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POOL vs. UFPI, FBIN, FND, HD, LEN, LOW, MAS, PHM, PNR, and SITE

Should you be buying Pool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pool include UFP Industries (UFPI), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), Floor & Decor (FND), Home Depot (HD), Lennar (LEN), Lowe's Companies (LOW), Masco (MAS), PulteGroup (PHM), Pentair (PNR), and SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE).

Pool vs. Its Competitors

UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment and dividends.

Pool has a net margin of 7.79% compared to UFP Industries' net margin of 5.31%. Pool's return on equity of 30.99% beat UFP Industries' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
UFP Industries5.31% 10.95% 8.48%
Pool 7.79%30.99%11.51%

UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. UFP Industries pays out 24.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pool pays out 46.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. UFP Industries has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Pool has increased its dividend for 15 consecutive years. Pool is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

UFP Industries currently has a consensus price target of $134.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.18%. Pool has a consensus price target of $342.14, indicating a potential upside of 13.63%. Given UFP Industries' higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Pool.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
UFP Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Pool
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22

In the previous week, Pool had 36 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for Pool and 6 mentions for UFP Industries. Pool's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat UFP Industries' score of 0.57 indicating that Pool is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
UFP Industries
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Pool
16 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pool has lower revenue, but higher earnings than UFP Industries. UFP Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
UFP Industries$6.65B0.80$414.56M$5.7615.70
Pool$5.31B2.12$434.33M$10.8427.78

81.8% of UFP Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of UFP Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

UFP Industries has a beta of 1.45, suggesting that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Pool beats UFP Industries on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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POOL vs. The Competition

MetricPoolLEISURE&REC PRD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$11.47B$2.51B$8.42B$10.65B
Dividend Yield1.63%2.89%3.03%4.74%
P/E Ratio27.7840.1518.0726.85
Price / Sales2.121.356.16135.13
Price / Cash24.8318.1616.7661.77
Price / Book9.002.304.846.70
Net Income$434.33M$3.73M$256.85M$276.44M
7 Day Performance-2.90%0.08%-1.95%3.13%
1 Month Performance-9.61%-2.52%-0.24%10.21%
1 Year Performance-17.06%-0.75%46.57%40.35%

Pool Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POOL
Pool
4.1698 of 5 stars
$301.09
-2.0%
$342.14
+13.6%
-15.6%$11.47B$5.31B27.786,000Trending News
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.6623 of 5 stars
$92.24
+0.0%
$134.00
+45.3%
-29.5%$5.40B$6.65B16.0115,000
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.4396 of 5 stars
$53.10
-0.3%
$75.45
+42.1%
-40.4%$6.37B$4.61B16.7011,000Positive News
FND
Floor & Decor
3.9536 of 5 stars
$75.23
-1.7%
$88.63
+17.8%
-35.9%$8.10B$4.46B38.5813,690Analyst Forecast
HD
Home Depot
4.7268 of 5 stars
$406.70
-0.8%
$436.40
+7.3%
-4.6%$404.82B$159.51B27.63520,700Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.0601 of 5 stars
$127.69
+1.3%
$123.75
-3.1%
-30.6%$33.07B$35.44B12.6213,265Analyst Forecast
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.7138 of 5 stars
$253.35
-1.5%
$285.50
+12.7%
-9.7%$142.09B$83.67B20.82270,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
MAS
Masco
4.6402 of 5 stars
$70.00
-0.6%
$74.60
+6.6%
-16.5%$14.65B$7.83B18.5718,000
PHM
PulteGroup
4.65 of 5 stars
$133.33
+1.7%
$136.46
+2.3%
-2.8%$26.31B$17.95B9.966,793Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PNR
Pentair
4.2735 of 5 stars
$109.54
-0.2%
$114.36
+4.4%
+16.9%$17.96B$4.08B29.939,750
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
3.4705 of 5 stars
$127.46
-1.3%
$150.50
+18.1%
-13.2%$5.69B$4.54B46.528,760News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:POOL) was last updated on 10/7/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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