Press Release: Hayward Holdings Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results and Confirms 2025 Guidance

Dow Jones
01 May

Hayward Holdings Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2025 Financial Results and Confirms 2025 Guidance

FIRST QUARTER FISCAL 2025 SUMMARY

   -- Net Sales increased 8% year-over-year to $228.8 million 
   -- Net Income increased 46% year-over-year to $14.3 million 
   -- Adjusted EBITDA* increased 9% year-over-year to $49.1 million 
   -- Diluted EPS increased 50% year-over-year to $0.06 
   -- Adjusted diluted EPS* increased 25% year-over-year to $0.10 
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 01, 2025-- 

Hayward Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HAYW) ("Hayward" or the "Company"), a global designer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad portfolio of pool and outdoor living technology, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 29, 2025 of its fiscal year 2025. Comparisons are to financial results for the prior-year first fiscal quarter.

CEO COMMENTS

"I am pleased to report solid first quarter results ahead of expectations," said Kevin Holleran, Hayward's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Net sales increased 8% year-over-year with growth across both the North America and Europe and Rest of World segments. Positive volume growth and price realization, coupled with robust profitability and working capital management, enabled us to maintain net leverage within our targeted range at 2.8x at the end of the first quarter while funding our growth strategies and launching innovative new products. During this period of increased tariffs and heightened global economic uncertainty, we are aggressively executing our plans to support profitability and position the Company for continued growth. With a resilient aftermarket model and strong balance sheet, we are confident in our ability to navigate this evolving environment."

FIRST QUARTER FISCAL 2025 CONSOLIDATED RESULTS

Net sales increased by 8% to $228.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase in net sales during the quarter was the result of volume growth, the favorable impact from acquisitions and positive net price, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation. The growth in volume was driven by the U.S. and Europe and the favorable timing of orders.

Gross profit increased by 8% to $113.4 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Gross profit margin increased 30 basis points to 49.5%. The increase in gross profit margin was due to positive net price.

Selling, general, and administrative expense ("SG&A") increased by 9% to $65.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase in SG&A was primarily due to normalized incentive compensation expense and investments in our customer-care and selling teams. As a percentage of net sales, SG&A increased 30 basis points to 28.5%, compared to the prior-year period of 28.2%, driven by the factors discussed above. Research, development, and engineering expenses were $6.0 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, or 3% of net sales, as compared to $6.3 million for the prior-year period, or 3% of net sales.

Operating income increased by 9% to $33.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, due to the aggregated effects of the items described above. Operating income as a percentage of net sales ("operating margin") was 14.6% for the first quarter of fiscal 2025, a 10 basis point increase from the 14.5% operating margin in the prior-year period.

Interest expense, net, decreased by 27% to $13.7 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 driven by reduced debt as a result of the repayment of the Incremental Term Loan B principal balance in April 2024 and lower interest rates.

Income tax expense for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 was $4.3 million, for an effective tax rate of 23.3%, compared to income tax expense of $3.1 million, for an effective tax rate of 23.8%, for the prior-year period. The change in the effective tax rate was primarily due to a reduction in the foreign rate differential.

Net income increased by 46% to $14.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Net income margin expanded 170 basis points to 6.3%.

Adjusted EBITDA* increased by 9% to $49.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 from $45.0 million in the prior-year period. Adjusted EBITDA margin* expanded 30 basis points to 21.5%.

Diluted EPS increased by 50% to $0.06 for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Adjusted diluted EPS* increased by 25% to $0.10 for the first quarter of fiscal 2025.

FIRST QUARTER FISCAL 2025 SEGMENT RESULTS

North America

Net sales increased by 8% to $187.1 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase was driven by the acquisition and successful integration of the ChlorKing business acquired in June 2024, positive net price and volume growth due to the timing of orders in the 2025 season.

Segment income increased by 9% to $43.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Adjusted segment income* increased by 12% to $50.7 million.

