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 "buy" POOL shares.
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10 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Pool's stock. Their POOL share price forecasts range from $291.00 to $550.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $396.09 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 9.0% 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 shares have increased by 20.2% and is now trading at $363.50.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 16th 2023.
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Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 20th. The specialty retailer reported $4.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.87 by $0.64. The specialty retailer earned $1.41 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.37 billion. Pool had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 65.81% and a net margin of 12.81%. The company's revenue was up 23.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $2.71 earnings per share.
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Pool announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 10th will be paid a dividend of $1.00 per share on Wednesday, November 23rd. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.10%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 9th.
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Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.10%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 12 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 20.54%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, POOL will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.72% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Pool issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $18.50-$19.05 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $18.85. 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.

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

Pool's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.91%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.79%), Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC (0.41%), James Hambro & Partners (0.28%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.26%) and Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.24%). Insiders that own company stock include Arthur D Cook, 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 $363.50.

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) has a market capitalization of $14.19 billion and generates $5.30 billion in revenue each year. The specialty retailer earns $650.62 million in net income (profit) each year or $19.47 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 5,500 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.