Pool Corporation

POOL

Industrial - Distribution · Industrials

Price

$187.98

-2.35 (-1.23%)

Market Cap

$6.85B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026

How the score breaks down

Quality

Good

Growth

Weak

Cash Flow

Strong

Stability

Good

Valuation

Mixed

Dividends

Good

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Share count falling — buybacks

−7.9% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 40.5M (2021) → 37.3M (2025)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Pool Corporation is the largest wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related products in the world. It sells things like chemicals, pumps, filters, lights, and pool parts to pool builders, repair contractors, and retail stores — not directly to homeowners. The company operates in the pool and outdoor living industry, and its massive scale makes it the dominant middleman between manufacturers and the people who actually build or maintain pools.

Pool Corp makes money by buying products in bulk from manufacturers and reselling them at a markup to its network of trade customers. It operates over 400 distribution centers across North America, Europe, and Australia, giving it a geographic reach that is very hard for smaller competitors to match. The business depends heavily on the installed base of existing pools, which provides steady demand for maintenance chemicals and parts, but it is also sensitive to housing market slowdowns and rising interest rates, which can reduce new pool construction.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+2.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

-1.0% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Earnings declining

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

3.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insider ownership roughly steady over the past year

Cash Runway

~2 months

$30M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

Pool Corporation has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Score breakdown

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Quality

Profit per sale

Gross Margin

29.7%

Modest — 29.7% gross margin

Profit after running costs

Operating Margin

14.7%

Healthy — 14.7% operating margin

Return on the money invested

ROCE

22.3%

Exceptional — 22.3% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth

Sales YoY

+2.2%

Nearly flat sales (+2.2% YoY)

Profit growth

EPS YoY

-0.2%

Earnings shrinking (-0.2% YoY)

Slight earnings drop. Typical near a cyclical low.

How steady the profit is

EPS Consistency

3/8 quarters

Earnings rarely grow — volatile business

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash

Cash Conversion

183%

Turns 183% of profit into real cash

Spare cash per sale

FCF Margin

11.3%

Modest free cash flow (11.3%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns

Debt / Equity

1.06

Elevated debt (1.06)

Covers its interest

Interest Cover

11.60x

Comfortably covers interest (11.6x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

Price vs profit

P/E Ratio (TTM)

17.3x

Fair value — P/E 17.3

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year

P/E vs Forward

-0.4

SLOWING

Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend

Dividend Yield

2.61%

Moderate income — 2.61% yield

Standard yield zone for stable dividend payers. A meaningful piece of total return.

Dividend record

Dividend Growth

+4.1%

Dividend growing modestly (4.1% YoY)

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