Europe & Rest of World

Net sales increased by 7% to $41.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase was primarily due to volume growth and positive net price, partially offset by the unfavorable impact of foreign currency translation. The increase in volume is due to improved operational performance compared to the prior-year period.

Segment income increased by 8% to $6.5 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2025. Adjusted segment income* increased by 10% to $7.0 million.

BALANCE SHEET AND CASH FLOW

As of March 29, 2025, Hayward had cash and cash equivalents of $181.3 million and approximately $216.7 million available for future borrowings under its revolving credit facilities. Cash flow used in operations for the three months ended March 29, 2025 of $5.9 million was a decrease of $71.4 million from the prior-year period cash used of $77.2 million. The decrease in cash used was primarily driven by the sale of $100.0 million of accounts receivable under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, partially offset by higher accounts receivable related to the Early Buy program.

OUTLOOK

Hayward is confirming its full year 2025 guidance, reflecting the implications of the current tariff environment and aggressive execution of mitigation action plans. For fiscal year 2025, Hayward continues to expect net sales of approximately $1.060 billion to $1.100 billion and Adjusted EBITDA* of $280 million to $290 million.

Hayward is excited about the long-term dynamics of the pool industry. The installed base of pools increases every year, providing continued growth opportunities, and the Company benefits from favorable secular demand trends in outdoor living, sunbelt migration, and technology adoption. Hayward continues to leverage its competitive advantages and drive increasing adoption of its leading SmartPad$(TM)$ pool equipment products both in new construction and the aftermarket, which has historically represented approximately 80% of net sales. Hayward is confident in its long-term outlook for profitable growth and robust cash flow generation, driven by its technology leadership, operational excellence, strong brand and installed base, and multi-channel capabilities.

Please see the Forward-Looking Statements section of this release for a discussion of certain risks relevant to Hayward's outlook.

CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION

Hayward will hold a conference call to discuss the results today, May 1, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. $(ET)$.

Interested investors and other parties can listen to a webcast of the live conference call by logging onto the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at https://investor.hayward.com/events-and-presentations/default.aspx. An earnings presentation will be posted to the Investor Relations section of the Company's website prior to the conference call.

The conference call can also be accessed by dialing (877) 423-9813 or (201) 689-8573.

For those unable to listen to the live conference call, a replay will be available approximately three hours after the call through the archived webcast on the Hayward website or by dialing (844) 512-2921 or (412) 317-6671. The access code for the replay is 13752897. The replay will be available until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 15, 2025.

ABOUT HAYWARD HOLDINGS, INC.

Hayward Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HAYW) is a leading global designer and manufacturer of pool and outdoor living technology. With a mission to deliver exceptional products, outstanding service and innovative solutions to transform the experience of water, Hayward offers a full line of energy-efficient and sustainable residential and commercial pool equipment including pumps, heaters, sanitizers, filters, LED lighting, water features, and cleaners all digitally connected through Hayward's intuitive IoT-enabled SmartPad(TM).

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains certain statements that are "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act") and releases issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). Such forward-looking statements relating to Hayward are based on the beliefs of Hayward's management as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to it. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about Hayward's strategies, plans, objectives, expectations, intentions, expenditures and assumptions and other statements contained in or incorporated by reference in this earnings release that are not historical facts. When used in this document, words such as "guidance," "outlook," "may," "will," "should," "could," "intend, " "potential," "continue," "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect, " "plan," "target," "predict," "project," "seek" and similar expressions as they relate to Hayward are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Hayward believes that it is important to communicate its future expectations to its stockholders, and it therefore makes forward-looking statements in

reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Act. However, there may be events in the future that Hayward is not able to accurately predict or control, and actual results may differ materially from the expectations it describes in its forward-looking statements.

Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements Hayward makes regarding: Hayward's 2025 guidance and outlook; business plans and objectives; general economic and industry trends; business prospects; future product development and acquisition strategies; future channel stocking levels; growth and expansion opportunities; operating results; and working capital and liquidity. The forward-looking statements in this earnings release are only predictions. Hayward may not achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in Hayward's forward-looking statements, and you should not place significant reliance on its forward-looking statements. Hayward has based these forward-looking statements largely on its current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that it believes may affect its business, financial condition and results of operations. Moreover, neither Hayward nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of forward-looking statements taken from third-party industry and market reports.

Important factors that could affect Hayward's future results and could cause those results or other outcomes to differ materially from those indicated in its forward-looking statements include the following: its relationships with and the performance of distributors, builders, buying groups, retailers and servicers who sell Hayward's products to pool owners; impacts on Hayward's business from the sensitivity of its business to seasonality and unfavorable economic business conditions; competition from national and global companies, as well as lower-cost manufacturers; the imposition, or threat of imposition, of tariffs and other trade restrictions could adversely affect Hayward's business, including as a result of an adverse impact on general economic conditions; Hayward's ability to develop, manufacture and effectively and profitably market and sell its new planned and future products; its ability to execute on its growth strategies and expansion opportunities; Hayward's exposure to credit risk on its accounts receivable, impacts on Hayward's business from political, regulatory, economic, trade, and other risks associated with operating foreign businesses, including risks associated with geopolitical conflict; its ability to maintain favorable relationships with suppliers and manage disruptions to its global supply chain and the availability of raw materials; Hayward's ability to identify emerging technological and other trends in its target end markets; failure of markets to accept new product introductions and enhancements; the ability to successfully identify, finance, complete and integrate acquisitions; its reliance on information technology systems and susceptibility to threats to those systems, including cybersecurity threats, and risks arising from its collection and use of personal information data; misuse of its technology-enabled products could lead to reduced sales, liability claims or harm to its reputation; the impact of product manufacturing disruptions, including as a result of catastrophic and other events beyond Hayward's control; regulatory changes and developments affecting Hayward's current and future products; volatility in currency exchange rates and interest rates; Hayward's ability to service its existing indebtedness and obtain additional capital to finance operations and its growth opportunities; Hayward's ability to establish, maintain and effectively enforce intellectual property protection for its products, as well as its ability to operate its business without infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the intellectual property rights of others; the impact of material cost and other inflation, including as a result of new or increased tariffs; Hayward's ability to attract and retain senior management and other qualified personnel; the impact of changes in laws, regulations and administrative policy, including those that limit U.S. tax benefits, impact trade agreements, or address the impacts of climate change; the outcome of litigation and governmental proceedings; uncertainties related to distribution channel inventory practices and its impact on Hayward's net sales volumes; Hayward's ability to realize cost savings from restructuring activities and other factors set forth in "Risk Factors" in Hayward's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Many of these factors are macroeconomic in nature and are, therefore, beyond Hayward's control. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, Hayward's actual results, performance or achievements may vary materially from those described in this earnings release as anticipated, believed, estimated, expected, intended, planned or projected. The forward-looking statements included in this earnings release are made only as of the date of this earnings release. Unless required by United States federal securities laws, Hayward neither intends nor assumes any obligation to update these forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this earnings release to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in Hayward's expectations.

*NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

This earnings release includes certain financial measures not presented in accordance with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP") including adjusted net income, adjusted basic EPS, adjusted diluted EPS, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, adjusted segment income and adjusted segment income margin. These financial measures are not measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP and may exclude items that are significant in understanding and assessing the Company's financial results. Hayward believes these non-GAAP measures provide analysts, investors and other interested parties with additional insight into the underlying trends of its business and assist these parties in analyzing the Company's performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding items that it does not believe are indicative of its core operating performance, which allows for a better comparison against historical results and expectations for future performance. Management uses these non-GAAP measures to understand and compare operating results across reporting periods for various purposes including internal budgeting and forecasting, short and long-term operating planning, employee incentive compensation, and debt compliance. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income, segment income or other measures of profitability, performance or financial condition under GAAP. You should be aware that the Company's presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, which may be defined and calculated differently. See the appendix for a reconciliation of historical non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Reconciliation of full fiscal year 2025 adjusted EBITDA outlook to the comparable GAAP measure is not being provided, as Hayward does not currently have sufficient data to accurately estimate the variables and individual adjustments for such reconciliation. Adjusted EBITDA outlook for full year 2025 is calculated in a manner consistent with the historical presentation of this measure, as shown in the appendix.

