Pool (POOL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pool in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" POOL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in POOL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Pool's shares. Their POOL share price targets range from $368.00 to $436.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $401.50 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.4% from the stock's current price.
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Pool's stock was trading at $398.71 at the start of the year. Since then, POOL shares have decreased by 8.8% and is now trading at $363.71.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2024.
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Pool will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, April 25th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 22nd. The specialty retailer reported $1.30 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.28 by $0.02. The specialty retailer earned $1 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.02 billion. Pool had a net margin of 9.44% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.94%. The business's revenue was down 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.79 earnings per share.
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Pool declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 14th will be paid a dividend of $1.10 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $4.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, March 13th.
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Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.21%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 13 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 33.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, POOL will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.95% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) stock in their portfolio include VictoryShares THB Mid Cap ESG ETF (MDCP), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NUMG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RSPD), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RCD), VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF (QQQN), Invesco ESG NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF (QQJG), Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF (SPGP) and Opus Small Cap Value Plus ETF (OSCV).

Pool updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $13.00 to $14.00 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $14.13.

7 employees have rated Pool Chief Executive Officer Peter Arvan on Glassdoor.com. Peter Arvan has an approval rating of 70% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pool investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Block (SQ), Visa (V), AbbVie (ABBV), Salesforce (CRM), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

Pool's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wasatch Advisors LP (1.36%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.91%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.26%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.24%), Congress Wealth Management LLC DE (0.11%) and Cullen Investment Group LTD. (0.03%). Insiders that own company stock include De La Mesa Manuel J Perez, De La Mesa Manuel J Perez, Hart Melanie Housey, Jennifer M Neil, Mark W Joslin, Martha S Gervasi, Peter D Arvan, Robert C Sledd, Romain Kenneth G St and Romain Kenneth G St.
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Shares of POOL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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