Pool Stock Forecast, Price & 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. Since then, POOL shares have increased by 45.3% and is now trading at $301.26.
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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 the consensus estimate of $3.09 by $0.78. The specialty retailer earned $1.28 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.17 billion. Pool had a net margin of 8.32% and a return on equity of 69.72%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 14.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.22 earnings per share.
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Pool declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, August 4th. Shareholders 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.77%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 12th.
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Pool announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Thursday, May 2nd 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 2.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Pool issued an update on 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 estimate of $6.27.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Pool's stock. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Pool's share price to reach $253.14 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.0%.
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Pool saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 594,000 shares, a drop of 17.8% from the July 30th total of 722,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 308,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.5% of the company's shares are sold short.
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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), Home Depot (hd), Visa (V), Walt Disney (DIS), Square (SQ), AbbVie (ABBV), salesforce.com (CRM), Micron Technology (MU), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and QUALCOMM (QCOM).

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

Pool's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.93%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.92%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (4.39%), Wasatch Advisors Inc. (1.56%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.36%) and Congress Asset Management Co. MA (1.18%). 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, Handelsbanken Fonder AB, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Copeland Capital Management LLC, Neuberger Berman Group LLC, TimesSquare Capital Management LLC, and Balyasny Asset Management LLC. 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, and Romain Kenneth G St.
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POOL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Axiom International Investors LLC DE, Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC, Blair William & Co. IL, Macquarie Group Ltd., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, and Victory Capital Management Inc..
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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 $301.26.

Pool has a market capitalization of $12.07 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]