 
Hayward Holdings, Inc. 
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets 
(In thousands) 
 
                                    March 29, 2025     December 31, 2024 
                                   ----------------  --------------------- 
Assets 
Current assets 
    Cash and cash equivalents      $       181,333   $          196,589 
    Accounts receivable, net of 
     allowances of $2,761 and 
     $2,701, respectively                  293,809              278,582 
    Inventories, net                       233,165              216,472 
    Prepaid expenses                        14,140               20,203 
    Income tax receivable                    1,279                6,426 
    Other current assets                    49,773               48,697 
                                       -----------       -------------- 
        Total current assets               773,499              766,969 
    Property, plant, and 
     equipment, net of 
     accumulated depreciation of 
     $118,434 and $112,099, 
     respectively                          158,806              160,377 
    Goodwill                               945,655              943,645 
    Trademark                              736,000              736,000 
    Customer relationships, net            193,260              198,333 
    Other intangibles, net                  93,597               96,095 
    Other non-current assets                83,780               89,205 
                                       -----------       -------------- 
        Total assets               $     2,984,597   $        2,990,624 
                                       ===========       ============== 
 
Liabilities and Stockholders' 
Equity 
    Current liabilities 
        Current portion of 
         long-term debt            $        13,637   $           13,991 
        Accounts payable                    95,381               81,476 
        Accrued expenses and 
         other liabilities                 185,355              217,242 
        Income taxes payable                    --                  273 
                                       -----------       -------------- 
            Total current 
             liabilities                   294,373              312,982 
    Long-term debt, net                    950,376              950,562 
    Deferred tax liabilities, net          236,945              239,111 
    Other non-current liabilities           63,524               64,322 
                                       -----------       -------------- 
            Total liabilities            1,545,218            1,566,977 
 
Stockholders' equity 
    Preferred stock, $0.001 par 
    value, 100,000,000 
    authorized, no shares issued 
    or outstanding as of March 
    29, 2025 and December 31, 
    2024                                        --                   -- 
    Common stock $0.001 par 
     value, 750,000,000 
     authorized; 244,870,506 
     issued and 216,204,137 
     outstanding at March 29, 
     2025; 244,444,889 issued and 
     215,778,520 outstanding at 
     December 31, 2024                         245                  245 
    Additional paid-in capital           1,096,819            1,093,468 
    Common stock in treasury; 
     28,666,369 and 28,666,369 at 
     March 29, 2025 and December 
     31, 2024, respectively               (359,126)            (358,133) 
    Retained earnings                      713,897              699,564 
    Accumulated other 
     comprehensive income                  (12,456)             (11,497) 
                                       -----------       -------------- 
        Total stockholders' 
         equity                          1,439,379            1,423,647 
                                       -----------       -------------- 
        Total liabilities, 
         redeemable stock, and 
         stockholders' equity      $     2,984,597   $        2,990,624 
                                       ===========       ============== 
 
 
Hayward Holdings, Inc. 
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations 
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data) 
 
                                                 Three Months Ended 
                                        ------------------------------------ 
                                         March 29, 2025     March 30, 2024 
                                        ----------------  ------------------ 
Net sales                               $        228,841  $       212,569 
Cost of sales                                    115,466          107,990 
                                            ------------      ----------- 
    Gross profit                                 113,375          104,579 
Selling, general and administrative 
 expense                                          65,117           60,014 
Research, development and engineering 
 expense                                           5,986            6,302 
Acquisition and restructuring related 
 expense                                           1,926              504 
Amortization of intangible assets                  6,835            6,900 
                                            ------------      ----------- 
    Operating income                              33,511           30,859 
                                            ------------      ----------- 
Interest expense, net                             13,651           18,592 
Other expense (income), net                        1,179             (638) 
                                            ------------      ----------- 
    Total other expense                           14,830           17,954 
                                            ------------      ----------- 
Income from operations before income 
 taxes                                            18,681           12,905 
Provision for income taxes                         4,348            3,065 
                                            ------------      ----------- 
    Net income                          $         14,333  $         9,840 
                                            ============      =========== 
 
