Hayward price to free cash flow HAYW

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2022.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 13.1×
5-year median: 17.5×
Against its 5-year history: 10th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
5-year range: 11.2× to 53.0×
Peer median: 19.4×

Hayward's price to free cash flow is 13.1× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 5-year median of 17.5×, lower than on 90% of days in the last 5 years.

Over that time it ranged from 11.2× in Jun 2025 to 53.0× in Jul 2023.

The median for 10 industrial machinery stocks of a similar size is 19.4×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	13.1×	11.7×	45.5×
2025	17.9×	11.2×	21.8×
2024	15.3×	14.5×	21.4×
2023	18.1×	12.8×	53.0×
2022	19.2×	11.2×	27.0×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Machinery nearest Hayward's size, closest first, today.

Company	Price to free cash flow
HAYWHayward	13.1×
SXIStandex International	45.3×
KAIKadant	19.4×
KMTKennametal	n/m
CXTCrane NXT	14.6×
HLIOHelios Technologies	20.4×
MWAMueller Water Products	19.4×
MIRMirion Technologies	27.6×
GRCGorman Rupp	19.4×
SPBSpectrum Brands	6.3×
EPACEnerpac Tool	16.3×
Peer median	19.4×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.