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

Pool (NASDAQ:POOL - Get Free Report) announced its earnings results on Thursday. The specialty retailer reported $0.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.08, Zacks reports. The company had revenue of $987.48 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $961.04 million. Pool had a return on equity of 31.89% and a net margin of 8.42%. Pool updated its FY 2025 guidance to 11.000-11.500 EPS.

Pool Stock Performance

Shares of Pool stock traded down $0.32 during trading on Friday, hitting $344.00. 780,403 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 389,321. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.60, a PEG ratio of 1.93 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $343.47 and a 200-day simple moving average of $355.62. Pool has a 52-week low of $293.51 and a 52-week high of $422.73. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.61, a quick ratio of 0.77 and a current ratio of 2.39.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

POOL has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Pool from $335.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, October 28th. StockNews.com raised shares of Pool from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on shares of Pool from $370.00 to $360.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, February 4th. Loop Capital boosted their price objective on shares of Pool from $345.00 to $395.00 and gave the company a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, October 25th. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their target price on Pool from $380.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, October 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $368.00.

Pool Company Profile

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.