Earnings per share 
    Basic                               $           0.07  $          0.05 
    Diluted                             $           0.06  $          0.04 
 
Weighted average common shares 
outstanding 
    Basic                                    215,962,018      214,357,439 
    Diluted                                  221,851,399      221,076,443 
 
 
                                               Three Months Ended 
                                      ------------------------------------ 
Hayward Holdings, Inc. Unaudited 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of 
Cash Flows (In thousands)              March 29, 2025     March 30, 2024 
                                      ----------------  ------------------ 
Cash flows from operating activities 
Net income                            $        14,333   $         9,840 
Adjustments to reconcile net income 
to net cash used in operating 
activities 
    Depreciation                                6,263             4,310 
    Amortization of intangible 
     assets                                     8,535             8,543 
    Amortization of deferred debt 
     issuance fees                                837             1,180 
    Stock-based compensation                    2,935             1,983 
    Deferred income taxes                        (709)           (1,083) 
    Allowance for bad debts                        (5)              150 
    (Gain) loss on sale of property, 
     plant and equipment                           11               (40) 
    Changes in operating assets and 
    liabilities 
        Accounts receivable                   (13,931)          (81,753) 
        Inventories                           (14,977)           (7,087) 
        Other current and 
         non-current assets                     7,918             9,743 
        Accounts payable                       13,519             7,364 
        Accrued expenses and other 
         liabilities                          (30,579)          (30,354) 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
Net cash used in operating 
 activities                                    (5,850)          (77,204) 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
 
Cash flows from investing activities 
    Purchases of property, plant, 
     and equipment                             (5,517)           (5,422) 
    Software development costs                   $(595.SI)$             (510) 
    Proceeds from sale of property, 
     plant, and equipment                           1                47 
    Proceeds from short-term 
     investments                                   --            25,000 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
Net cash (used in) provided by 
 investing activities                          (6,111)           19,115 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
 
Cash flows from financing activities 
    Proceeds from issuance of 
     long-term debt                                --             2,194 
    Payments of long-term debt                   (590)           (3,230) 
    Payments of short-term notes 
     payable                                   (1,788)           (1,719) 
    Purchase of common stock                     (993)             (355) 
    Other, net                                   (364)               28 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
Net cash used in financing 
 activities                                    (3,735)           (3,082) 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on 
 cash and cash equivalents                        440            (1,053) 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
Change in cash and cash equivalents           (15,256)          (62,224) 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning 
 of period                                    196,589           178,097 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of 
 period                               $       181,333   $       115,873 
                                          ===========       =========== 
 
Supplemental disclosures of cash 
flow information: 
Cash paid-interest                    $         9,826   $        19,002 
Cash paid-income taxes                            151               109 
 
Non-cash investing and financing 
activities: 
Accrued and unpaid purchases of 
 property, plant, and equipment       $         2,232   $         1,102 
Equipment financed under finance 
 leases                                           103               132 
 
 
Reconciliations 
Consolidated Reconciliations 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin Reconciliations (Non-GAAP) 
Following is a reconciliation from net income to adjusted EBITDA: 
 
