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POOL vs. UFPI, BLD, FBIN, 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), TopBuild (BLD), Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), 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 investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

UFP Industries presently has a consensus price target of $134.00, suggesting a potential upside of 31.46%. Pool has a consensus price target of $342.14, suggesting a potential upside of 3.74%. Given UFP Industries' higher probable upside, equities 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)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
Pool
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.29

UFP Industries has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

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%

In the previous week, Pool had 42 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Pool and 5 mentions for UFP Industries. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat Pool's score of 0.47 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

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$6.65B0.90$414.56M$5.7617.70
Pool$5.31B2.32$434.33M$10.8430.43

UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Pool pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. 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.

Summary

Pool beats UFP Industries on 13 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

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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POOL vs. The Competition

MetricPoolLEISURE&REC PRD IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.31B$2.59B$8.46B$10.14B
Dividend Yield1.55%2.92%3.01%4.57%
P/E Ratio30.4240.8318.6326.26
Price / Sales2.321.435.14119.43
Price / Cash26.0018.2117.0259.95
Price / Book9.862.385.106.28
Net Income$434.33M$3.73M$256.32M$270.70M
7 Day Performance4.44%1.80%1.98%4.00%
1 Month Performance7.56%3.35%21.65%8.34%
1 Year Performance-4.65%10.51%56.25%28.42%

Pool Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POOL
Pool
4.045 of 5 stars
$329.82
+3.3%
$342.14
+3.7%
-7.9%$12.31B$5.31B30.426,000Trending News
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.7578 of 5 stars
$100.97
-1.1%
$134.00
+32.7%
-12.7%$5.91B$6.65B17.5315,000Positive News
BLD
TopBuild
4.2207 of 5 stars
$420.25
-1.2%
$394.67
-6.1%
+15.3%$11.83B$5.33B20.6913,984Positive News
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.6166 of 5 stars
$58.56
-0.6%
$75.45
+28.9%
-26.5%$7.03B$4.61B18.4111,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
HD
Home Depot
4.6866 of 5 stars
$407.04
-0.1%
$432.52
+6.3%
+11.5%$405.16B$159.51B27.65520,700Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.4644 of 5 stars
$133.28
+0.1%
$128.85
-3.3%
-24.1%$34.52B$35.37B11.0213,265Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.5767 of 5 stars
$258.54
+0.4%
$284.13
+9.9%
+7.7%$144.99B$83.67B21.24270,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
Insider Trade
MAS
Masco
4.4593 of 5 stars
$73.43
-0.2%
$74.13
+1.0%
-6.4%$15.37B$7.83B19.4818,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PHM
PulteGroup
4.6817 of 5 stars
$132.17
+0.5%
$135.31
+2.4%
+2.1%$26.08B$17.69B9.886,793Positive News
PNR
Pentair
4.3357 of 5 stars
$107.50
-1.5%
$114.36
+6.4%
+25.2%$17.62B$4.10B29.379,750Positive News
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.766 of 5 stars
$143.44
-1.0%
$147.00
+2.5%
+7.7%$6.40B$4.54B52.358,760News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:POOL) was last updated on 9/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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