NASDAQ:POOL - Pool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Pool trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "POOL."

Pool announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 14th will be paid a dividend of $0.55 per share on Wednesday, November 27th. This represents a $2.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 13th. View Pool's Dividend History.

Pool declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Thursday, May 2nd 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) released its earnings results on Thursday, October, 17th. The specialty retailer reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.17. The specialty retailer had revenue of $898.50 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $883.54 million. Pool had a net margin of 8.24% and a return on equity of 82.52%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.66 earnings per share. View Pool's Earnings History.

Pool is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 13th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Pool.

4 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Pool's shares. Their forecasts range from $196.00 to $230.00. On average, they anticipate Pool's share price to reach $217.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.5%. View Analyst Price Targets for Pool.

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pool in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Pool.

News coverage about POOL stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Pool earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Pool.

Some companies that are related to Pool include Genuine Parts (GPC), LKQ (LKQ), Core-Mark (CORE), Weyco Group (WEYS) and VOXX International (VOXX).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pool investors own include InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Adobe (ADBE), PepsiCo (PEP), Stag Industrial (STAG), Verizon Communications (VZ) and salesforce.com (CRM).

Pool's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.72%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), Janney Montgomery Scott LLC (0.04%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.02%), Ambassador Advisors LLC (0.02%) and Diligent Investors LLC (0.02%). Company insiders that own Pool stock include Arthur D Cook, De La Mesa Manuel J Perez, Harlan F Seymour, Hart Melanie Housey, Jennifer M Neil, John E Stokely, Mark W Joslin, Peter D Arvan, Robert C Sledd and Romain Kenneth G St. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Pool.

POOL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN, Tocqueville Asset Management L.P., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Diligent Investors LLC and NEXT Financial Group Inc. Company insiders that have sold Pool company stock in the last year include Arthur D Cook, De La Mesa Manuel J Perez, Harlan F Seymour, Hart Melanie Housey, Jennifer M Neil, John E Stokely, Mark W Joslin, Robert C Sledd and Romain Kenneth G St. View Insider Buying and Selling for Pool.

POOL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ambassador Advisors LLC, AdvisorShares Investments LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd., G&S Capital LLC, NewSquare Capital LLC, Squar Milner Financial Services LLC, Advisors Capital Management LLC and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank . View Insider Buying and Selling for Pool.

Shares of POOL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of POOL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $222.47.

Pool has a market capitalization of $8.91 billion and generates $3.00 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $234.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.62 on an earnings per share basis. Pool employs 4,000 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Pool.

The official website for Pool is http://www.poolcorp.com/.

Pool's mailing address is 109 Northpark Boulevard, Covington LA, 70433. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at 985-892-5521 or via email at [email protected]