Consider Our Overview Before Taking a Position in POOL

Shares of Pool have moved 5.1% today, and are now trading at a price of $341.48. In contrast, the S&P 500 index saw a 0.5% change. Today's trading volume is 163,692 compared to the stock's average volume of 494,667.

Pool Corporation distributes swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products in the United States and internationally. Based in Covington, United States the company has 5,500 full time employees and a market cap of $13,334,999,040. Pool currently offers its equity investors a dividend that yields 1.1% per year.

The company is now trading -0.7% away from its average analyst target price of $343.9 per share. The 10 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $291 to $420, and on average give Pool a rating of buy.

Over the last year, POOL shares have gone down by -36.6%, which represents a difference of -19.5% when compared to the S&P 500. The stock's 52 week high is $520.6 per share and its 52 week low is $278.1. Based on Pool's average gross margin growth of 2.8% over the last four years, its core business remains strong and the stock price may recover in the long term.

Date Reported Revenue ($ MM) Cost of Revenue ($ MM) Gross Margins (%) YoY Growth (%)
2021-12-31 5,296 3,678 30.54 6.3
2020-12-31 3,937 2,806 28.73 -0.62
2019-12-31 3,200 2,275 28.91 n/a
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