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Earnings call · FY2026 Q1

Hayward Holdings, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Hayward Holdings, Inc. Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

Concluded Apr 29, 2026 Audio replay Verified speakers
Apr 29, 2026 43:16 37 turns
Period
FY2026 Q1
Runtime
43:16
Sources
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Executive readout · one minute

What matters this quarter

Hayward delivered Q1 2026 net sales of $255.2 million, up 12% year-over-year, with adjusted EBITDA up 15% to $56.4 million and adjusted diluted EPS up 30% to $0.13, and raised full-year 2026 guidance to approximately 5% net sales growth and 9%-13% adjusted diluted EPS growth.

First quarter results and financial performance 29 Aftermarket installed base business model 18 Full year 2026 guidance raise 17 New product innovation including OmniX 16 Pricing and volume dynamics 16 Segment performance and geographic expansion 15

Management tone

Confident

Net tone +72 · low hedging

Grounding quotes
  • “We delivered an outstanding first quarter, meaningfully ahead of expectations, highlighted by double-digit sales and earnings growth.”
  • “Given our strong first quarter performance and confidence in our outlook, we are increasing our full year guidance.”
  • “we're not yet confident to assume that there will continue to be market demand or market volume that could assist with the revision to guidance at this point.”
  • “we're being reserved a little bit, but the aftermarket remains resilient. Discretionary spend for us, at least both in sell-in and what we can see in sell-out is positive”

Forward guidance

6 guided metrics

Management's latest ranges and targets are included below.

Research coverage

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Revenue $255.22M +11.5% YoY
Diluted EPS $0.11 +83.3% YoY
Gross margin 46.5% +0.5 pp YoY
Net income $23.36M +63% YoY

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Key takeaways

What improved, and what deserves a closer read.

Constructive signals

  • Net sales up 12% to $255.2M, driven by strong price realization and positive volume
  • Gross margin expanded 50 bps to 46.5% and adjusted EBITDA margin expanded 60 bps to 22.1% despite tariffs and inflation
  • Adjusted EBITDA grew 15% to $56.4M and adjusted diluted EPS grew 30% to $0.13
  • Net leverage reduced from 2.8x to 2.4x year-over-year
  • Raised full-year 2026 guidance to ~5% net sales growth and 9%-13% adjusted diluted EPS growth
  • North America sales up 12% to $210M with Canada up 26%; Europe sales up 14%

Risks & pressure points

  • Rest of World sales declined 1%, impacted by geopolitical disruption in the Middle East related to the ongoing conflict in Iran
  • SG&A increased 10% to $62.6M, with incremental advertising and software costs
  • Management declined to add assumed market volume demand into guidance, citing it is too early in the year

Key moments

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“Given our strong first quarter performance and confidence in our outlook, we are increasing our full year guidance. For the full year 2026, we now expect net sales to increase approximately 5% and adjusted diluted EPS to increase approximately 9% to 13%.” Kevin Holleran, CEO
“Geopolitical disruptions and rising costs for specialty metals, freight and resins are currently applying a modest downward pressure on gross margin with some year-over-year compression expected in Q2 before our mitigation efforts are fully realized.” Eifion Jones, CFO

Guidance from the call

Stated verbally and extracted from the transcript.

Metric Guided
Net sales
full year 2026
up to 5%
Adjusted diluted EPS
full year 2026
$0.84 – $0.87
Free cash flow
full year 2026
up to $200M
Net interest expense
full year 2026
up to $45M
Effective tax rate
full year 2026
up to 24%
CapEx
full year 2026
up to $40M

Quarter detail

How the reported period landed and where the business moved.

Revenue · segments

North America Segment$209.80M +12.1% YoY
Europe and Rest of World Segment$45.42M +8.7% YoY

Capital returned

Buybacks
$5.85M
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