profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Pool
$216.20+0.91% today
-12.1% in 1 year
1-year low $154.141-year high $271.48
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $19.00 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Pool sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $6.18 billion in 2022 to $5.29 billion in 2025, with $406 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Pool handed back more cash to shareholders than it generated last year.
Buybacks $346M$185M
Free cash flow 2025$310M
Bought back its own shares$346M
Paid as dividends$185M
Cash vs. debt$105M vs. $1.5B
Pool vs. similar companies
Pool grows in the middle of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pool | 19.0× · Fair price | ||
 Fastenal | 50.3× · Expensive | ||
 Ferguson | 18.2× · Fair price | ||
 WESCO International | 24.5× · Fair price | ||
 QXO | No profit yet |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Pool's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,937 | 5,296 | 6,180 | 5,542 | 5,311 | 5,289 | |
| 1,131 | 1,617 | 1,933 | 1,660 | 1,575 | 1,572 | |
| 464 | 833 | 1,026 | 747 | 617 | 580 | |
| 492 | 861 | 1,065 | 787 | 663 | 632 | |
| 367 | 651 | 748 | 523 | 434 | 406 | |
| 8.97 | 15.97 | 18.70 | 13.35 | 11.30 | 10.85 | |
| 28.7% | 30.5% | 31.3% | 30.0% | 29.7% | 29.7% | |
| 11.8% | 15.7% | 16.6% | 13.5% | 11.6% | 11.0% | |
| 9.3% | 12.3% | 12.1% | 9.4% | 8.2% | 7.7% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 1,740 | 3,230 | 3,565 | 3,428 | 3,368 | 3,626 |
| Cash | 34 | 24 | 46 | 67 | 78 | 105 |
| Total debt | 612 | 1,417 | 1,661 | 1,364 | 1,272 | 1,535 |
| Total liabilities | 1,100 | 2,159 | 2,330 | 2,115 | 2,095 | 2,441 |
| 639 | 1,071 | 1,235 | 1,313 | 1,273 | 1,185 | |
| 41 | 40 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | |
| 29.3% | 26.4% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 19.2% | 16.8% | |
| 57.4% | 60.7% | 60.6% | 39.9% | 34.1% | 34.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398 | 313 | 485 | 888 | 659 | 366 | |
| 22 | 38 | 44 | 60 | 59 | 56 | |
| 376 | 276 | 441 | 828 | 600 | 310 | |
| Dividends paid | 92 | 120 | 151 | 167 | 180 | 185 |
| 76 | 138 | 471 | 306 | 306 | 346 | |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 23 |
Valuation
- 19.0×
- 19.5×
- 4.90
- 5.6×
- 1.5×
- 25.0×
- 14.5×
- 4.0%
- 5.3%
- 2.9%
Profitability
- 29.7%
- 11.0%
- 7.7%
- 11.9%
- 15.4%
- 23.0%
- 32.5%
- 10.2%
- 21.3%
- –
Growth
- +6.1%
- +3.9%
- −48.4%
- +10.1%
- −1.8%
Financial health
- 2.4×
- 1.40
- 39.8%
- 12.2×
- 1.87
- 0.55
- 1.34
How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 14%of 982
Top 35%of 991
Top 43%of 875
Bottom 47%of 988
Top 48%of 988
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $279.29
- Range
- $240.00 – $310.00
- 6 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2026 | 1.43 | 1.34 | +6.7% |
| Feb 19, 2026 | 0.84 | 0.99 | −15.2% |
| Oct 23, 2025 | 3.39 | 3.38 | +0.3% |
| Jul 24, 2025 | 5.17 | 5.08 | +1.8% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 1.32 | 1.46 | −9.6% |
| Feb 20, 2025 | 0.97 | 0.89 | +9.0% |
| Oct 24, 2024 | 3.27 | 3.14 | +4.1% |
| Jul 25, 2024 | 4.99 | 4.90 | +1.8% |
2.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$29a year at today's yield, before tax
+10.1%2020 to 2025
Raised–not every year
Paid per share, each year
$1.00 in 2015 → $3.70 in 2025
How safe it looks
45.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 59.7%
News
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Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
56No pass
Benjamin Graham
52No pass
Philip Fisher
52No pass
Peter Lynch
20No pass
Joel Greenblatt
41No pass
Charlie Munger
54No pass
Terry Smith
48No pass
Questions about Pool
Is Pool a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Pool AI analysis
What does Pool do?
Pool Corporation distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products in the United States and internationally. It is in Industrial - Distribution, based in Covington, LA, United States, with 6,000 employees.
Does Pool pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.9% a year, about 46% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $185 million in dividends.
Is Pool stock halal?
Yes. Pool passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 20% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has Pool stock done over the past year?
Down 12.1% over the past twelve months, to $216.20. It traded between $154.14 and $271.48 and is 20.4% below its high.
Who are Pool's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Fastenal, Ferguson, WESCO International and QXO. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Pool's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.