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NASDAQ:POOL

Pool - POOL Competitors

$342.95
+1.12 (+0.33%)
(As of 03/20/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$340.52
$346.68
50-Day Range
$317.81
$422.17
52-Week Range
$278.10
$488.47
Volume
320,464 shs
Average Volume
440,914 shs
Market Capitalization
$13.41 billion
P/E Ratio
18.40
Dividend Yield
1.17%
Price Target
$391.09

POOL vs. SJR, SIRI, PARA, ONON, SNA, FWONA, VIACA, PARAA, WYNN, and DKNG

Should you be buying Pool stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pool include Shaw Communications (SJR), Sirius XM (SIRI), Paramount Global (PARA), ON (ONON), Snap-on (SNA), Formula One Group (FWONA), ViacomCBS (VIACA), Paramount Global (PARAA), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), and DraftKings (DKNG). These companies are all part of the "consumer discretionary" sector.

Pool vs.

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) and Shaw Communications (NYSE:SJR) are both large-cap consumer discretionary companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.

Pool pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Shaw Communications pays an annual dividend of $0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Pool pays out 21.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shaw Communications pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Pool has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shaw Communications has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Pool$6.18 billion2.18$748.46 million$18.6418.50
Shaw Communications$4.28 billion3.21$600.66 million$1.1425.23

98.2% of Pool shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 55.4% of Shaw Communications shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Pool shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Shaw Communications shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Shaw Communications has a net margin of 13.57% compared to Pool's net margin of 12.11%. Pool's return on equity of 61.70% beat Shaw Communications' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Pool 12.11% 61.70% 19.74%
Shaw Communications 13.57% 11.70% 4.67%

In the previous week, Pool had 5 more articles in the media than Shaw Communications. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Pool and 8 mentions for Shaw Communications. Shaw Communications' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Pool's score of 0.13 indicating that Shaw Communications 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)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shaw Communications
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Pool presently has a consensus price target of $391.09, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Shaw Communications has a consensus price target of $40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 40.82%. Given Shaw Communications' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shaw Communications is more favorable than Pool.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Pool
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36
Shaw Communications
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Pool received 14 more outperform votes than Shaw Communications when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Pool an outperform vote while only 57.99% of users gave Shaw Communications an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
PoolOutperform Votes
417
64.75%
Underperform Votes
227
35.25%
Shaw CommunicationsOutperform Votes
403
57.99%
Underperform Votes
292
42.01%

Summary

Pool beats Shaw Communications on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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

MetricPooldurable goods IndustryDiscretionary SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$13.48B$4.04B$6.44B$5.74B
Dividend Yield1.17%1.85%2.89%4.46%
P/E Ratio18.506.6211.9111.44
Price / Sales2.180.907.3460.34
Price / Cash17.198.2516.8397.08
Price / Book10.904.254.644.93
Net Income$748.46M$337.86M$222.64M$191.55M
7 Day Performance-0.41%-4.07%0.44%2.08%
1 Month Performance-8.42%-11.65%-8.09%-6.22%
1 Year Performance-29.25%-35.06%-17.26%-17.72%

Pool Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SJR
Shaw Communications
2.3185 of 5 stars
$28.43
-0.8%
$40.50
+42.5%
-7.0%$13.58B$4.28B24.949,400Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
SIRI
Sirius XM
2.7214 of 5 stars
$3.64
+3.7%
$5.77
+58.6%
-42.5%$14.16B$9.00B12.135,869
PARA
Paramount Global
2.7385 of 5 stars
$19.80
+0.8%
$21.86
+10.4%
-46.9%$12.85B$30.15B12.3824,500Ex-Dividend
ONON
ON
2.0456 of 5 stars
$20.55
-2.0%
$27.08
+31.8%
-22.3%$12.79B$1.05B-52.691,158Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
SNA
Snap-on
2.1659 of 5 stars
$236.36
-1.8%
$250.25
+5.9%
+8.3%$12.55B$4.49B14.042,600Insider Selling
FWONA
Formula One Group
1.7171 of 5 stars
$63.41
+0.4%
$66.75
+5.3%
+19.3%$14.83B$2.57B30.787,047Insider Buying
VIACA
ViacomCBS
0 of 5 stars
$23.06
+0.1%
N/A-41.3%$14.93B$27.46B4.512,020
PARAA
Paramount Global
1.6606 of 5 stars
23.06
+0.1%
N/A-41.3%$15.00B$30.15B14.4122,965Ex-Dividend
Gap Down
WYNN
Wynn Resorts
1.5339 of 5 stars
$104.86
-3.2%
$107.64
+2.6%
+34.4%$11.92B$3.76B-28.2627,000Insider Selling
DKNG
DraftKings
1.9033 of 5 stars
$17.99
-0.5%
$22.47
+24.9%
-8.9%$15.20B$2.24B-5.683,400Gap Down
This page (NASDAQ:POOL) was last updated on 3/20/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff