Pool Corporation (POOL)

NASDAQ: POOL · USD

$195

+0.39 (+0.2%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-10-18

Our latest published analysis: POOL rated Hold

Pool Corporation's published Hold conclusion compares the analysis-date price with fair value and potential value. Read the full report for assumptions, evidence, and material risks.

Fair value

$167 / share

Potential value

$195 / share

Upside to FV

-3.3%

from $195

Moat

7.5/10

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9-phase methodology · same model in each published edition

Market cap	$6.3B
Revenue (ttm)	5.4B
Net income (ttm)	393.7M
EPS (ttm)	$10.8
Shares out	36.3M
P/E (trailing)	18.0x
P/E (forward)	17.1x
Dividend	$5.20 (2.69%)
Volume	668,972
Beta	1.04

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 5.4B
Net income (ttm): 393.7M
EPS (ttm): $10.8
P/E (trailing): 18.0x
P/E (forward): 17.1x
Market cap: $6.3B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Trend
Period	2021-12-31	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31	2025-12-31	Trend
Revenue	$5.30B	$6.18B	$5.54B	$5.31B	$5.29B	-0.0%
Gross profit	$1.62B	$1.93B	$1.66B	$1.58B	$1.57B	-0.7%
Operating income	$832.8M	$1.03B	$746.6M	$617.2M	$580.2M	-8.6%
Net income	$650.6M	$748.5M	$523.2M	$434.3M	$406.4M	-11.1%
EPS (diluted)	$15.97	$18.70	$13.35	$11.30	$10.85	-9.2%
EBITDA	$862.8M	$1.06B	$786.7M	$662.7M	$631.8M	-7.5%
R&D	—	—	—	—	—	—
SG&A	$784.3M	$907.6M	$913.5M	$958.1M	$992.3M	+6.1%

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Base and Bull scenarios

Base55%

Price target

$166.85

-3.3% from spot

The modal expected path where non-discretionary maintenance demand provides a stable baseline, while new pool construction recovers gradually alongside housing turnover. Ongoing share buybacks and steady dividend growth support mid-single-digit EPS expansion through FY2030.

Revenue expands at a 2.86% to 4.50% CAGR through FY2030.
Operating margin normalizes between 11.0% and 11.5% across 455 sales centers.
Terminal P/E multiple holds at 16.0x forward earnings.

Bull20%

Price target

$194.51

+12.7% from spot

Mortgage interest rates decline, releasing pent-up demand for new residential pool construction and major backyard renovations. Accelerated contractor adoption of premium variable-speed equipment and private-label water treatment expands branch gross margins, driving robust EPS expansion by FY2030.

Revenue growth accelerates to 4.5%-5.5% annually as mortgage rates ease and Sunbelt home turnover rebounds.
Operating margin expands toward 12.0% on branch fixed-cost operating leverage.
Terminal valuation multiple expands to 19.0x forward earnings.

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

The highlighted cell is Fair value when every assumption sits at its base level ($166.85). Each row and column shows what Fair value becomes when one assumption moves.

Ke ↓ / g →	2.0%	2.3%	2.5%	2.8%	3.0%
8.3%	$182	$187	$192	$198	$205
8.8%	$170	$174	$179	$183	$189
9.3%	$160	$163	$167	$171	$175
9.8%	$151	$154	$157	$160	$164
10.3%	$143	$145	$148	$151	$154

Scorecard

Published factor rows and weighted composite

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E17.1

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E15.9

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE30.4

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC15.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Benchmarks · 1M

