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Pool Corporation POOL
$161.42 +0.47% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $5.88B
High qualityWeak trendInexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Oct 22, 2026
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Three things to know
- At 14.9× trailing earnings, the shares trade at the lowest P/E of the company's past five years.
- Over the past year the stock returned -47.8%, behind the S&P 500 by 62.9 percentage points.
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 39%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 29%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 37%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 14%
- Gross marginTop 46%
- Operating marginTop 35%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 36%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 38%
- Interest coverTop 22%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 7%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 9%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 29%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 6%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 10%
- 6-month returnBottom 19%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 9%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 21%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 15%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyBottom 48%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 50%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 31%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 32%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 16%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 38%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.8% | 2.2% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 2.0% | 0.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 29.5% | 29.6% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 11.1% | 10.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 8.2% | 11.3% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.2% | 1.8% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 0.2% | 2.0% | ↓ | Bottom 39% |
| Gross margin | 29.6% | 29.5% | ↑ | Top 46% |
| Operating margin | 10.8% | 11.1% | ↓ | Top 35% |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 7.8% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.3% | 8.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 14.1% | — | Top 14% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.1% | — | Bottom 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.83×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -8.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +8.4 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 2.75×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 11.6×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 6.30%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 10.23%
- Shareholder yield
- 16.53%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.5%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 6 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -2.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -2.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 1 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $211.57
- Target vs current price
- +31.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 21
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 57%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | +0.9% | -6.6% | -1.4% | -0.1% | — |
| Apr 23, 2026 | +5.9% | -2.4% | -10.5% | -22.4% | -14.2% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | -15.2% | -14.5% | -15.9% | -19.4% | -31.4% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | +0.3% | +0.9% | -4.7% | -21.4% | -12.4% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | +1.8% | +3.0% | -1.5% | -0.6% | -8.4% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | -9.6% | -6.7% | -5.2% | -2.1% | -3.3% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | +9.0% | +1.0% | +2.0% | -5.5% | -8.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | +4.1% | +7.6% | +3.9% | +2.9% | +2.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | $5.38 | $5.33 | +0.9% | $1.82B |
| Apr 23, 2026 | $1.43 | $1.35 | +5.9% | $1.14B |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.84 | $0.99 | -15.2% | $982.2M |
| Oct 23, 2025 | $3.39 | $3.38 | +0.3% | $1.45B |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $5.17 | $5.08 | +1.8% | $1.78B |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $1.32 | $1.46 | -9.6% | $1.07B |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.97 | $0.89 | +9.0% | $987.5M |
| Oct 24, 2024 | $3.27 | $3.14 | +4.1% | $1.43B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.9× | 25.8× | 0th | Top 7% |
| P/E (forward) | 14.7× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.5× | — | — | Top 29% |
| EV / Sales | 1.40× | — | — | Top 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.38% | — | — | Top 9% |
| Earnings yield | 6.73% | — | — | Top 7% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 15.6× – 36.3× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -47.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +0.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -38.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -7.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.3%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -11.7%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -22.6%
- RSI (14)
- 29.8
- Relative volume
- 0.74×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 58th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.67
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.30
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -48.3%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -61.7%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2021 | Oct 1, 2026 | -72.2% | 1220 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Feb 22, 2021 | -19.6% | 29 days | 42 days (Apr 22, 2021) |
| Nov 5, 2020 | Nov 9, 2020 | -16.1% | 2 days | 40 days (Jan 7, 2021) |
| Sep 8, 2021 | Sep 30, 2021 | -12.7% | 16 days | 15 days (Oct 21, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $5.88B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.9
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $10.87
- Revenue (TTM)
- $5.39B
- Dividend yield
- 3.16%
- 52-week range
- $158.40 – $313.75
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.30B | $6.18B | $5.54B | $5.31B | $5.29B |
| Gross profit | $1.62B | $1.93B | $1.66B | $1.58B | $1.57B |
| Operating income | $832.8M | $1.03B | $747.1M | $617.2M | $580.2M |
| Net income | $650.6M | $748.5M | $523.2M | $434.3M | $406.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $15.97 | $18.70 | $13.35 | $11.30 | $10.85 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.43B | $987.5M | $1.07B | $1.78B | $1.45B | $982.2M | $1.14B | $1.82B |
| Net income | $125.7M | $37.3M | $53.5M | $194.3M | $127.0M | $31.6M | $53.2M | $188.1M |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.27 | $0.99 | $1.42 | $5.17 | $3.40 | $0.86 | $1.45 | $5.16 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $313.5M | $484.9M | $888.2M | $659.2M | $365.9M |
| Capital expenditure | -$37.7M | -$43.6M | -$60.1M | -$59.5M | -$56.3M |
| Free cash flow | $275.8M | $441.2M | $828.1M | $599.7M | $309.5M |
| Dividends paid | -$119.6M | -$150.6M | -$167.5M | -$179.6M | -$184.9M |
| Net share buybacks | -$120.8M | -$462.3M | -$295.9M | -$293.1M | -$336.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $28.8M
- Total assets
- $3.76B
- Total liabilities
- $2.50B
- Total debt
- $1.70B
- Net debt
- $1.67B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.26B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | $1.30 | Aug 27, 2026 |
| May 14, 2026 | $1.30 | May 28, 2026 |
| Mar 12, 2026 | $1.25 | Mar 26, 2026 |
| Nov 12, 2025 | $1.25 | Nov 26, 2025 |
| Aug 14, 2025 | $1.25 | Aug 28, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $1.25 | May 29, 2025 |
| Mar 12, 2025 | $1.20 | Mar 26, 2025 |
| Nov 13, 2024 | $1.20 | Nov 27, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 3,312,062
- Days to cover
- 4.39
- Change vs previous report
- -4.1%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 13, 2004
- 3-for-2
- Sep 15, 2003
- 3-for-2
- Sep 10, 2001
- 3-for-2
- Jun 20, 2000
- 3-for-2
- Jul 27, 1998
- 3-for-2