# Pool Corporation (POOL) — Stock CV

Pool Corporation is a $5.80B industrial company. Revenue grew 2.2% over the last year, it keeps 7¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~3.6 years of free cash flow. It trades at 14.5× earnings — near the lowest of its own history.

> Pool Corp is a wholesale distributor of swimming pool supplies, equipment, and related leisure products.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: POOL
- **Sector**: Industrials
- **Industry**: Wholesale-Misc Durable Goods
- **Headquarters**: COVINGTON, LA
- **Employees**: 6 000
- **Website**: https://www.poolcorp.com
- **Market cap**: $5.80B
- **Last price**: $159.54
- **Financial profile**: Strong

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $5.39B
- **Net income**: $400M
- **Free cash flow**: $301M
- **Net debt**: $1.09B
- **P/E**: 14.5
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 2.2%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 90 |
| Growth | 6 |
| Profitability | 70 |
| Health | 80 |
| Quality | 75 |
| Moat | 74 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 10 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +2.2% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $400M TTM
- [ ] Profit growing — -16.6% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $301M TTM
- [x] Debt under control — ~3.6y of cash flow to repay
- [x] Established company — $5.80B market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -8.8% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [x] Financially stable — Altman Z 3.1 — safe
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 3.20%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 14.5

## Experience (career milestones)

- **Q2 2026** — 5 open-market insider purchases: ~22K shares bought by insiders
- **FY2022** — Best year on record: $748M net income
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $1B: $2.57B in first reported year
- **FY2016** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 10-year streak

## Strengths

- Interest covered 12.4× by operating earnings
- High returns on invested capital (ROIC 17.8%)
- Altman Z-Score 3.12 — low bankruptcy-risk zone

## Watch-outs

- Net debt would take ~5.5 years of free cash flow to repay

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $5.30B | $651M | $276M |
| FY2022 | $6.18B | $748M | $441M |
| FY2023 | $5.54B | $523M | $828M |
| FY2024 | $5.31B | $434M | $600M |
| FY2025 | $5.29B | $406M | $310M |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/POOL — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.