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Market & fundamental data

Available fields

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0000945841
Company name	Pool Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	73278L105
Earnings date	2026-10-22
Earnings time	bmo
Employees	6,000
Employees change	0
Employees growth	0%
Enterprise value	$8.5B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	December
Founded	1993
Industry	Industrial Distribution
IPO date	1995-10-12
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US73278L1052
Last 10-K release date	2026-02-26
Last earnings date	2026-10-22
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2004-09-13
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$7.1B
Market cap category	Mid-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-02-18
Options	Yes
Price	$195.29
Price currency	USD
Sector	Industrials
SIC code	5090
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	POOL
U.S. state	Louisiana
Website	https://www.poolcorp.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	17.67x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	27.7x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	25.62x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	24.34x
Earnings yield	5.55%
EV/Earnings	21.38x
EV/EBIT	14.44x
EV/EBITDA	13.2x
EV/FCF	19.04x
EV/Sales	1.54x
FCF / EV yield	5.25%
FCF yield	6.31%
Forward EV/Sales	1.5x
Forward P/E	16.86x
Forward P/S	1.25x
Graham number	91.31542
Graham upside	-52.62%
Industry forward P/E	24.34x
Industry P/E	33.97x
Lynch fair value	$54.18
Lynch upside	-71.88%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	16.91x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	14.83x
P/B ratio	5.7x
P/E ratio	18.02x
P/FCF ratio	15.85x
P/OCF ratio	14.01x
P/S ratio	1.29x
PEG ratio	2.83x
Price / tangible book value	28.88x
Price/EBITDA ratio	10.98x
Sector forward P/E	26.03x
Sector P/E	40.37x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	10.7%
EBITDA margin	11.71%
Effective tax rate	24.55%
FCF margin	8.11%
Gross margin	29.42%
Operating margin	10.7%
Pretax margin	9.63%
Profit margin	7.27%
Profit per employee	$65,621
Profitable quarters	46
Profitable years	32
Revenue per employee	$908,020
ROA	10.43%
ROA (5Y)	14.98%
ROCE	21.23%
ROE	30.38%
ROE (5Y)	49.73%
ROIC	15.82%
ROIC (5Y)	24.28%
SBC / revenue	0.51%
Tax / revenue	2.37%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	-0.83%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-34.24%
EPS growth 10Y	12.16%
EPS growth 3Y	-7.78%
EPS growth 5Y	-5.98%
EPS growth years	0
FCF growth	11.98%
FCF growth (Q)	52.83%
FCF growth 3Y	-20.17%
FCF growth 5Y	5.47%
Gross profit growth	2.28%
Gross profit growth (Q)	1.66%
Gross profit growth 3Y	-1.6%
Gross profit growth 5Y	0.88%
Net income growth	-3.92%
Net income growth (Q)	-3.13%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-34.59%
Net income growth 3Y	-10.04%
Net income growth 5Y	-8.15%
Net income growth years	0
OCF growth	9.56%
OCF growth (Q)	46.39%
OCF growth 10Y	9%
OCF growth 3Y	-18.61%
OCF growth 5Y	6.33%
Operating income growth	-0.99%
Operating income growth (Q)	-3.25%
Operating income growth 3Y	-9.06%
Operating income growth 5Y	-5.64%
Revenue growth	2.9%
Revenue growth (Q)	3.71%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	-17.44%
Revenue growth 10Y	7.93%
Revenue growth 3Y	-1.11%
Revenue growth 5Y	1.33%
Revenue growth quarters	2
Revenue growth years	0

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-58M
Depreciation and amortization	$54.7M
EBIT	$583M
EBITDA	$637.7M
EPS	$10.84
FCF per share	$12.16
Financing cash flow	$-460.5M
Free cash flow	$441.9M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$414.2M
Gross profit	$1.6B
Income taxes	$128.9M
Investing cash flow	$-59.5M
Net borrowing	$104.1M
Net cash flow	$-22.8M
Net income	$393.7M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$472.1M
Operating income	$583M
Revenue	$5.4B
Stock-based compensation	$27.8M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$34.20
Debt / EBITDA	1.93
Debt / equity	1.24
Debt / FCF	3.44
Goodwill	$706.7M
Interest coverage	11.78
Long-term assets	$1.7B
Long-term liabilities	$1.5B
Net cash (debt)	$-1.4B
Net cash / market cap	-20.18%
Net debt / EBITDA	2.22
Net debt / equity	1.15
Net debt / FCF	3.2
Piotroski F-Score	5
Property, plant and equipment	$623.9M
Shareholders' equity	$1.2B
Tangible book value	$242.5M
Tangible book value per share	$6.76
Total assets	$3.5B
Total cash	$105.7M
Total debt	$1.5B
Total liabilities	$2.3B
WACC	8.65%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	1.56
Current assets	$1.8B
Current liabilities	$739.7M
Current ratio	2.46
Inventory turnover	3.19
Net working capital	$1.1B
Quick ratio	0.79
Working capital	$1.1B
Working capital turnover	4.93

