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POOL Nasdaq Distributors Financials FY2016–FY2025

Pool's revenue fell 0.4% to $5.3 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 11.0%, down from 11.6% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $310 million, down 48.4%. It paid out $531 million in dividends and buybacks, 172% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.5%.

Last close · Oct 23, 2026

$199.08

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Value it Compare
Revenue Total sales reported in the income statement.
$5.3B
0.4% vs prior year
Operating margin Operating income as a share of revenue.
11.0%
0.6 pts
Net income Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
$406M
6.4%
Free cash flow Cash from operations minus capital spending.
$310M
48.4%
Return on capital After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
20.0%
1.3 pts
Market cap Last close times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate.
$7.2B
Oct 23 close
P/E Last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters.
18.3x
On $10.90 EPS (TTM)

What Pool does

No business description yet.

Legal name
POOL CORPORATION
Fiscal year ends
December 31, 2025
Latest annual report
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Accession · CIK
0001193125-26-074833
0000945841

Revenue and margins

Pool had $5.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 0.4% on the year before.

Revenue
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Margins, % of revenue
Gross Operating Net FCF
Margins, % of revenue
Gross Operating Net FCF

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 13.5% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.

Net income
Net income
Diluted EPS
Diluted EPS

Returns on capital

After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.

Return on capital, equity and assets (annual)
Return on capital Return on equity Return on assets

Cash flow

Free cash flow was $310M in fiscal 2025, 5.9% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.

Free cash flow
Free cash flow
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending
Cash from operations vs capital spending
Cash from operations Capital spending

Dividends, buybacks and share count

Pool returned $531M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 172% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 2.5%.

Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Dividends and buybacks
Dividends Buybacks
Diluted shares outstanding (annual)

Value Pool yourself

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Discounted cash flow

Value per share

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Adds net cash of −$1.1B and divides by 37.3M diluted shares. Ten years of cash flows plus a terminal value, discounted to today.

Earnings multiple

Value per share

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Reference multiples: today 18.3x · peers 13.4x · sector 17.7x.

Balance sheet

Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Pool can carry it.

Cash vs debt (incl. leases)
Cash Debt
Fiscal year endFY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Cash and short-term investments $24.3M$45.6M$66.5M$77.9M$105M
Debt incl. finance leases $1.2B$1.4B$1.1B$950M$1.2B
Net debt / EBITDA 1.3x1.3x1.3x1.3x1.7x
Debt / equity 1.1x1.1x0.8x0.8x1.0x
Interest coverage 83.1x25.8x12.8x12.1x12.2x
Current ratio 2.4x3.0x2.4x2.1x2.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x0.6x0.6x0.5x0.6x
Total assets $3.2B$3.6B$3.4B$3.4B$3.6B
Total liabilities $2.2B$2.3B$2.1B$2.1B$2.4B
Shareholders' equity $1.1B$1.2B$1.3B$1.3B$1.2B
Net debt (− = net cash) $1.1B$1.3B$987M$873M$1.1B

Insider trades

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.

Bought, 12 months

$7.7M

5 insiders

Sold, 12 months

$1.9M

3 insiders

Of sales under plans

0%

$0.0M

DateInsiderTradeSharesPriceValueFiling
May 13, 2026 De La Mesa Manuel J PerezDirector Bought 10,000 $175.95 $1.8M Form 4
May 8, 2026 David G WhalenDirector Bought 525 $190.44 $0.1M Form 4
May 7, 2026 De La Mesa Manuel J PerezDirector Bought 10,000 $190.00 $1.9M Form 4
May 7, 2026 James D HopeDirector Bought 464 $194.42 $0.1M Form 4
May 7, 2026 John E StokelyDirector Bought 1,000 $193.07 $0.2M Form 4
Mar 24, 2026 Jennifer M NeilSr VP, Sec & Chief Legal Off Sold 508 $203.60 $0.1M Form 4
Mar 13, 2026 De La Mesa Manuel J PerezDirector Bought 5,000 $205.00 $1.0M Form 4
Mar 2, 2026 De La Mesa Manuel J PerezDirector Bought 5,000 $218.00 $1.1M Form 4
Feb 25, 2026 James D HopeDirector Bought 1,405 $213.64 $0.3M Form 4
Feb 24, 2026 Melanie M HartSenior VP CFO and Treasurer Sold 2,750 $220.00 $0.6M Form 4
Feb 23, 2026 Romain Kenneth G StSenior Vice President Bought 5,560 $218.67 $1.2M Form 4
Dec 2, 2025 Peter D ArvanPresident/CEO Sold 5,000 $245.57 $1.2M Form 4

