Pool Corporation

POOL

Industrial - Distribution · Industrials

Price

$201.17

-6.75 (-3.25%)

Market Cap

$7.33B

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

Winston is serious

Mixed quality — meaningful strengths and weaknesses.

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)

Pool Corporation distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products in the United States and internationally. The company offers maintenance products, including chemicals, supplies, and pool accessories; repair and replacement parts for pool equipment, such as cleaners, filters, heaters, pumps, and lights; fiberglass pools, and hot tubs and packaged pool kits comprising walls, liners, braces, and coping for in-ground and above-ground pools; pool equipment and components

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+6.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+2.8% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

3.5%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$64M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth context

Pool Corporation is growing revenue at 6% year-over-year. The Winston Score measures business quality today — these growth metrics show what could matter tomorrow.

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.

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Quality

Gross Margin

29.0%

Modest — 29.0% gross margin

Operating Margin

7.3%

Modest — 7.3% operating margin

ROCE

3.3%

Weak — 3.3% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+1.8%

Nearly flat sales (1.8% YoY)

EPS YoY

+2.1%

Flat earnings

Single-digit earnings growth — steady but not exciting.

EPS Consistency

6/8 quarters

Earnings grew in most of the last 8 quarters

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

173%

Turns 173% of profit into real cash

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

Debt / Equity

1.20

Elevated debt (1.20)

Interest Cover

12.20x

Comfortably covers interest (12.2x)

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

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

18.4x

Fair value — P/E 18.4

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

P/E vs Forward

-0.7

SLOWING

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

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

2.39%

Moderate income — 2.39% yield

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

Dividend Growth

+4.1%

Dividend growing modestly (4.1% YoY)

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