Pool - POOL Stock Forecast, Price & News

10 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Pool in the last year. 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 12-month price targets for Pool's stock. Their POOL share price forecasts range from $291.00 to $550.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $396.09 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.9%.
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Pool's stock was trading at $302.33 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, POOL shares have increased by 33.5% and is now trading at $403.57.
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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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 16th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 20th. The specialty retailer reported $4.51 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.87 by $0.64. The specialty retailer had revenue of $1.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.37 billion. Pool had a net margin of 12.81% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 65.81%. Pool's revenue for the quarter was up 23.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.71 EPS.
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Pool announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 10th will be given a dividend of $1.00 per share on Wednesday, November 23rd. This represents a $4.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.99%. 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 0.99%. 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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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.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Pool investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Home Depot (HD), Walt Disney (DIS), Block (SQ), Visa (V), AbbVie (ABBV), Salesforce (CRM), Micron Technology (MU), QUALCOMM (QCOM) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).

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

Pool's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.91%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.79%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.52%), Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC (0.41%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%) and James Hambro & Partners (0.28%). 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 $403.57.

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) has a market capitalization of $15.76 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.