NASDAQ:POOLPool Stock Price, Forecast & News

Pool's stock was trading at $207.35 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, POOL stock has increased by 55.4% and is now trading at $322.22.
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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) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 23rd. The specialty retailer reported $3.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' 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 business's revenue was up 14.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.22 EPS.
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Pool announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 23rd. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.72%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. This is a boost from Pool's previous quarterly dividend of $0.55.
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Pool declared that its board has authorized a share buyback plan on Thursday, May 2nd 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $200,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 2.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Pool updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, July, 23rd. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $7.05-$7.45 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.27.

7 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Pool's shares. Their forecasts range from $205.00 to $300.00. On average, they anticipate Pool's share price to reach $253.14 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 21.4%.
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Headlines about POOL stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Pool earned a media sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the specialty retailer a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.
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Pool saw a decrease in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 722,400 shares, a decrease of 11.1% from the June 30th total of 812,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 325,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 1.9% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Pool include Genuine Parts (GPC), LKQ (LKQ), Core-Mark (CORE), Weyco Group (WEYS) and VOXX International (VOXX).
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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 shareholders include Congress Asset Management Co. MA (1.18%), Villere ST Denis J & Co. LLC (0.68%), Raymond James & Associates (0.41%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.38%), Copeland Capital Management LLC (0.29%) and Hancock Whitney Corp (0.26%). 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, Congress Asset Management Co. MA, Copeland Capital Management LLC, Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning, UBS Group AG, Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC, Dupont Capital Management Corp, and First Quadrant L P CA. 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.
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POOL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Raymond James & Associates, First Trust Advisors LP, Strs Ohio, Fenimore Asset Management Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Vident Investment Advisory LLC, and SG Americas Securities LLC.
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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 $322.22.

Pool has a market capitalization of $12.87 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]