(Dollars in thousands)                          Three Months Ended 
                                      -------------------------------------- 
                                        March 29, 2025      March 30, 2024 
                                      ------------------  ------------------ 
Net income                            $      14,333       $       9,840 
    Depreciation                              6,263               4,310 
    Amortization                              8,535               8,543 
    Interest expense, net                    13,651              18,592 
    Income taxes                              4,348               3,065 
                                          ---------  ---      ---------  --- 
        EBITDA                               47,130              44,350 
                                          ---------  ---      ---------  --- 
    Stock-based compensation (a)                 46                 190 
    Currency exchange items (b)                  (6)                 54 
    Acquisition and restructuring 
     related expense, net (c)                 1,926                 504 
    Other (d)                                     6                 (57) 
                                          ---------  ---      --------- 
    Total Adjustments                         1,972                 691 
                                          ---------  ---      ---------  --- 
        Adjusted EBITDA               $      49,102       $      45,041 
                                          =========  ===      =========  === 
 
Net income margin                               6.3%                4.6% 
Adjusted EBITDA margin                         21.5%               21.2% 
 
 
(a)    Represents non-cash stock-based compensation expense related to equity 
       awards issued to management, employees, and directors. The adjustment 
       includes only expense related to awards issued under the 2017 Equity 
       Incentive Plan, which were awards granted prior to the effective date 
       of Hayward's initial public offering (the "IPO"). 
(b)    Represents unrealized non-cash (gains) losses on foreign denominated 
       monetary assets and liabilities and foreign currency contracts. 
(c)    Adjustments in the three months ended March 29, 2025 are primarily 
       driven by $1.7 million of transaction and integration costs associated 
       with the acquisition of the ChlorKing business and $0.2 million of 
       separation costs for the consolidation of operations in North America. 
       Adjustments in the three months ended March 30, 2024 are primarily 
       driven by $0.4 million of separation and other costs associated with 
       the centralization of operations in Europe. 
(d)    Adjustments in the three months ended March 29, 2025 are primarily 
       driven by losses on the sale of assets. Adjustments in the three months 
       ended March 30, 2024 are primarily driven by gains on the sale of 
       assets, partially offset by costs incurred related to litigation. 
 
 
Following is a reconciliation from net income to adjusted EBITDA for the 
last twelve months: 
 
(Dollars in thousands)        Last Twelve Months(e)         Fiscal Year 
                            -------------------------  --------------------- 
                                 March 29, 2025          December 31, 2024 
                            -------------------------  --------------------- 
Net income                  $           123,148        $        118,655 
    Depreciation                         22,031                  20,078 
    Amortization                         35,775                  35,783 
    Interest expense, net                57,222                  62,163 
    Income taxes                         26,810                  25,527 
    Loss on debt 
     extinguishment                       4,926                   4,926 
                            ---  --------------  ----      ------------  --- 
        EBITDA                          269,912                 267,132 
    Stock-based 
     compensation (a)                       464                     608 
    Currency exchange 
     items (b)                             (896)                   (836) 
    Acquisition and 
     restructuring related 
     expense, net (c)                     7,886                   6,464 
    Other (d)                             4,142                   4,079 
                            ---  --------------  ----      ------------  --- 
    Total Adjustments                    11,596                  10,315 
                            ---  --------------  ----      ------------  --- 
        Adjusted EBITDA     $           281,508        $        277,447 
                            ===  ==============  ====      ============  === 
 
Net income margin                          11.5%                   11.3% 
Adjusted EBITDA margin                     26.4%                   26.4% 
 
