secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Hayward Holdings, Inc. (HAYW)
CIK:        0001834622
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001834622-22-000010
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.85
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hayward Q4 net sales $352.4M (+35% YoY); FY2021 record $1.4B; guides FY2022 EBITDA $460-475M
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- Q4 net sales $352.4M (+35% YoY); net income $63.7M (+222% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $105.7M (+43% YoY).
- Full year net sales $1,401.8M (+60% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $421.7M (+82.1% YoY); margin 30.1%.
- Net debt/EBITDA improved to 1.7x from 5.2x; announced $450M stock repurchase program.
- FY2022 guidance: net sales growth 9-12%, adjusted EBITDA $460-475M (9-13% growth).

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462222000010/0001834622-22-000010-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462222000010/a202q421-er.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001834622-22-000010

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