POOLPool Corporation
$211.60-22% 1Y
$211.60
$154.1952 weeks$267.87
The business
How POOL's business earns
Pool Corporation earns 20% on the capital it employs against an estimated 9.0% cost of capital.
20%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 11 points above the estimated cost of capital
- Operating margin
- 11%
Operating margin · Industrial Distribution median 8.0% · 12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.15×
Cash conversion · 1.02× a year ago · operating cash flow divided by operating profit after tax
- Share count, year on year
- −3.5%
Share count, year on year · fewer shares than a year ago
Operating margin by fiscal year
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 12% |
| FY2021 | 16% |
| FY2022 | 17% |
| FY2023 | 13% |
| FY2024 | 12% |
| FY2025 | 11% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- 29%
- Operating margin12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- 11%
- Net margin12 months to Sep 30, 2026
- 7.3%
- Free cash flow margin
- 8.1%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $5.45B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $442M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $396M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 20%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion is operating cash flow over operating profit after tax.
On our screensFree cash flow yield of 5 to 30 percent
Industrial Distribution
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