 
(a)    Represents non-cash stock-based compensation expense related to equity 
       awards issued to management, employees, and directors. The adjustment 
       includes only expense related to awards issued under the 2017 Equity 
       Incentive Plan, which were awards granted prior to the effective date 
       of the IPO. 
(b)    Represents unrealized non-cash (gains) losses on foreign denominated 
       monetary assets and liabilities and foreign currency contracts. 
(c)    Adjustments in the last twelve months ended March 29, 2025 primarily 
       include $4.7 million of compensation expenses for the retention of key 
       employees acquired in the ChlorKing acquisition. Pursuant to the 
       ChlorKing acquisition agreement, this $4.7 million was part of a total 
       $6.3 million employee retention payment that was deposited into an 
       escrow account on the date of acquisition. The full amount held in 
       escrow will be released to the specified key employees if such 
       employees are employed by Hayward on the one-year anniversary of the 
       acquisition. These payments are contingent on continued employment and 
       are not dependent on the achievement of any metric or performance 
       measure. The retention costs will be recognized over the twelve-month 
       period from the date of acquisition. Further, other adjustments include 
       $1.3 million of transaction and integration costs associated with the 
       acquisition of the ChlorKing business, $0.9 million of termination 
       benefits related to a reduction-in-force within E&RW, $0.4 million of 
       costs to finalize restructuring actions initiated in prior years, $0.3 
       million of separation and other costs associated with the 
       centralization and consolidation of operations in Europe and $0.2 
       million of separation costs associated with the consolidation of 
       operations in North America. Adjustments in the year ended December 31, 
       2024 are primarily driven by $3.2 million of compensation expenses for 
       the retention of key employees acquired in the ChlorKing acquisition. 
       Pursuant to the ChlorKing acquisition agreement, this $3.2 million was 
       part of a total $6.3 million employee retention payment that was 
       deposited into an escrow account on the date of acquisition. The full 
       amount held in escrow will be released to the specified key employees 
       if such employees are employed by Hayward on the one-year anniversary 
       of the acquisition. These payments are contingent on continued 
       employment and are not dependent on the achievement of any metric or 
       performance measure. The retention costs will be recognized over the 
       twelve-month period from the date of acquisition. Further, other 
       adjustments for the year ended December 31, 2024 include $1.1 million 
       of transaction and integration costs associated with the acquisition of 
       the ChlorKing business, $0.9 million of termination benefits related to 
       a reduction-in-force within E&RW, $0.8 million of separation and other 
       costs associated with the centralization and consolidation of 
       operations in Europe and $0.4 million of costs to finalize 
       restructuring actions initiated in prior years. 
(d)    Adjustments in the last twelve months ended March 29, 2025 are 
       primarily driven by a $3.3 million increase in cost of goods sold 
       resulting from the fair value inventory step-up adjustment recognized 
       as part of the purchase accounting for the acquisition of the ChlorKing 
       business, $0.7 million of costs sustained from flood damage associated 
       with a hurricane at a contract manufacturing facility and $0.5 million 
       of costs incurred related to litigation, partially offset by $0.4 
       million of gains on the sale of assets. Adjustments in the year ended 
       December 31, 2024 are primarily driven by a $3.3 million increase in 
       cost of goods sold resulting from the fair value inventory step-up 
       adjustment recognized as part of the purchase accounting for the 
       acquisition of the ChlorKing business, $0.7 million of costs sustained 
       from flood damage associated with a hurricane at a contract 
       manufacturing facility and $0.5 million of costs incurred related to 
       litigation, partially offset by $0.5 million of gains on the sale of 
       assets. 
(e)    Items for the last twelve months ended March 29, 2025 are calculated by 
       adding the items for the three months ended March 29, 2025 plus fiscal 
       year ended December 31, 2024 and subtracting the items for the three 
       months ended March 30, 2024. 
 
 
Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS Reconciliation (Non-GAAP) 
Following is a reconciliation of net income to adjusted net income and 
earnings per share to adjusted earnings per share: 
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per 
share data)                                    Three Months Ended 
                                      ------------------------------------ 
                                       March 29, 2025     March 30, 2024 
                                      ----------------  ------------------ 
Net income                            $        14,333   $         9,840 
Tax adjustments (a)                              (182)             (147) 
Other adjustments and amortization: 
        Stock-based compensation (b)               46               190 
        Currency exchange items (c)                (6)               54 
        Acquisition and 
         restructuring related 
         expense, net (d)                       1,926               504 
        Other (e)                                   6               (57) 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
    Total other adjustments                     1,972               691 
Amortization                                    8,535             8,543 
Tax effect (f)                                 (2,548)           (2,298) 
                                          -----------       ----------- 
Adjusted net income                   $        22,110   $        16,629 
                                          ===========       =========== 
 
