Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) Posts Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.08 EPS

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The specialty retailer reported $0.97 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.08, Zacks reports. Pool had a net margin of 8.42% and a return on equity of 31.89%. Pool updated its FY 2025 guidance to 11.000-11.500 EPS.

Pool Trading Up 2.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ POOL traded up $9.00 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $349.87. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 400,580 shares, compared to its average volume of 359,216. The stock has a market cap of $13.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.95 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 0.77. Pool has a one year low of $293.51 and a one year high of $422.73. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $344.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $355.74.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have recently weighed in on POOL. Loop Capital upped their target price on shares of Pool from $345.00 to $395.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their target price on shares of Pool from $370.00 to $360.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. StockNews.com lowered shares of Pool from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday, February 8th. Oppenheimer increased their price objective on shares of Pool from $380.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, October 28th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus increased their price objective on shares of Pool from $335.00 to $340.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, October 28th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, four have given a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $368.00.

About Pool

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; and building materials, such as concrete, plumbing and electrical components, functional and decorative pool surfaces, decking materials, tiles, hardscapes, and natural stones for pool installations and remodeling.