NASDAQ:POOLPool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Pool's stock was trading at $207.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, POOL stock has increased by 57.4% and is now trading at $326.47.
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7 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pool in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings, 3 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Pool is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 15th 2020.
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Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) posted its earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $3.87 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.09 by $0.78. The specialty retailer earned $1.28 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.17 billion. Pool had a net margin of 8.32% and a return on equity of 69.72%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.22 earnings per share.
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Pool declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 4th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 13th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share on Thursday, August 27th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 12th.
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Pool declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Thursday, May 2nd 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Pool updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.05-$7.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.27.

7 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Pool's shares. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Pool's stock price to reach $253.14 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 22.5%.
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News coverage about POOL stock has been trending positive on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Pool earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.
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Pool saw a decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 722,400 shares, a decline of 11.1% from the July 15th total of 812,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 325,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.9% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Pool include Genuine Parts (GPC), LKQ (LKQ), Core-Mark (CORE), Weyco Group (WEYS) and VOXX International (VOXX).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pool investors own include Adobe (ADBE), InterDigital Wireless (IDCC), NVIDIA (NVDA), Bank of Hawaii (BOH), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), AbbVie (ABBV), Copart (CPRT), PepsiCo (PEP) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).

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

Pool's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (1.18%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (0.82%), Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC (0.68%), Chilton Investment Co. LLC (0.42%), Raymond James & Associates (0.41%) and GW&K Investment Management LLC (0.41%). 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.
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POOL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Copeland Capital Management LLC, Oak Ridge Investments LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning, UBS Group AG, and New York State Common Retirement Fund. Company insiders that have sold Pool company stock in the last year include Arthur D Cook, De La Mesa Manuel J Perez, Hart Melanie Housey, Mark W Joslin, Robert C Sledd, and Romain Kenneth G St.
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POOL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Victory Capital Management Inc., Raymond James & Associates, First Trust Advisors LP, Strs Ohio, Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Swiss National Bank, and Assenagon Asset Management S.A..
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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 $326.47.

Pool has a market capitalization of $13.08 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.

The official website for Pool is 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]