Stock Research: Pool

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Pool

NSQ:POOL US73278L1052
32
  • Value
    64
  • Growth
    17
  • Safety
    Safety
    44
  • Combined
    21
  • Sentiment
    59
  • 360° View
    360° View
    32
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Company Description

Pool Corporation is a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies and related leisure products. It operates in the swimming pool supplies, equipment, and irrigation and landscape products industries. The company operates in North America, Europe, and Australia. In the last fiscal year, the company had a market cap of $11,000 million, profits of $1,575 million, and revenue of $5,311 million with 6000 employees.

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ANALYSIS: With an Obermatt 360° View of 32 (better than 32% compared with alternatives), overall professional sentiment and financial characteristics for the stock Pool are below the industry average. The 360° View is based on consolidating four consolidated indicators, with half the metrics below and half above average for Pool. The consolidated Value Rank has an attractive rank of 64, which means that the share price of Pool is on the lower side compared with the typical size in indicators such as revenues, profits, and invested capital. This means that the stock price is lower than for 64% of alternative stocks in the same industry. The consolidated Sentiment Rank has a good rank of 59, which means that professional investors are more optimistic about the stock than for 59% of alternative investment opportunities. But the consolidated Growth Rank has a low rank of 17, which means that the company exhibits below-average growth momentum when looking at financial metrics such as revenue, profit, invested capital growth, and stock returns. The consolidated Safety Rank has a riskier rank of 44, meaning the company has a riskier financing structure than 56 comparable companies when looking at the amount of its debt, its refinancing requirements, and its ability to service debt. ...read more

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Last update: 26-Mar-2026.

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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
64 35 6 5
Growth
17 37 9 81
Safety
Safety
44 34 8 26
Sentiment
59 43 22 76
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32 22 1 32
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Analyst Opinions
24 41 49 46
Opinions Change
83 64 39 50
Pro Holdings
n/a 33 30 62
Market Pulse
41 44 29 76
Sentiment
59 43 22 76
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Value
64 35 6 5
Growth
17 37 9 81
Safety Safety
44 34 8 26
Combined
21 14 1 10
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Price vs. Sales (P/S)
50 17 5 5
Price vs. Earnings (P/E)
50 19 11 7
Price vs. Book (P/B)
24 16 7 2
Dividend Yield
93 70 55 55
Value
64 35 6 5
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Revenue Growth
19 37 39 79
Profit Growth
51 29 29 55
Capital Growth
53 61 7 57
Stock Returns
12 39 53 65
Growth
17 37 9 81
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Metrics Current 2025 2024 2023
Leverage
13 32 14 40
Refinancing
69 38 12 1
Liquidity
64 67 74 89
Safety Safety
44 34 8 26

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With good value and positive sentiment, but low growth and risky financing, this combination is generally dangerous as debt requires growth to sustain it. Only investors with a strong belief in future growth potential and a high-risk tolerance should consider this stock.

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