Pool (POOL) Competitors

TopBuild (NYSE:BLD) and Pool (NASDAQ:POOL) are related companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and dividends.

Do analysts prefer BLD or POOL?

TopBuild currently has a consensus price target of $380.22, suggesting a potential upside of 9.38%. Pool has a consensus price target of $342.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.41%. Given Pool's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Pool is more favorable than TopBuild.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
TopBuild	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Pool	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has better valuation and earnings, BLD or POOL?

TopBuild has higher revenue and earnings than Pool. TopBuild is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pool, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TopBuild	$5.28B	1.88	$622.60M	$19.77	17.58
Pool	$5.26B	2.15	$434.33M	$10.66	28.29

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BLD or POOL?

95.7% of TopBuild shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of Pool shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of TopBuild shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.0% of Pool shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, BLD or POOL?

TopBuild has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pool has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BLD or POOL more profitable?

TopBuild has a net margin of 11.23% compared to Pool's net margin of 7.77%. Pool's return on equity of 30.11% beat TopBuild's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TopBuild	11.23%	28.52%	13.29%
Pool	7.77%	30.11%	11.47%

Does the media prefer BLD or POOL?

In the previous week, Pool had 47 more articles in the media than TopBuild. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Pool and 7 mentions for TopBuild. TopBuild's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat Pool's score of 0.43 indicating that TopBuild is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
TopBuild	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Pool	13 Very Positive mention(s)	10 Positive mention(s)	24 Neutral mention(s)	5 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

TopBuild beats Pool on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.