POOL
Pool Corporation

Pool CorporationPOOL

Industrials · Industrial Distribution
219.26USD
+5.79%
Nov 05, 2026
POOL overview ready
Distributor of Swimming Pool Supplies and Equipment Serving Residential and Commercial Markets
POOL is a large wholesale distribution platform serving pool professionals with chemicals, replacement parts, equipment, construction materials, and adjacent outdoor-living products through an extensive sales-center network.
Theme not measured
No economic group is assigned yet.
Advancing price action
Longer-term context reads early recovery, with a near-term setup of daily reclaim.
Attractive valuation
Current market expectations look undemanding relative to how much growth and cash flow it delivers per turn of revenue multiple.
Solid fundamentals
Free cash flow yield is strong.
Primary risk
Economic downturns reducing discretionary spending on pools.
Market Nov 4Price action Nov 5

Conviction Level

Theme Momentum has no canonical measurement for this company — a research-profile dimension, not an input to this score.

PriceAction8.0BusinessPerformance5.0BusinessQuality8.3Valuation8.9ThemeMomentum—Stable — Revenue is growing at a steady pace (+3.7% year over year). Diluted EPS was $3.40 against $3.40 a year earlier. — From filed financial statements. Describes the recent trajectory of the business, not the stock. 20 of the 100 Conviction points.

Conviction uses Price Action, Business Performance, Business Quality, Valuation. Theme Momentum is research context, not an input.

Theme momentumPrimary theme · group context, not entry timing
No economic group yet — pending research
Price
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Price Action

Advancing price action
Longer-term context reads early recovery, with a near-term setup of daily reclaim.
EntryReset + recovery

The stock is still rebuilding below its long-term weekly base, and the recent reset toward the daily SMA200 aligned with support at the weekly EMA21. Daily structure is recovering above the fast averages, improving the current entry location.

Key Financials

Market Cap
$7.4B
Provider figure at the stated date
Avg Volume (60D)
879.0K
60 sessions
Revenue Growth YoY
+3.7%
Latest quarter
Gross Margin
+29.4%
Trailing twelve months
Operating Margin
+11.4%
Trailing twelve months
Free Cash Flow Yield
+4.9%
Provider figure at the stated date
P/E
19.0x
Provider figure at the stated date
EV / EBITDA
13.8x
Provider figure at the stated date
EV / Sales
1.6x
Provider figure at the stated date
Market metrics as of Nov 4, 2026

Business Performance

Stable

Revenue is growing at a steady pace (+3.7% year over year). Diluted EPS was $3.40 against $3.40 a year earlier.

Latest reported: Q3 FY2026, ended Sep 30
Revenue growthGrowing
+3.7%
$1.50B in Q3 FY2026 · YoY
YoY growth, last 4 quarters
  1. -0.5%
  2. +6.2%
  3. +2.2%
  4. +3.7%
Earnings growthFlat
$3.40
Diluted EPS $3.40 vs $3.40 a year earlier · GAAP
Not enough comparable diluted EPS quarters for a YoY sequence.
Operating marginStable
11.4%
-0.8 pp YoY · gross margin 29.0% (-0.6 pp)

Business Quality

8.3 / 10

How well the business earns on its assets, converts earnings to cash and funds itself — read from its SEC filings.

Fundamentals & Valuation

One of the two valuation perspectives says cheap; intrinsic is the dissenting view.
This company has a Cheap valuation stance because current market expectations look undemanding relative to how much growth and cash flow it delivers per turn of revenue multiple.

Company Research

Thesis
POOL is a large wholesale distribution platform serving pool professionals with chemicals, replacement parts, equipment, construction materials, and adjacent outdoor-living products through an extensive sales-center network. POOL has direct revenue exposure to the pool aftermarket rather than merely broad consumer-discretionary adjacency.
Key risk
Economic downturns reducing discretionary spending on pools.

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Business & Markets

Industrials · Industrial Distribution
What they do

Pool Corporation distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related products primarily in the U.S. Internationally through a broad network of distribution centers and sales channels.

How it earns

The company generates revenue through transactional sales of pool maintenance products, equipment parts, and building materials to commercial and residential customers.

Products & services
Pool maintenance chemicals and supplies
Repair and replacement parts for pool equipment
Building materials for pool installations and remodeling
Customers & end markets
Commercial pool service companies
Residential pool owners and contractors
Market position

Market leader in swimming pool product distribution with extensive geographic reach and product breadth.

Demand drivers
Medium cyclicality

Business is influenced by seasonal and economic cycles affecting discretionary spending on pools and related services.