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$311.26 +2.80 (+0.91%)
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POOL vs. BLD, 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 TopBuild (BLD), 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 TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) are related large-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.

TopBuild has a net margin of 11.23% compared to Pool's net margin of 7.77%. Pool's return on equity of 30.11% beat TopBuild's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pool7.77% 30.11% 11.47%
TopBuild 11.23%28.52%13.29%

99.0% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.7% of TopBuild shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of TopBuild 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.

TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than Pool. TopBuild 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$5.31B2.20$434.33M$10.6629.20
TopBuild$5.33B2.06$622.60M$19.7719.45

Pool has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TopBuild has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Pool had 41 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 62 mentions for Pool and 21 mentions for TopBuild. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Pool's score of 0.24 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Pool
13 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
30 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
TopBuild
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pool currently has a consensus target price of $344.50, indicating a potential upside of 10.68%. TopBuild has a consensus target price of $387.27, indicating a potential upside of 0.69%. Given Pool's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pool is more favorable than TopBuild.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pool
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.38
TopBuild
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Summary

TopBuild beats Pool on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding POOL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$11.69B$3.33B$8.26B$8.99B
Dividend Yield1.65%3.01%3.17%4.03%
P/E Ratio29.1633.3521.1020.13
Price / Sales2.203.034.06172.83
Price / Cash24.4519.9216.7257.97
Price / Book9.303.924.675.61
Net Income$434.33M-$13.89M$212.85M$248.50M
7 Day Performance3.22%-0.96%35.83%4.36%
1 Month Performance1.62%23.66%44.01%6.87%
1 Year Performance4.14%24.81%20.53%20.78%

Pool Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POOL
Pool
4.4452 of 5 stars
$311.26
+0.9%
$344.50
+10.7%
+4.1%$11.69B$5.31B29.166,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
BLD
TopBuild
4.1922 of 5 stars
$324.37
-0.1%
$380.22
+17.2%
-0.1%$9.27B$5.28B16.4113,984Trending News
Analyst Forecast
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.4312 of 5 stars
$51.52
+0.4%
$77.17
+49.8%
-15.9%$6.20B$4.61B15.1111,000
FND
Floor & Decor
2.9865 of 5 stars
$76.22
+1.2%
$93.00
+22.0%
-6.9%$8.20B$4.52B40.3313,690Options Volume
HD
Home Depot
4.8666 of 5 stars
$367.07
-0.5%
$426.77
+16.3%
+9.9%$365.21B$162.95B24.90520,700Positive News
LEN
Lennar
4.8375 of 5 stars
$110.78
+0.5%
$128.85
+16.3%
-18.8%$29.22B$35.44B9.1612,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
LOW
Lowe's Companies
4.8866 of 5 stars
$221.82
-0.8%
$271.12
+22.2%
+4.2%$124.32B$83.67B18.38270,000Positive News
MAS
Masco
4.7532 of 5 stars
$64.45
+0.4%
$73.63
+14.2%
+2.1%$13.60B$7.83B17.6118,000Positive News
PHM
PulteGroup
4.9173 of 5 stars
$105.63
+0.1%
$134.69
+27.5%
+8.9%$21.17B$17.95B7.456,520Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
PNR
Pentair
4.491 of 5 stars
$102.70
-0.8%
$107.14
+4.3%
+42.5%$16.90B$4.08B26.549,750Positive News
Analyst Forecast
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
2.0327 of 5 stars
$120.90
+0.3%
$145.70
+20.5%
+12.4%$5.42B$4.58B48.178,760

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