# Pool Corporation (POOL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NASDAQ, United States. Sector: Consumer Cyclical / Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure. Price $185.22, market value $6.7 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 17.0×** (5-yr avg 25.4×, 3-yr avg 26.2×). Pool Corporation trades at 17.0× trailing earnings, well below its own five-year average of 25.4×: cheap by its own standards. The Consumer Cyclical median in the September 2026 study was 19.5×. Forward P/E is 15.7×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 1.2×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 1.2×.
- **Price / book: 5.3×**. The shares trade at 5.3× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 4.5%** (5-yr avg 3.8%). Free cash flow equals 4.5% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 3.8%.
- **Earnings yield: 5.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 29.6%**. Pool Corporation keeps 29.6% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 10.8%**. 10.8% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 7.7%**. 7.7% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 34.3%**. 34.3% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on invested capital: 19.2%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 19.2%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 11.0%**. Each dollar of assets produces 11.0% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): -0.4%** (3-yr -5.1%/yr, 5-yr 6.1%/yr). Revenue fell 0.4% over the last year, against 6.1% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -4.0%** (3-yr -16.6%/yr, 5-yr 3.9%/yr). Earnings per share fell 4.0%, roughly in step with revenue.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): -11.1%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at -11.1% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.01**. Debt is 1.01 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Current ratio: 2.24** (quick 2.24). Current assets cover the next year's liabilities 2.24 times.
- **Altman Z-score: 4.46**. A Z-score of 4.46 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 5/9**. 5 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 2.81%** ($5.05 per share, trailing). Pool Corporation yields 2.81%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 46%** (62% of free cash flow). 46% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 22**. 22 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 16.7%/yr** (1-yr 5.3%). The dividend has compounded at 16.7% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 4 years at that pace.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (12 analysts). 12 analysts cover Pool Corporation; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $219.50 (+19% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -40.3%** (YTD -17.9%, 3-mo -0.2%). The shares are down 40.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -44.9%** (7.3% above the low). Trading 45% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 43**. An RSI of 43 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 0.75** (volatility 35%). Beta of 0.75 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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