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accession: "0001834622-25-000109"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HAYW"
cik: "0001834622"
company_name: "Hayward Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T23:10:53.349818+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hayward reports Q2 net sales up 5% to $299.6M; refines FY25 guidance, authorizes $450M buyback

## Summary
- Net sales $299.6M (+5% YoY); net income $44.8M (+19% YoY); diluted EPS $0.20 (+18% YoY).
- Adjusted EBITDA $88.2M (+7% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $0.24 (+14% YoY).
- Board authorized $450M share repurchase program expiring July 28, 2028.
- FY25 guidance: net sales $1.07-$1.10B (prior $1.06-$1.10B); Adj. EBITDA reaffirmed $280-$290M.
- North America segment net sales up 6% to $255.2M; Europe & RoW up 3% to $44.4M.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001834622-25-000109
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HAYW
- cik: 0001834622
- company_name: Hayward Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-07-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462225000109/0001834622-25-000109-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1834622/000183462225000109/hayw-20250728.htm

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