Pool Stock Forecast, Price & News

7 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pool in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings, 2 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Pool stock.
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Pool saw a decline in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 724,000 shares, a decline of 16.8% from the March 31st total of 870,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 368,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Pool is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 22nd 2021.
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Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 21st. The specialty retailer reported $2.42 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.15 by $1.27. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.06 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $825.73 million. Pool had a net margin of 8.85% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 70.48%. The company's revenue was up 56.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.71 EPS.
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Pool's stock was trading at $207.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, POOL shares have increased by 114.1% and is now trading at $443.91.
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Pool declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 17th will be paid a dividend of $0.80 per share on Friday, May 28th. This represents a $3.20 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 14th. This is a positive change from Pool's previous quarterly dividend of $0.58.
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Pool pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.53%. Pool has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Pool is 39.79%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Pool will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.72% next year. This indicates that Pool will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Pool issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 11.750-12.500 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $9.460. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Pool's stock. Their forecasts range from $275.00 to $444.00. On average, they anticipate Pool's stock price to reach $377.83 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.9%.
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7 employees have rated Pool CEO Peter Arvan on Glassdoor.com. Peter Arvan has an approval rating of 70% among Pool's employees.

Some companies that are related to Pool include Genuine Parts (GPC), LKQ (LKQ), Core-Mark (CORE), VOXX International (VOXX) and Weyco Group (WEYS).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pool investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), The Home Depot (HD), The Walt Disney (DIS), Square (SQ), Visa (V), AbbVie (ABBV), salesforce.com (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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (1.04%), Handelsbanken Fonder AB (0.96%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.81%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.72%), The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company (0.71%) and Los Angeles Capital Management LLC (0.69%). Company insiders that own Pool stock include Arthur D Cook, De La Mesa Manuel J Perez, Hart Melanie Housey, Jennifer M Neil, John E Stokely, Mark W Joslin, Peter D Arvan, Robert C Sledd and Romain Kenneth G St.
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POOL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Bank of Nova Scotia, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, Strs Ohio, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Fisher Asset Management LLC, and New York State Teachers Retirement System. Company insiders that have sold Pool company stock in the last year include De La Mesa Manuel J Perez, Hart Melanie Housey, Jennifer M Neil, Mark W Joslin, and Romain Kenneth G St.
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POOL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Oak Ridge Investments LLC, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Wilkinson Global Asset Management LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management LLC, Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning, and BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A..
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One share of POOL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $443.91.

Pool has a market capitalization of $17.80 billion and generates $3.20 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $261.58 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.83 on an earnings per share basis.

Pool employs 4,500 workers across the globe.

Pool was founded in 1983.

The official website for Pool is www.poolcorp.com.

Pool is headquartered at 109 Northpark Boulevard, Covington LA, 70433.

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]