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Hayward Holdings, Inc. key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Hayward Holdings, Inc. had return on equity of 10.0% and a net margin of 13.5%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Net margin1.2%4.9%14.5%13.6%8.1%11.3%13.5%14.4%
Return on equity5.2%23.2%25.8%13.8%6.4%8.7%10.0%10.7%
Return on assets—1.7%7.3%6.1%2.8%4.0%4.9%5.4%
Effective tax rate29.5%25.1%21.7%23.4%20.2%17.7%17.9%17.5%
R&D as % of revenue2.7%2.3%1.6%1.7%2.5%2.5%2.4%2.6%
SG&A as % of revenue24.5%22.3%19.1%18.9%18.8%20.6%22.0%21.4%
Dividends ÷ net income2.5%635.6%0.0%0.0%————

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · September 26, 2026
What it owns · $3.1bn
Short-term assets $908mLonger-term assets $2.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $3.1bn
Short-term liabilities $273mLonger-term liabilities $1.2bnShareholders' equity $1.6bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $908m of assets due within a year against $273m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $908m short-term assets against $1.2bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $236m of cash against $946m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 60% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 71% to 60% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $199m of operating cash flow against $946m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Hayward Holdings, Inc.'s latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

71 /100

Strong moat

How hard Hayward Holdings's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 6 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 11 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 9.4% of total assets over 5 years.

  • Pricing power 16 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 46.4%, moving by 1.9 percentage points (standard deviation) across 6 years.

  • Durability 16 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 20.8%; its worst year was 16.0%.

  • Cash conversion 18 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 6 of 6 years, at a median 15.0% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (76 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Hayward Holdings, Inc.'s SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 29, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Hayward Holdings, Inc.