Pool Corporation (POOL)
Consumer Discretionary · $6.2B market cap · SEC CIK 0000945841
fundamentals score out of 100
Next reports on Oct 21, 2026, with analysts expecting $3.43 in earnings per share.
The case for POOL
- Earns 32% back on shareholder equity.
- Reasonably priced at 15.5× earnings.
- Current assets cover the near-term bills 2.7 times over.
- Pays a modest 1.2% dividend.
The case against
- Down 47.2% over the past year.
- Near the bottom of its 52-week range, 48% below the high. Falling prices usually have a reason; find it first.
- Long-term debt of $1.2B against $105M of cash.
- Revenue grew only 2.2%, roughly the pace of inflation.
What the score is made of
Each factor is half a curve over reported figures and half a rank among the other Consumer Discretionary companies (momentum is judged against fixed thresholds only), and the five are blended by weight. It describes the last filing and the current price. It is not a forecast.
| Valuewhat you pay for the earnings, sales, assets and cash | 66 |
|---|---|
| Growthhow fast revenue and earnings are moving, this year and over five | 37 |
| Profitabilityhow much of the revenue becomes profit, and how much of that is cash | 48 |
| Momentumhow the price has behaved lately | 9 |
| Stabilityhow violently it moves, what it owes and what it pays you | 51 |
- Each factor except momentum is half fixed thresholds, half rank among the 48 Consumer Discretionary companies.
Key numbers
| Price / earnings | 15.5× |
|---|---|
| Price / book | 6.22× |
| Price / sales | 1.1× |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +2.2% |
| EPS growth (YoY) | +0.4% |
| Gross margin | 30% |
| Operating margin | 11% |
| Net margin | 7% |
| Return on equity | 32% |
| Debt / equity | 1.06× |
| Current ratio | 2.67 |
| Dividend yield | 1.24% |
| Beta | 0.96 |
| 52-week range | $165.37 – $325.57 |
| Position in that range | 2% of the way up |
| 3-month return | -15.6% |
| 1-year return | -47.2% |
Five years of financials, as filed
Pulled from Pool Corporation's XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR. Italic rows are derived from the rows above.
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.3B | $5.3B | $5.5B | $6.2B | $5.3B |
| Gross profit | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.9B | $1.6B |
| Operating income | $580M | $617M | $747M | $1.0B | $833M |
| Net income | $406M | $434M | $523M | $748M | $651M |
| Operating cash flow | $366M | $659M | $888M | $485M | $313M |
| Capital expenditure | $56.3M | $59.5M | $60.1M | $43.6M | $37.7M |
| Total assets | $3.6B | $3.4B | $3.4B | $3.6B | $3.2B |
| Total liabilities | $2.4B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $2.2B |
| Shareholder equity | $1.2B | $1.3B | $1.3B | $1.2B | $1.1B |
| Cash | $105M | $77.9M | $66.5M | $45.6M | $24.3M |
| Long-term debt | $1.2B | $901M | $1.0B | $1.4B | $1.2B |
| Free cash flow | $310M | $600M | $828M | $441M | $276M |
| Gross margin | 29.7% | 29.7% | 30.0% | 31.3% | 30.5% |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 11.6% | 13.5% | 16.6% | 15.7% |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 12.1% | 12.3% |
| Diluted shares | 37.3M | 38.2M | 39.0M | 39.8M | 40.5M |
Share count is down 7.9% over 4 years. Buybacks have been shrinking the pie.
What Pool Corporation says it does
Pool Corporation (the Company , which may also be referred to as we, us or our ), a member of the S&P 500 Index, is the world’s largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment and related leisure products and is one of the leading distributors of irrigation and landscape maintenance products in the United States. As of December 31, 2025, we operated 456 sales centers strategically located in North America, Europe and Australia, from which we sell swimming pool supplies, equipment and related leisure products, irrigation and landscape maintenance products and hardscapes, tile and stone products. Our customer base generally includes pool builders, pool service companies, retail stores, commercial pool operators and landscape contractors. We distribute products through our five distribution networks listed below: • SCP Distributors (SCP); • Superior Pool Products (Superior); • Horizon Distributors…
Risk factors POOL lists in its 10-K
- Performance-Based Compensation Accrual
- Impairment of Goodwill and Other Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets
- Fiscal Year 2025 compared to Fiscal Year 2024
- 2025 Quarterly Sales Performance Compared to 2024 Quarterly Sales Performance
- Seasonality and Quarterly Fluctuations
- Interest and Other Non-operating Expenses, net
- Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
- Fiscal Year 2024 compared to Fiscal Year 2023
- Weather Impacts on Fiscal Year 2025 to Fiscal Year 2024 Comparisons
- Weather Impacts on Fiscal Year 2024 to Fiscal Year 2023 Comparisons
- Receivables Securitization Facility
- Maximum Average Total Leverage Ratio
- Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
- Estimated Interest Payments Due by Period