Europe, and internationally. The company offers pool equipment, including pumps, filters, robotics, suction and pressure cleaners, gas heaters and heat pumps, water features and landscape lighting, water sanitizers, salt chlorine generators, safety equipment, and in-floor automated cleaning systems, as well as LED illumination solutions.