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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001834622-25-000008"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAYW"
cik: "0001834622"
company_name: "Hayward Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T02:28:52.303822+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hayward Q4 net sales +17% to $327M, EPS $0.25 (+79%); FY2024 revenue $1.05B, introduces 2025 guidance

## Summary
- Q4 net sales $327.1M (+17% YoY), net income $54.7M (+76%), diluted EPS $0.25 (+79%).
- Full year 2024 net sales $1,051.6M (+6%), net income $118.7M (+47%), adjusted EBITDA $277.4M (+12%).
- North America segment sales +20% to $286M; Europe & RoW sales +2% to $41.1M but segment income -39%.
- FY2025 guidance: net sales $1.060B-$1.100B, adjusted EBITDA $280M-$290M.
- Operating cash flow $212.1M in 2024; net leverage reduced to target range.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001834622-25-000008
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAYW
- cik: 0001834622
- company_name: Hayward Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-27T23:59:59+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/1834622/000183462225000008/0001834622-25-000008-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462225000008/hayw-20250227.htm

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