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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

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

Pool presently has a consensus price target of $344.38, suggesting a potential upside of 14.67%. UFP Industries has a consensus price target of $124.25, suggesting a potential upside of 34.41%. Given UFP Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe UFP Industries is more favorable than Pool.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pool
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
UFP Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Pool had 22 more articles in the media than UFP Industries. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Pool and 8 mentions for UFP Industries. UFP Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Pool's score of 0.50 indicating that UFP Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pool
7 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
UFP Industries
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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
Pool7.79% 30.99% 11.51%
UFP Industries 5.31%10.95%8.48%

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

Pool pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. UFP Industries pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Pool pays out 46.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. UFP Industries pays out 24.3% 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. Pool has raised its dividend for 15 consecutive years and UFP Industries has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Pool is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Pool has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Pool$5.31B2.11$434.33M$10.8427.70
UFP Industries$6.65B0.81$414.56M$5.7616.05

Summary

Pool beats UFP Industries on 13 of the 19 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$11.11B$2.44B$8.39B$10.57B
Dividend Yield1.68%2.89%3.05%4.83%
P/E Ratio27.7041.5418.4928.46
Price / Sales2.111.386.48188.31
Price / Cash24.0418.1216.3760.64
Price / Book8.982.364.926.53
Net Income$434.33M$3.73M$256.63M$276.75M
7 Day Performance3.48%2.97%2.14%0.93%
1 Month Performance-3.35%-0.33%-2.32%1.41%
1 Year Performance-20.41%0.21%39.52%31.59%

Pool Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POOL
Pool
4.59 of 5 stars
$300.31
+0.9%
$344.38
+14.7%
-14.4%$11.11B$5.31B27.706,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.8203 of 5 stars
$90.30
+1.0%
$124.25
+37.6%
-28.9%$5.29B$6.54B15.6815,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.5016 of 5 stars
$48.21
+0.0%
$71.90
+49.1%
-40.3%$5.79B$4.61B15.1611,000News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
FND
Floor & Decor
3.7457 of 5 stars
$69.35
+3.8%
$87.53
+26.2%
-31.4%$7.47B$4.60B35.5613,690News Coverage
Upcoming Earnings
HD
Home Depot
4.855 of 5 stars
$379.36
+1.0%
$435.42
+14.8%
-3.6%$377.61B$165.05B25.77520,700Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.2251 of 5 stars
$117.94
-0.7%
$121.75
+3.2%
-26.1%$30.08B$34.77B11.6513,265
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.7767 of 5 stars
$234.11
+0.8%
$283.13
+20.9%
-9.7%$131.30B$83.67B19.24270,000Positive News
Dividend Increase
MAS
Masco
4.5788 of 5 stars
$65.99
+1.4%
$74.60
+13.0%
-15.2%$13.82B$7.66B17.5018,000Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
PHM
PulteGroup
4.8706 of 5 stars
$120.21
+0.1%
$136.92
+13.9%
-9.2%$23.72B$17.69B8.986,793Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PNR
Pentair
4.6193 of 5 stars
$108.83
+1.5%
$115.50
+6.1%
+13.1%$17.84B$4.10B29.749,750Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
3.5454 of 5 stars
$120.22
+2.8%
$148.50
+23.5%
-10.8%$5.36B$4.62B43.888,760Upcoming Earnings

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This page (NASDAQ:POOL) was last updated on 10/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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