Pool (POOL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pool in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" POOL shares.
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10 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Pool's shares. Their POOL share price forecasts range from $315.00 to $445.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $386.70 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.5% from the stock's current price.
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Pool's stock was trading at $302.33 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, POOL stock has increased by 13.7% and is now trading at $343.70.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 19th 2023.
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Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 20th. The specialty retailer reported $5.89 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $6.01 by $0.12. The specialty retailer earned $1.86 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.89 billion. Pool had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 45.78% and a net margin of 10.32%. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 9.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $7.59 earnings per share.
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Pool declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, July 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.10 per share on Thursday, August 24th. This represents a $4.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 9th.
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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), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RSPD), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Growth ETF (NUMG), Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RCD), QRAFT AI-Enhanced U.S. Large Cap ETF (QRFT), VictoryShares Nasdaq Next 50 ETF (QQQN), Invesco ESG NASDAQ Next Gen 100 ETF (QQJG) and Invesco S&P 500 GARP ETF (SPGP).

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) pays an annual dividend of $4.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.28%. 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 29.16%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, POOL will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.55% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Pool updated its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 20th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $13.00-$14.00 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $14.94. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

Pool's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.59%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.56%), State Street Corp (3.87%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.26%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (1.66%) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.41%). 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 WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of POOL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $343.70.

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) has a market capitalization of $13.42 billion and generates $6.18 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $748.46 million in net income (profit) each year or $15.09 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 6,000 workers across the globe.

Pool's mailing address is 109 Northpark Boulevard, Covington LA, 70433. The official website for the company is www.poolcorp.com. The specialty retailer can be reached via phone at (985) 892-5521, via email at investor.relations@poolcorp.com, or via fax at 985-801-5716.