Pool Corp

Consumer Discretionary
Industrial Specialties
www.poolcorp.com

Earnings Score
Moat Score
Safety Score
Final Score

Market Cap $11.06B
PE 27
Debt $1.03B
Cash $71.64M
EV $12.02B
FCF $485.24M

Earnings

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Sales & Net Margins

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Earnings	$406.89M
EBIT	$586.02M
ROE	33%
ROA	16%
FCF	$485.24M
Equity	$1.24B
Growth Stability	68%
PE	27.19
PEG	8.68
PB	8.93
P/FCF	22.8
P/S	2.1
Price/Cash	0.01
Debt/Equity	0.83
Debt/FCF	2.11
Net Margins	5%
Gross Margins	29%
Op. Margins	11%
Earnings CAGR	19%
Sales Growth YoY	-4%
Sales Growth QoQ	9%
Sales CAGR	12%
FCF CAGR	26%
Equity CAGR	27%
Earnings Stability	0.74
Earnings Growth YoY	-32%
Earnings Growth QoQ	44%
Earnings CAGR 5Y	3%

Sales CAGR 5Y	8%
FCF CAGR 5Y	19%
Equity CAGR 5Y	21%
Earnings CAGR 3Y	-6%
Sales CAGR 3Y	-6%
FCF CAGR 3Y	44%
Equity CAGR 3Y	3%
Market Cap	$11.06B
Revenue	$5.26B
Dividend Yield	2%
Payout Ratio	45%
Assets	$3.71B
Total Debt	$1.03B
Cash	$71.64M
Shares Outstanding	37.46M
EV	12.02B
Earnings Score	92%
Moat Score	91%
Safety Score	87%
Final Score	90%
Working Capital	919.76M
Current Ratio	1.79
Gross Profit	$1.55B
Shares Growth 3y	-2%
Equity Growth QoQ	-3%
Equity Growth YoY	-8%

Assets & ROA

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Stockholders Equity & ROE

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Pool Corp distributes swimming pool supplies and related products. It sells national-brand and private-label products to approximately 120000 customers. The products include non-discretionary pool-maintenance products, like chemicals and replacement parts, as well as pool equipment, like packaged pools (kits to build swimming pools), cleaners, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights. Customers include pool builders and remodelers, independent retail stores, and pool repair and service companies.

SEC Filings

Direct access to Pool Corp (POOL) Annual Reports (10K) and Quarterly Reports (10Q) from the SEC website.

2025
- 10-Q Mar 31
2024
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31
2023
- 10-K Dec 31
- 10-Q Sep 30
- 10-Q Jun 30
- 10-Q Mar 31

Sector Comparison

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Peter Lynch's Chart

This chart shows the current pricing of Pool Corp compared to its past. The addition of the earnings trend line provides further insights into the company's earnings power.

CAGR 19%

Stability 74%

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Pool Corp Discounted Cash Flow

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Years

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= $29B

	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	TV
fcf	$485M	$609M	$765M	$960M	$1.2B	$1.5B	$1.9B	$2.4B	$3B	$3.8B	$4.7B	$47B
DCF		$554M	$632M	$721M	$823M	$939M	$1.1B	$1.2B	$1.4B	$1.6B	$1.8B	$18B
Value	$29B

Competitiveness and MOAT

High margins render the company resilient under dire circumstances, hence able to drive competitors out or acquire them. ROE and ROA measure the average flow generated by each invested dollar. Their marginal value is a forecast of future growth, and it is considered by Buffett and Munger the most important single indicator.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Net Margins	5%	6%	7%	8%	8%	9%	12%	12%	9%	8%	5%
ROA	-	26%	26%	25%	23%	27%	26%	29%	22%	18%	16%
ROE	-	72%	86%	105%	64%	57%	60%	60%	40%	34%	33%

Bad Net Margins (4.97%)

Net Margins are too low to guarantee profitability in case of higher costs or higher interest rates. Furthermore lower margins cause higher earnings’ volatility.

Safety and Stability

Being debt the number one cause of investment losses and company death, the ratio Debt/FCF is of utmost importance to guarantee safety. On the other hand the Graham’s stability measures the drawdown of earnings, hence indicating the reliability of the flow generated by the company.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	TTM
Debt over FCF	-	3.35	3.9	7.76	1.93	1.11	4.29	3.14	1.27	1.58	2.11
Debt over Equity	1.29	2.14	2.38	3.02	1.25	0.65	1.1	1.12	0.8	0.75	0.83
Growth Stability	-	-	-	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	89%	68%	68%

Neutral Debt/FCF ratio (2.11)

Net Margins are at a level that is not too high nor too low. They are not a competitive advantage but they are not a competitive disadvantage either.

Good Debt/Equity ratio (0.83)

The company is not overleveraged and has a good balance between equity and debt.

Bad Graham’s Stability (68%)

The company has a bad stability in its earnings, which is a sign of a bad competitive advantage.

Growth

Growth can be dangerous when forecasting, simply projecting the current growth is in general wrong. A company passes through multiple phases, from being young and unprofitable, to the first periods of profitability and high growth, until it arrives at a period of regime with limited growth. Identifying in which phase the company is in may help forecasting.

Years	12/2015	12/2016	12/2017	12/2018	12/2019	12/2020	12/2021	12/2022	12/2023	12/2024	CAGR 5Y
Revenue YoY growth	-	9%	8%	8%	7%	23%	35%	17%	-10%	-4%	8%
Earnings YoY growth	-	16%	29%	23%	12%	40%	76%	15%	-30%	-17%	3%
Equity YoY growth	-	-20%	9%	0%	83%	56%	68%	15%	6%	-3%	21%
FCF YoY growth	-	12%	4%	-36%	205%	42%	-27%	60%	88%	-28%	19%