NASDAQ:POOLPool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Pool's stock was trading at $207.35 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) 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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 69.42% and a net margin of 7.92%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.80 EPS. View Pool's earnings history.

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

Pool announced that its board has authorized a stock repurchase program on Thursday, May 2nd 2019, which allows the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

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

7 brokers have issued 1-year price objectives for Pool's stock. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Pool's share price to reach $253.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.3%. View analysts' price targets for Pool.

News articles about POOL stock have been trending negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Pool earned a news impact 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, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Pool.

Pool saw a decline in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 912,300 shares, a decline of 20.0% from the June 15th total of 1,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading 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]