Weighted average number of common 
 shares outstanding, basic                215,962,018       214,357,439 
Weighted average number of common 
 shares outstanding, diluted              221,851,399       221,076,443 
 
Basic EPS                             $          0.07   $          0.05 
Diluted EPS                           $          0.06   $          0.04 
 
Adjusted basic EPS                    $          0.10   $          0.08 
Adjusted diluted EPS                  $          0.10   $          0.08 
 
 
(a)    Tax adjustments for the three months ended March 29, 2025 reflect a 
       normalized tax rate of 24.3% compared to the Company's effective tax 
       rate of 23.3%. The Company's effective tax rate for the three months 
       ended March 29, 2025 primarily includes the tax benefits resulting from 
       stock compensation. Tax adjustments for the three months ended March 
       30, 2024 reflect a normalized tax rate of 24.9% compared to the 
       Company's effective tax rate of 23.8%. The Company's effective tax rate 
       for the three months ended March 30, 2024 includes the tax benefits 
       resulting from stock compensation. 
(b)    Represents non-cash stock-based compensation expense related to equity 
       awards issued to management, employees, and directors. The adjustment 
       includes only expense related to awards issued under the 2017 Equity 
       Incentive Plan, which were awards granted prior to the effective date 
       of the IPO. 
(c)    Represents unrealized non-cash (gains) losses on foreign denominated 
       monetary assets and liabilities and foreign currency contracts. 
(d)    Adjustments in the three months ended March 29, 2025 are primarily 
       driven by $1.7 million of transaction and integration costs associated 
       with the acquisition of the ChlorKing business and $0.2 million of 
       separation costs for the consolidation of operations in North America. 
       Adjustments in the three months ended March 30, 2024 are primarily 
       driven by $0.4 million of separation and other costs associated with 
       the centralization of operations in Europe. 
(e)    Adjustments in the three months ended March 29, 2025 are primarily 
       driven by losses on the sale of assets. Adjustments in the three months 
       ended March 30, 2024 are primarily driven by gains on the sale of 
       assets, partially offset by costs incurred related to litigation. 
(f)    The tax effect represents the immediately preceding adjustments at the 
       normalized tax rates as discussed in footnote (a) above. 
 
 
Segment Reconciliations 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Following is a reconciliation from segment income to adjusted segment 
income for the North America ("NAM") and Europe & Rest of World ("E&RW") 
segments: 
 
(Dollars in thousands)      Three Months Ended       Three Months Ended 
                         ------------------------  ----------------------- 
                              March 29, 2025           March 30, 2024 
                         ------------------------  ----------------------- 
                             NAM          E&RW         NAM         E&RW 
                         ------------  ----------  -----------  ---------- 
Segment income           $43,454       $6,538      $39,742      $6,036 
        Depreciation       5,500          414      $ 3,887      $  257 
        Amortization       1,700           --      $ 1,643          -- 
        Stock-based 
         compensation         --           --           12          10 
        Other (a)              3           --           19          -- 
                          ------  ---   -----       ------       ----- 
    Total adjustments      7,203          414        5,561         267 
                          ------  ---   -----       ------       ----- 
Adjusted segment income  $50,657       $6,952      $45,303      $6,303 
                          ======  ===   =====       ======       ===== 
 
    Segment income 
     margin %               23.2%        15.7%        22.9%       15.4% 
    Adjusted segment 
     income margin %        27.1%        16.6%        26.1%       16.1% 
 
 
(a)    The three months ended March 29, 2025 and March 30, 2024 represents 
       losses on the sale of assets, which the Company believes are not 
       representative of its ongoing business operations. 
 

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250501174200/en/

 
    CONTACT:    Investor Relations: 

Kevin Maczka

investor.relations@hayward.com

Media Relations:

Misty Zelent

mzelent@hayward.com

Source: Hayward Holdings, Inc.

 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 01, 2025 07:01 ET (11:01 GMT)

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