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	3.2%
Dividend growth	4.08%
Dividend growth (10Y)	16.16%
Dividend growth (3Y)	6.69%
Dividend growth (5Y)	13.07%
Dividend growth years	15
Dividend payment date	2026-08-27
Dividend payment years	23
Dividend payout frequency	Quarterly
Dividend per share	$5.20
Dividend yield	2.69%
Ex-dividend date	2026-08-13
FCF payout ratio	42.76%
Last dividend	$1.30
Payout ratio	47.99%
Shareholder yield	5.89%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	112.83%
10Y return CAGR	9.21%
10Y total return	141.28%
150-day SMA	$191.37
15Y price change	550.97%
15Y return CAGR	14.82%
15Y total return	694.52%
1D price change	0.2%
1M price change	18.42%
1M total return	18.42%
1W price change	13.25%
1W total return	13.25%
1Y price change	-33.48%
1Y return CAGR	-31.82%
1Y total return	-31.8%
20-day SMA	$171.23
200-day SMA	$202.93
20Y price change	377.37%
20Y return CAGR	9.84%
20Y total return	552.93%
3M price change	5.79%
3M total return	6.48%
3Y price change	-36.9%
3Y return CAGR	-12.72%
3Y total return	-33.51%
50-day SMA	$174.42
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50under200
52-week high	$293.27
52-week high date	2025-10-28
52-week low	$152.70
52-week low date	2026-10-08
5Y price change	-60.92%
5Y return CAGR	-15.92%
5Y total return	-57.96%
6M price change	-13.31%
6M total return	-12.09%
All-time high	$582.27
All-time high date	2021-11-19
All-time low	$0.86
All-time low date	1995-10-18
Average true range (ATR)	$6.21
Average volume	871.2K
Beta (1Y)	0.66
Beta (2Y)	0.6
Beta (5Y)	1.04
Change from 52-week high	-33.41%
Change from 52-week low	27.89%
Change from all-time high	-66.46%
Change from all-time low	22,714.25%
Change from open	1.49%
Day's gap	-1.27%
Dollar volume	$130.6M
High price	$195.35
Low price	$191.00
Monthly RSI	39.69
Open price	$192.43
Position in 52-week range	98.62%
Previous close	$194.90
Price vs 150-day SMA	2.05%
Price vs 20-day SMA	14.05%
Price vs 200-day SMA	-3.76%
Price vs 50-day SMA	11.97%
Relative volume	0.78
RSI	70.05
Sharpe ratio	-0.91
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	-0.39
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	-0.38
Sortino ratio	-1.13
Sortino ratio (3Y)	-0.4
Sortino ratio (5Y)	-0.38
Volume	669K
Weekly RSI	50.93
YTD price change	-14.63%
YTD total return	-12.91%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	35.1M
Float percentage	96.48%
Shares change (QoQ)	-0.58%
Shares change (YoY)	-3.2%
Shares held by insiders	3.48%
Shares held by institutions	111.07%
Shares outstanding	36.3M
Short % of float	10.22%
Short % of shares	9.86%
Short ratio	4.3 days

Deeper analysis on POOL

14 sections in the full report · jump straight to what you need

Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Frequently asked questions

About this POOL report

What is the latest published POOL stock rating?

Pool Corporation is shown with Hold in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-18. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full POOL analysis?

The full latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-18, lives at /stocks/POOL/analysis. The bare ticker page summarizes that read and links to each analysis tab; earlier editions remain under /analysis/archive.

What fair value is used for POOL?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-10-18 gives POOL a fair value of USD 167 and a potential value of USD 195. These are dated research outputs, not live market prices; review the valuation assumptions, sensitivity analysis, and material risks before making a decision.

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HoldPOOL · Fair value $167-3.3%

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Category	Score	Reading
Valuation	4.5
Management	8.5
Balance Sheet	6.5
Profitability	7.0
Revenue Growth	4.5
Risk Assessment	6.5
Competitive Moat	7.5
Earnings Quality	6.0
Capital Efficiency	7.5

Pool Corporation (POOL)

Our latest published analysis: POOL rated Hold

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