Piotroski F-score

Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8–9 is strong, 0–2 weak.

TestFY23FY24FY25
Net income is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Cash from operations is positive ✓ ✓ ✓
Return on assets rose ✕ ✕ ✕
Cash from operations exceeds net income ✓ ✓ ✕
Debt fell relative to assets ✓ ✓ ✕
Current ratio rose ✕ ✕ ✓
Share count didn't rise ✓ ✓ ✓
Gross margin rose ✕ ✕ ✓
Revenue rose relative to assets ✕ ✕ ✓
F-score 5 / 95 / 96 / 9
Accruals ratio −10.4%−6.6%1.2%
Altman Z'' 4.784.224.02

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10 years of figures

US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.

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Fiscal yearFY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25
Income statement
Revenue $2.6B $2.8B $3.0B $3.2B $3.9B $5.3B $6.2B $5.5B $5.3B $5.3B
Gross profit $741M $805M $870M $925M $1.1B $1.6B $1.9B $1.7B $1.6B $1.6B
Operating income $256M $284M $314M $341M $464M $833M $1.0B $747M $617M $580M
Interest expense $8.1M $13.0M $17.8M $21.0M $8.3M $10.0M $39.8M $58.1M $51.0M $47.7M
Pretax income $241M $269M $293M $318M $452M $824M $985M $688M $567M $533M
Income tax $92.9M $78.0M $58.8M $56.2M $85.2M $174M $237M $165M $133M $127M
Net income $149M $192M $235M $262M $367M $651M $749M $523M $434M $406M
Diluted EPS $3.47 $4.51 $5.62 $6.40 $8.97 $15.97 $18.70 $13.35 $11.30 $10.85
Diluted shares 0.04B 0.04B 0.04B 0.04B 0.04B 0.04B 0.04B 0.04B 0.04B 0.04B
Cash flow
Cash from operations $165M $175M $119M $299M $398M $314M $485M $888M $659M $366M
Capital expenditure $34.4M $39.4M $31.6M $33.4M $21.7M $37.7M $43.6M $60.1M $59.5M $56.3M
Free cash flow $131M $136M $87.1M $265M $376M $276M $441M $828M $600M $310M
Depreciation and amortization $21.3M $25.2M $27.2M $28.9M $29.0M $29.6M $38.2M $39.4M $44.6M $50.7M
Stock-based compensation $9.9M $12.5M $12.9M $13.5M $14.5M $15.2M $14.9M $19.6M $19.2M $22.7M
Acquisitions $19.7M $12.8M $2.6M $8.9M $125M $812M $9.3M $11.5M $4.7M $10.8M
Share buybacks $178M $146M $188M $23.2M $76.2M $138M $471M $306M $306M $346M
Dividends paid $49.7M $58.0M $69.4M $83.8M $91.9M $120M $151M $168M $180M $185M
Dividends and buybacks $228M $204M $257M $107M $168M $258M $622M $474M $486M $531M
Balance sheet
Cash and short-term investments $22.0M $29.9M $16.4M $28.6M $34.1M $24.3M $45.6M $66.5M $77.9M $105M
Total debt $438M $522M $667M $501M $404M $1.2B $1.4B $1.1B $950M $1.2B
Finance lease liabilities $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M $0.0M
Current assets $696M $782M $915M $974M $1.1B $1.8B $2.0B $1.8B $1.7B $2.0B
