Pool (POOL)

Industrials · Industrial Distribution
$158.24 -0.70% on the day Market cap $6.0B 52-week range $157.40 to $306.89 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
5% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $6.0B, Pool's free cash flow of $310M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 5% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Pool's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price4.6% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years10.0% a year
Revenue, same period8.3% a year
Price to free cash flow19.5x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from POOL's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth2
Financial health3
Cash efficiency4

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)15.2x
P/E (forward)15.0x
Price / free cash flow19.5x
EV / EBITDA12.8x
Price / sales1.12x
Price / book5.22x
Revenue growth+6.2%
Operating margin10.9%
Net margin7.6%
Return on equity35.8%
Dividend yield3.1%
Debt / equity2.53x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Pool's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$5.3B$6.2B$5.5B$5.3B$5.3B
Net income$651M$748M$523M$434M$406M
Free cash flow$276M$441M$828M$600M$310M
EPS (diluted)$15.97$18.70$13.35$11.30$10.85
Operating margin15.7%16.6%13.5%11.6%11.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by regions, fiscal 2025.

United States$4.9B93%
International$389M7%

Superinvestors who own POOL

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 4 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $297M0.10%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $35M0.08%Q2 2026
Wallace Weitz
Weitz Investment Management
Held $3M0.22%Q2 2026
Francis Chou
Chou Associates Management
Held $2M1.1%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Pool's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 13, 2026 De La Mesa Manuel J Perez
5,000$205.00$1M
Feb 23, 2026 Romain Kenneth G St
5,560$218.67$1M

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

What growth does Pool's stock price imply?

At a market value of $6.0B, Pool would need its free cash flow to grow about 5% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 10% a year.

Are Pool insiders buying the stock?

2 open-market insider purchases of POOL in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Pool?

4 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold POOL in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt, Wallace Weitz.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.