NASDAQ:POOLPool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Pool's stock was trading at $207.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, POOL stock has increased by 30.3% and is now trading at $270.22. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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." View analyst ratings for Pool.

Pool is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Pool.

Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.71 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.06. The specialty retailer earned $677.30 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $629.97 million. Pool had a net margin of 7.92% and a return on equity of 69.42%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.80 EPS. View Pool's earnings history.

Pool announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.58 per share on Friday, May 29th. This represents a $2.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. This is an increase from Pool's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. View Pool's dividend history.

Pool announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase program on Thursday, May 2nd 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Pool issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 23rd. The company provided EPS guidance of $5.45-$6.05 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.52.

7 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Pool's stock. 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 6.3%. View analysts' price targets for Pool.

News headlines about POOL stock have been trending negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Pool.

Pool saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 912,300 shares, a drop of 20.0% from the June 15th total of 1,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 324,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Approximately 2.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Pool's Current Options Chain.

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

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."

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One share of POOL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $270.22.

Pool has a market capitalization of $10.79 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]