Current liabilities $296M $322M $306M $391M $483M $744M $676M $771M $844M $880M
Inventory $486M $537M $673M $702M $781M $1.3B $1.6B $1.4B $1.3B $1.5B
Property and equipment, net $83.3M $101M $107M $112M $108M $179M $194M $224M $251M $267M
Total assets $994M $1.1B $1.2B $1.5B $1.7B $3.2B $3.6B $3.4B $3.4B $3.6B
Total liabilities $787M $878M $1.0B $1.1B $1.1B $2.2B $2.3B $2.1B $2.1B $2.4B
Shareholders' equity $205M $223M $224M $410M $640M $1.1B $1.2B $1.3B $1.3B $1.2B
Margins
Gross margin 28.8% 28.9% 29.0% 28.9% 28.7% 30.5% 31.3% 30.0% 29.7% 29.7%
Operating margin 10.0% 10.2% 10.5% 10.7% 11.8% 15.7% 16.6% 13.5% 11.6% 11.0%
EBITDA margin 10.8% 11.1% 11.4% 11.6% 12.5% 16.3% 17.2% 14.2% 12.5% 11.9%
Net margin 5.8% 6.9% 7.8% 8.2% 9.3% 12.3% 12.1% 9.4% 8.2% 7.7%
FCF margin 5.1% 4.9% 2.9% 8.3% 9.6% 5.2% 7.1% 14.9% 11.3% 5.9%
Returns
Return on capital 26.4% 30.2% 31.6% 32.0% 39.8% 40.7% 32.5% 23.3% 21.3% 20.0%
Return on capital employed 38.6% 38.5% 36.6% 33.7% 39.5% 44.5% 38.2% 26.9% 23.8% 22.0%
Return on equity 64.6% 89.5% 105.0% 82.6% 69.9% 76.1% 64.9% 41.1% 33.6% 33.1%
Return on assets 15.5% 18.3% 20.0% 19.2% 22.8% 26.2% 22.0% 15.0% 12.8% 11.6%
Growth
Revenue growth 8.8% 8.5% 7.5% 6.7% 23.0% 34.5% 16.7% −10.3% −4.2% −0.4%
Net income growth 16.1% 28.7% 22.4% 11.6% 40.2% 77.4% 15.0% −30.1% −17.0% −6.4%
EPS growth 19.7% 30.0% 24.6% 13.9% 40.2% 78.0% 17.1% −28.6% −15.4% −4.0%
FCF growth 12.0% 3.7% −35.9% 204.8% 41.6% −26.6% 60.0% 87.7% −27.6% −48.4%
Share count change −2.9% −1.2% −1.8% −2.0% 0.0% −0.9% −1.7% −2.0% −2.0% −2.5%
Financial health
Net debt / EBITDA 1.5x 1.6x 1.9x 1.3x 0.8x 1.3x 1.3x 1.3x 1.3x 1.7x
Debt / equity 2.1x 2.3x 3.0x 1.2x 0.6x 1.1x 1.1x 0.8x 0.8x 1.0x
Interest coverage 31.8x 22.0x 17.6x 16.3x 56.2x 83.1x 25.8x 12.8x 12.1x 12.2x
Current ratio 2.4x 2.4x 3.0x 2.5x 2.3x 2.4x 3.0x 2.4x 2.1x 2.2x
Quick ratio 0.7x 0.8x 0.8x 0.7x 0.7x 0.6x 0.6x 0.6x 0.5x 0.6x
Capital allocation
Capex / revenue 1.3% 1.4% 1.1% 1.0% 0.6% 0.7% 0.7% 1.1% 1.1% 1.1%
Stock comp / revenue 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
Payouts / FCF 174.1% 150.1% 295.0% 40.3% 44.7% 93.4% 140.9% 57.2% 81.0% 171.6%
Quality scores
Piotroski F-score 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 6.0
Altman Z'' 4.0 4.2 4.6 4.4 5.1 4.9 5.6 4.8 4.2 4.0
Accruals ratio −1.7% 1.6% 9.9% −2.7% −1.9% 13.6% 7.8% −10.4% −6.6% 1.2%

Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000945841). Data updated October 20, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.

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