NASDAQ:POOLPool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Pool's stock was trading at $207.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, POOL shares have increased by 33.2% and is now trading at $276.28. 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Pool Co. (NASDAQ:POOL) issued its earnings results 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 the consensus estimate of $629.97 million. Pool had a net margin of 7.92% and a return on equity of 69.42%. Pool's revenue for the quarter was up 13.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $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 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 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. This is a positive change from Pool's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55. View Pool's dividend history.

Pool announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program on Thursday, May 2nd 2019, which permits the company to repurchase $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to buy up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

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

7 analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Pool's shares. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $300.00. On average, they expect Pool's share price to reach $253.14 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.4%. View analysts' price targets for Pool.

Media stories about POOL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Pool.

Pool saw a decline in short interest during the month of 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 daily volume of 324,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.8 days. Currently, 2.4% of the shares of the stock 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."

Pool's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.38%), Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (0.03%), Brasada Capital Management LP (0.02%), Diligent Investors LLC (0.02%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and AdvisorShares Investments LLC (0.01%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Pool.

POOL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 6 Meridian, and Diligent Investors 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, Robert C Sledd, and Romain Kenneth G St. View insider buying and selling activity for Pool.

POOL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., AdvisorShares Investments LLC, Canandaigua National Corp, Private Trust Co. NA, Paragon Advisors LLC, Boenning & Scattergood Inc., IBM Retirement Fund, and Louisiana State Employees Retirement System. View insider buying and selling activity for Pool.

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 $276.28.

Pool has a market capitalization of $11.03 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]