POOL
Pool Corporation
POOL's fundamentals are mixed, but it looks cheap: trading at 20x earnings, below its usual 28x. Analysts expect earnings to hold roughly steady.
POOL Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy |
POOL's profitability, cash flow and balance sheet are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable.
POOL PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 19x | $209 | -2.4% |
| Forward | 19x | $214 | — |
| Current | 20x | $214 | — |
| Fair | 28x | $307 | +43% |
| Expensive | 38x | $409 | +91% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
POOL's PE is in its cheap range at 20x. On analysts' estimates for next year's earnings, today's price would be 19x.
POOL Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| Moderate |
Analysts expect POOL's earnings, revenue and profitability to hold roughly steady.
POOL Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $11.38 | +4.6% |
| Q3 2026 | $10.88 | -1% |
| Q2 2026 | $10.88 | +0.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $10.88 | +1.9% |
| Q4 2025 | $10.85 | -4% |
| Q3 2025 | $10.99 | -5.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $10.86 | -8.4% |
| Q1 2025 | $10.68 | -16% |
| Q4 2024 | $11.30 | -15% |
POOL's earnings per share have fallen from their peak: $10.88 over the past year, against $19.47 in late 2022.
POOL Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.5B | +3.7% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.8B | +2.2% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | +6.2% |
| Q4 2025 | $982.2M | -0.5% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.5B | +1.3% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.8B | +0.8% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.1B | -4.4% |
| Q4 2024 | $987.5M | -1.6% |
POOL's revenue fell from its 2022 peak and has held roughly level since: $1.5B last quarter, up 3.7% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 11% | -0.8 points |
| Q2 2026 | 15% | -0.6 points |
| Q1 2026 | 7.3% | 0 points |
| Q4 2025 | 5.3% | -0.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 12% | 0 points |
| Q2 2025 | 15% | -0.1 points |
| Q1 2025 | 7.2% | -2.5 points |
| Q4 2024 | 6.1% | -1.8 points |
POOL's operating margin was 11% last quarter, down 0.8 points from the same quarter a year ago.
POOL Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $407.4M | +53% |
| Q2 2026 | -$54.5M | -$11.6M |
| Q1 2026 | $17.1M | +23% |
| Q4 2025 | $71.9M | -54% |
| Q3 2025 | $266.6M | -13% |
| Q2 2025 | -$42.9M | -589% |
| Q1 2025 | $13.9M | -89% |
| Q4 2024 | $157M | +30% |
POOL still generates free cash flow, though less than at its 2026 peak: $442M over the past year.
POOL Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.6% | -209K shares |
| 1 year | -3.5% | -1.3M shares |
| 3 years | -7.9% | -3.1M shares |
| 5 years | -12% | -4.8M shares |
| Available history | -12% | -4.9M shares |
POOL has 36M diluted shares, down 3.5% from a year ago, with $380M in buybacks over the past year.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $111.6M |
| Q2 2026 | $22M |
| Q1 2026 | $64.4M |
| Q4 2025 | $182.4M |
| Q3 2025 | $3.2M |
| Q2 2025 | $104.3M |
| Q1 2025 | $56.3M |
| Q4 2024 | $146.9M |
POOL spent $380M buying back its own shares over the past year, up 22% from the year before.
POOL Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 1.7x | Healthy |
| Q2 2026 | 2.1x | Moderate |
| Q4 2024 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q3 2024 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q2 2024 | 1.5x | Healthy |
| Q1 2024 | 1.2x | Healthy |
| Q4 2023 | 1.3x | Healthy |
| Q3 2023 | 1.2x | Healthy |
POOL's net debt is about 1.7 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), up from 1.5 years a year ago.
POOL Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 58.3 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 88.4 | Overbought |
POOL's weekly RSI is 58 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 88 (overbought).
POOL PE vs Industrials Sector
| Metric | POOL | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 20x | 24x | 18% below |
| PE % | 20 | 58 | 38 pts below |
POOL is trading at 20x earnings, a 18% discount to the Industrials sector's median of 24x.
POOL Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $186.2 | 15% above |
| 20 week MA | $189.7 | 13% above |
| 50 week MA | $208.3 | 2.9% above |
| 100 week MA | $259.5 | 17% below |
| 200 week MA | $309.9 | 31% below |
POOL has bounced recently, but its long-term trend is still down: it's above its 8-, 20- and 50-week averages, but 31% below its 200-week average.
POOL Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $213.3 | $364.7 | +71% |
| 2021 | $364.7 | $549.7 | +51% |
| 2022 | $549.7 | $305.6 | -44% |
| 2023 | $305.6 | $398.7 | +30% |
| 2024 | $398.7 | $345.1 | -13% |
| 2025 | $345.1 | $232.5 | -33% |
| 2026 YTD | $232.5 | $214.2 | -7.8% |
POOL has finished lower in three of the last six years. It's down 7.8% so far in 2026.