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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001834622-22-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAYW"
cik: "0001834622"
company_name: "Hayward Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-04-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T03:35:55.343678+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hayward Q1 net sales up 23% to $410.5M, net income up 101%, reaffirms FY 2022 guidance

## Summary
- Net sales $410.5M (+23% YoY); net income $74.0M (+101%); adjusted EBITDA $126.2M (+18%).
- North America net sales $346.3M (+28%); Europe & Rest of World $64.2M (+2%).
- Reiterates FY 2022 outlook: net sales growth 9-12%, adjusted EBITDA $460M-$475M (+9-13%).
- Gross profit margin down 144 bps to 46.4% due to inflation; SG&A as % of sales improved 312 bps.
- Net debt $881.6M, leverage 2.0x (up from 1.7x); $81M stock repurchase during quarter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001834622-22-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAYW
- cik: 0001834622
- company_name: Hayward Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-04-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462222000036/0001834622-22-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462222000036/hayw-20220428.htm

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